Today, I will deliberately open my eyes to the world.
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Driving the same roads over and over, we stop noticing the people, homes, yards and buildings along the way. We work with the same people for years but never see them as anything more than a reflection of the work they do. We've gotten so used to doing things a certain way, we can't see that there are better ways of doing these things-if we would just open our eyes. To truly see what's around us, we have to make an effort. Life is too short to take the world for granted.
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"One may have good eyes and yet see nothing."~ITALIAN PROVERB~
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"Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart." HEBREWS 12:3
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I am glad that some people in my life are willing to argue with me, even when-or especially when-I'm convinced I know exactly what I'm doing.
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We like it when other people agree with us. But we tend to make our biggest mistakes when no one offers any alternative ideas for what we are planning to do. Even though we don't like it much when others question our ideas, it's often what prods us to look harder at those ideas, to refine and improve them.
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"A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind."
~JOHN NEAL~
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"But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked."
~LUKE 6:35~
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I worry about what might happen to me, but I know I need to extend myself and take chances if I am going to have a full life.
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Life is a gamble. There's no way around it. We can't know good luck unless we're willing to risk having bad luck. And bad luck can come whenever we take risks or not. Clearly, we're better off taking an ocassional risk-if we want to learn, grow, and become a better person.
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BLINDNESS
Today, I will deliberately open my eyes to the world.
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BLINDNESS
Driving the same roads over and over, we stop noticing the people, homes, yards and buildings along the way. We work with the same people for years but never see them as anything more than a reflection of the work they do. We've gotten so used to doing things a certain way, we can't see that there are better ways of doing these things-if we would just open our eyes. To truly see what's around us, we have to make an effort. Life is too short to take the world for granted.
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BLINDNESS
"One may have good eyes and yet see nothing."~ITALIAN PROVERB~
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VERSE TO REMEMBER
"Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart." HEBREWS 12:3
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OPPOSITION
I am glad that some people in my life are willing to argue with me, even when-or especially when-I'm convinced I know exactly what I'm doing.
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OPPOSITION
We like it when other people agree with us. But we tend to make our biggest mistakes when no one offers any alternative ideas for what we are planning to do. Even though we don't like it much when others question our ideas, it's often what prods us to look harder at those ideas, to refine and improve them.
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OPPOSITION
"A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind." ~JOHN NEAL~
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VERSE TO REMEMBER
"But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked." ~LUKE 6:35~
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BAD LUCK
I worry about what might happen to me, but I know I need to extend myself and take chances if I am going to have a full life.
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BAD LUCK
Life is a gamble. There's no way around it. We can't know good luck unless we're willing to risk having bad luck. And bad luck can come whenever we take risks or not. Clearly, we're better off taking an ocassional risk-if we want to learn, grow, and become a better person.
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