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Three simple ways to improve your writing
Website DIVISIONS (Over 600 articles to help you to grow in every facet of your life) Written by Jimmie Burroughs Email to a friend- Abraham Lincoln was a master writer who had the ability to get to the point in the fewest of words, and that is the primary meaning of excellent writing. A seven word document immortalizes Lincoln’s decision to spare a soldier’s life. In 1862 Michael Delaney deserted one Colorado regiment, but had joined another and was fighting with it when he was arrested. Since the man had re-enlisted, Lincoln overturned the death sentence, writing with dazzling and unusual succinctness, he said, “Let him fight instead of being…
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A mother is the truest friend we have
Website DIVISIONS (Over 600 articles to help you to grow in every facet of your life) Written by Jimmie Burroughs Email to a friend A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials, heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine, desert us when troubles thicken around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts. –Washington Irving All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother. -Abraham Lincoln My…
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The Attitude of Thanksgiving is for the Year Around…
Posted by Jimmie Burroughs Although Thanksgiving is only once a year as a national holiday, the Attitude of Thanksgiving is for the Year Around…the spirit of Thanksgiving should always be in our heart. Those two words “Thank You” are so precious yet not spoken nearly enough. Most of us have so much to be thankful for. Think of five things each morning to be thankful for and see if it will make for a more positive and meaningful day. Some Thoughts on Thanksgiving Day Thanksgiving Day is an annual national holiday in the United States, Canada and a few other countries for the purpose of celebrating the harvest and other…