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You can Cope with Worry if You Know Three Things
Website DIVISIONS (Over 600 articles to help you to grow in every facet of your life) Written by Jimmie Burroughs Email to a friend Worry is universal and affects every person on planet earth. We can never get rid of it completely nor would we want to. Worry is part of the body’s warning mechanism for when there is imminent danger or a threat to our safety. It is a needed drive, but the problem occurs when we overcompensate or elongate our worries. “Worry is a special form of fear. To create worry, humans elongate fear with anticipation and memory, expand it in imagination, and fuel it with emotion. Worry…
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12 Things Money Can’t Buy
Website DIVISIONS (Over 600 articles to help you to grow in every facet of your life) Jimmie Burroughs 1956 Some despise getting old, but I have a different take on it. As we age we learn about life, or at least we should, and gain wisdom from our experiences. We know what is real and what isn’t. We become a very good judge of human character and are able to discern things that weren’t possible when we were young and less experienced. Also we are able to pass our wisdom along to others that are interested and who will listen. Too many today have a false idea on how…
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Your Words Define Who You Are
“High school valedictorian denied diploma over graduation speech” By Dylan Stableford, Yahoo! News | The Lookout “An Oklahoma high school valedictorian who used the word “hell” in her graduation speech in May has yet to receive her diploma. Kaitlin Nootbaar graduated from Prague High School with a 4.0 grade point average, her father, David Nootbaar, told KFOR-TV. But school administrators told him that Kaitlin would have to submit a written apology in order to get her diploma. “We went to the office and asked for the diploma and the principal said, ‘Your diploma is right here but you’re not getting it. Close the door, we have a problem,’” David Nootbaar…