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Create Your Own Alternatives
“You will never make it without me!” “I made you what you are today!” “You can’t do anything else.” “You don’t know how to do anything else.” “Why play with a guaranteed thing?” “Why do you want to suffer for nothing?” “Be satisfied with what you got.” “Be thankful for the little you have.” “Don’t be greedy!” “Without me, you are nothing!” “You will do as I say, whether you like it or not.” “This is how it is.” “Are you ungrateful?” “This is not for women/girls/boys/men/black people/white … Read entire article »
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Influence Yourself With Music
It is generally well-accepted that music can elevate or depress the mood. It is a great influencer, and has been used as such for ages. Music affects the mind – both the conscious and the subconscious parts. Many a message has been delivered and reinforced in the mind via music. That is why despotic leaders and governments feel threatened by musicians and their creative outputs, even to the point of putting the artistes to death. How … Read entire article »
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Find Your Family
Lots of laughter. Piano music in the background. Side tables loaded with various potluck dishes. At various times, we walked over to hug the guest of honor – an elderly man, who lived all by himself, though you couldn’t have told it from the number of people in the church dining room. many of us called him father, others brother; a couple of comely matrons pseudo-squabbled over who was his true lady love. His face … Read entire article »
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Life, The Great Equalizer
Growing up, I had cousins who had the best of what there was, while the rest of us made do. They went to the best schools, ate the best food, went on vacations with their parents, and lacked for no good and necessary thing. We, on the other hand, were told to stop complaining, told to make do with next to nothing, and were told to be mindful of our station in life. We had … Read entire article »
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Do What You Have To Do
“Let me see what phone calls I can make on your behalf,” she said to me. “You understand that your job at this corporation is tenuous at best right now. You have stepped on the wrong toes. Believe me, I know that you are telling the truth of what happened to you. But you know that jobs are hard to come by and the money is good. All you had to do was keep your … Read entire article »
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How To Get Through Adversity
Each one of us will most definitely go some adversity in this life. As long as we are alive, troubles must come. Our reaction to adversity will determine is we will sink or swim! Many of us focus on the trouble, talking about it, thinking about it, studying it and becoming experts in its minutiae. Ostensibly, this is to help us get out of it; but the time and effort spent on this study frequently yields … Read entire article »
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