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How Much Should You Care About What People Think
“Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.” ~Lao Tzu How much should you really care about what people think of you? Interesting question, don’t you think? It is very normal to care what others think about you and almost impossible not to care at all. We have an innate desire to be sociable and to be accepted and loved by others. Nevertheless, there is a limit as to how far anyone should go to gain another’s approval. It is when you pass the limit that it becomes a prospect for misery and a danger of becoming a prisoner to someone else’s expectations. It is…
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Thirteen Ways to Keep Your Marriage Alive
Written by Jimmie Burroughs Yesterday marked the 8th anniversary of Bunnie’s death, my wife for 44 years. Today I was thinking about some of the things that helped to make our marriage the success that it was, and I came up with thirteen things we both did with or toward each other. Pray and worship together: “The family that prays together stays together.” Forgive each other: If you fail to forgive, the offences will pile up until they forge a crack in the marriage that can ultimately destroy it. Show gratitude: The rarest of qualities among humans is showing gratitude. Do this toward your mate and you will be miles…
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The Awesome value of Gratitude
Website DIVISIONS (Over 600 articles to help you to grow in every facet of your life) Posted by Jimmie Burroughs- Email this article to a friend I wish I could say that I’ve always shown as much gratitude as I should for the tremendous sacrifice our troops have made and especially for the families who have lost loved ones to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but the truth is I haven’t. It is so easy to be comfortable in our own lives and somehow lose our sensitivity to what others sacrifice to make the kind of lifestyle we enjoy possi There was a recent article on the “Political Punch”…