I’ve been hearing and reading a lot lately on comfort zones. There seems to be a lot of hot air about comfort zones being bad and that people should stay out of them, but, honestly, I think that’s a lot of malarkey! A comfort zone is where you feel comfortable, […]
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When the thought is there, so is the opportunity! The time to act is now! The most potent part of reality is the NOW, the immediate where time and space and thought are unified. If you’re like me you have big dreams and goals, but are often hampered by the
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“If you’re saying it to people who don’t hear you, you’re saying it to the wrong people,” as I like to say! So, say it to someone who hears you. When I say “hear” I mean, of course, ‘understands you.’ Your great ideas should not fall on deaf ears, neither
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“Across the Cumberland Gap.” The fall leaves brought forth their majesty, all around the hollows of this changing border town. The winds swept through the clean mountain air, plucking out, one by one, the mustardy-red leaves which annually signaled change. The air was crisp, the farmhouses stood tall. Facing north
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You want to know how to be happy now? Well, let me tell you that no one is going to make that happen, only YOU!!! It’s only YOU and YOU ARE GOING TO DO IT! I can’t believe I just said that! I can’t believe I had to tell you
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So you just worked out and are feeling pumped! Good for you, job well done. It’s now time to make the most of your nutrition and rest cycles. You think your job is done just because you got in a good workout? Well if that’s the case then you’ve really
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This is the story of Joseph Henry Collins (1817-1865) and his eldest son James Robert Collins (1844-1919). The bio of Joseph Henry Collins below is reproduced, in its entirety with permission, from the following Find A Grave memorial. It is also the story of the Steamer Sultana, the worst maritime
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Stuck trying to figure out how to find Maiden Names in genealogy? Well, let me show you how! In honor of all of our mothers I wanted to share some of my ideas on the importance of our maternal lines and how to find those often difficult maiden names. You
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Each of our voices is a vocal part in the choir of humanity. This continuous and collective song every hour and every day reaches the ear of our Lord! What an awful, cacophonous song this must be! If you were to be subjected to even a millisecond of this deranged
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This is the story of David C Manasco, it is a historical fiction based on my own family history research. Setting the scene: Winston County, Alabama. 1862. It was dark days on the land. Men, women, and neighbors seemed to defy the common good. War had gripped our county, war
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“Marc of Bright Glory” Not much was left of the cake he had eaten from the night before. That would actually make two mysteries, one about the cake and the other about the semi-curved pottery that was indulging his sense of curiosity. Although he wished to understand, there was not
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