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Faith

Why Bother to Keep on Truckin’ ?

When I bump up against feelings of hopelessness, when I face an immovable mountain of doubt or when I know for sure that I don’t know for sure, it is only because I know God is reliable and trustworthy that I keep on truckin.        Step by Step Before I believed that God…
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Communication

Why Bother Giving Our Roles a Rest?

The roles we take on are simply that-a role, a part we play in a specific situation.  Our roles do not show others who we are as much as they show others what we do.  Be-ers My role as an author shows others that I have chosen to take a certain pathway that others who…
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Calmness
Faith

Why Bother to be Still?

Life, as we know it, works against the tide, idea or practice of stillness, repose, rest, silence, solitude or inactivity. We glibly fill the hours of our days with commitments and obligations whether mandated by work, serving others or simply doing the things we like to do. To appear as though we have nothing to…
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Communication

Why Bother Saying, “I don’t know.”

Dad set the standards for our family and he required all of us to pay attention to and follow his ideals. None of us were exempt. The boys as well as the girls, the oldest as well as the youngest. Some of Dad’s principles included; keeping your cuticles pushed back, respecting our mother, sitting up…
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