• Marriage

    10 Guidelines for Choosing Your Mate

    Website DIVISIONS (Over 600 articles to help you to grow in every facet of your life) Written by Jimmie Burroughs Email this article to a friend Today the divorce rate stands around 50%. This means that a lot of people are choosing their mate badly. Actually the divorce rate doesn’t give the full picture. Of 10 marriages only 5 stay married, 2 stay married because of finances or the children, that leaves only 3 out of 10 who are in some way compatible. It is believed that only 1 or 2 out of 10 marriages are actually a happy marriage. It is true that you will never find the perfect…

  • Intelligence

    Perception…something to think about…

    Washington, D.C., Metro Station on a cold January morning in 2007. The man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time approximately two thousand people went through the station, most of them on their way to work. After 3 minutes: a middle aged man noticed there was a musician playing.  He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried to meet his schedule. 4 minutes later: The violinist received his first dollar; a woman threw the money in the hat and, without stopping, continued to walk. 6 minutes: A young man leaned against the wall to listen to him, then looked at his…

  • Purpose

    Time out for priorities

    The top price for a Super Bowl ticket is $28,644. You can however get a party ticket and set outside the stadium and watch the game on a large TV screen for only $200. I say that tongue in cheek for it is hard for me to imagine anyone willing to pay either of those prices for a football game that you can sit in the comfort of your home and watch for free.  Oh and if you sit outside the stadium on the grass to watch the game by TV you can also buy beer, if you drink, for only $8 a bottle, once again tongue in cheek. I…