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DANGEROUS PRAYERS – Every tear tells a story

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Are your relationships becoming ‘relationslips’?

One of my ongoing goals is to build new relationships and grow current relationships healthier. The longer I live, the more I realize the quality of our relationships determine the quality of our life. Relationship building is a skill we must continually practice, take risks in and improve upon.

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Parenthood

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Starting Over

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Starting over

Karl Pillemer is a gerontologist at Cornell University. In 2011, he and his team interviewed 1,500 adults over the age of 65, asking them what haunts them the most about their life choices. He then wrote a book called “30 Lessons for Living: Tried and True Advice from the Wisest Americans.”

Here are the biggest regrets of those interviewed…

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Lead yourself well at every age

A year ago Sean McVay was hired as the head football coach for the Los Angeles Rams. Previously, he was successful as the offensive coordinator for the Washington Redskins. Based on his success as an offensive coordinator it wasn’t surprising he was hired as a head coach. What made his hiring a total shock to most people was that he was only 30 years old.

I will admit, I didn’t see how a 30-year-old coach could lead an NFL team, especially with all the pressure of Los Angeles. The owner of the team had just announced they were building the largest stadium in the world as part of a 300-acre sports and entertainment district with the focal point being the Rams football team. With all of that at stake they hire a 30-year-old coach?

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Lead Yourself

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Too great to be simply good

In 2005, I opened up a book by Thom Rainer as my son practiced at USA Spirit Christian Tae Kwon Do Academy. The first sentence of the first chapter is this: “It is a sin to be good if God has called us to be great.” That statement hit me so hard I blurted out “WOW!” I then circled the sentence and wrote “WOW!”

I closed the book.

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Staying in Love

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More questions than answers

How are you doing at making healthy choices in life? Have you made the connection between your choices and your future? Have you considered how your choices affect other people and the results of your life? Are you consistently making healthy, life-giving, hope-producing choices?

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