Sunday, December 27, 2009

Change Yourself .......... Change The World!

Saturday, December 26, 2009

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Message from Ben:
Mr. Potato Head greets all of the excited visitors at the Toy Story Mania ride at Hollywood Studios in Orlando, Florida.

Happy 2010!

Ben and Bunny Wardlaw

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Monday, December 14, 2009

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Hilton Head Island, SC 29928
(843) 341-5066
Psalm 150:6

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Saturday, December 12, 2009

America's SENIOR CITIZENS Are Being SCREWED By Our US Senators and Congressmen

HERE IS ONE TO TWIST YOUR TWINKIE -- if you don't know how to curse yet, " I  am certain you will after you read this one " !

According to the Trustees  for the Social Security Administration, THERE WILL NOT BE A COST  OF LIVING INCREASE FOR THE  NEXT TWO YEARS IN SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS.  ADDITIONALLY THEY WILL RAISE YOUR CO-PAY FOR YOUR RX MEDICARE BENEFITS " !


They, the Congress ( BOTH  " REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATS TOGETHER ") say no increase is warranted because of the losses in gross national product and other cute things...


NOW HERE, SPORTS FANS, THIS IS THE ONE THAT WILL FLIP YOU OUT!! -- THE SOCIAL SECURITY  ADMINISTRATION IS FUNDING $24,000,000.00 FOR NEW ELECTRONIC  MEDICAL RECORDS PROCESSING FOR OUR CONGRESSMEN AND SENATORS!  THEY ARE OBTAINING THESE  FUNDS and  I QUOTE DIRECTLY FROM THE SOCIAL SECURITY  WEBSITE:


"THIS MONEY WILL BE COME  FROM THE SAVINGS TO BE GENERATED FROM WITHHOLDING  "COST OF LIVING INCREASES FOR 2010 & 2011 in SOCIAL SECURITY  BENEFITS FOR THE ELDERLY AND A $2.00 INCREASE ON ALL MEDICARE RX BENEFIT CO-PAY"


Please excuse my FRENCH,  But do the words " BULL CRAP "  ring a bell ?


Please pass this to ALL  your friends and have them "PROTEST TO THE IDIOTS WE ELECTED TO CONGRESS "  who by the way, have just voted themselves ANOTHER 3% SALARY INCREASE!


We must put a stop to this  outright thievery!  It is THE CONGRESS AND THE SENATE, BOTH REPUBLICAN  AND DEMOCRATS, WE CAN'T FIRE THEM, BUT WE SURE AS HELL CAN NOT RE-ELECT THEM, and WE CAN IMPEACH THEM or DEMAND RECALL
ELECTIONS!  HOW ABOUT WE  ALL GET TOGETHER AND DUMP THESE CLOWNS.


Just watch. They will  spend this money and find the software doesn't work, dump the whole thing  and go back to the old steam driven system just like they did with air  traffic control several years ago.  Don't worry though, they've got YOUR health care all worked out.


So here is what we CAN do:


All I ask is that you consider the suggestion here.


The entire Congress of the  United States is corrupt. And I mean both Houses and I mean both major  parties.  I realize that a few Members of each House are trustworthy, but, as a group, they are absolutely the most corrupt bunch  to ever disgrace our
Nation.


In November of 2010 the entire House of  Representatives will stand for re-election; all 435 of them.  One  third of the Senate, a total of 33 of them, will also stand for re-election.  Vote every incumbent out. And I mean every one of them.  No matter their Party affiliation.  Let's start all over in the House of Representatives with 435 people who have absolutely no experience in running that body, with no political favors owed to anyone but their own constituents.  Let's make them understand that they work  for us. They are answerable to us and they simply have to run that body with some common sense.


Two years later, in 2012, vote the next third of  the incumbents in the Senate out. We can do the same thing in 2014 and, by that  time we will have put all new people in that body as well.


We, the People, have got to take this Country back and we HAVE to do it peacefully. That's what the Framers of our  Constitution envisioned.


I am also suggesting term limits on the  NEW  BUNCH --8 YEARS FOR REPRESENTATIVES AND 12 YEARS FOR SENATORS.  NO  EXCEPTIONS.  THE LONGER THEY STAY IN OFFICE THE MORE POWER THEY  GET AND THEY LOVE IT AND WILL DO ANYTHING TO GET RE-ELECTED.


WE HAVE TERM LIMITED THE PRESIDENT -- NOW LET'S  TERM  LIMIT THE LEGISLATORS.

 

This thing can permeate this Country in no time.  Let's make it happen.**

VOTE THE POWER ABUSERS  OUT ... LET'S TAKE AMERICA BACK!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Friday, December 11, 2009

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Psalm 150:6

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Thursday, December 10, 2009

Help Your Favorite Non-Profit Organization Meet and Exceed Their Financial Requirements!

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Many blessings and Merry Christmas,

 

 

 Ben and Bunny Wardlaw

 ALMOST PARADISE

 Hilton Head Island, SC  USA

 (843) 341-5066

 Psalm 150:6


 

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Tuesday, December 8, 2009

See The World As It Is

See The World As It Is

 

The truth is what it is. It's neither good nor bad. It's simple reality.

Tailor your concepts to fit reality, instead of trying to stuff reality into your concepts. No matter what you believe, it won't change the facts.

If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advancement in the world.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. If fifty-million people say a foolish thing, it's still a foolish thing. Successful people are realistic and aren't trapped by false appearances.

Stay realistic on the road to success.


Ben Wardlaw
Chief FUN Officer
ALMOST PARADISE
Hilton Head Island, SC  USA
(843) 341-5066
Psalm 150:6

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Monday, December 7, 2009

Success Is Determined On The Drawing Board

Success Is Determined On The Drawing Board

 

It isn't enough to just want to be successful. You've got to ask yourself: "What are you going to do to get the things in life you want?"

Your problem is to bridge the distance which exists between where you are now and the goal you intend to reach. Planning brings your future into the present so you can do something about it now.

Somewhere there is a map of how it can be done. All you need is a good plan, and the courage to press on to your destination.

A well built house is started with a definite purpose and a set of blueprints. Your plan should provide the pattern for the actions you'll take. Take time each day to study, think and plan.

Plan your steps, then implement your plan, then review your results. Do this frequently and make the appropriate alterations to your plan, and you'll develop the power that will bring you to success.

No one was ever lost on a straight road.

Ben Wardlaw
Chief FUN Officer
ALMOST PARADISE
Hilton Head Island, SC  USA
(843) 341-5066
Psalm 150:6

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Saturday, December 5, 2009

Always Be Prepared For Success

ALWAYS BE PREPARED FOR SUCCESS

There is no shortage of opportunity.
Everyday you are presented with countless chances to be, or do whatever you desire.

Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.
Don't miss out on an opportunity because you're not prepared.

Your preparation is absolutely essential.
To achieve success, you must have self discipline.
You must increase your knowledge and develop your skills.

You're always in the right place at the right time when you're prepared.

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Thursday, December 3, 2009

Ministry in the marketplace

You may spend an hour or two this week at church. It is very likely you will spend 40 or more hours at work or at school. God has anointed and equipped you to serve Him, His Kingdom, and His sons and daughters at your workplace. The only question is whether you will obediently yield to His calling on your life.

God is responsible for the results, but we must be His hands and feet to plant the goods seeds He has entrusted to each of us.

Have a GREAT and BLESSED day in the marketplace tomorrow!

Ben Wardlaw


Ben Wardlaw
Chief FUN Officer
HISway Business Services
Hilton Head Island, SC USA
(843) 341-5066
Psalm 150:6
http://HISway.ning.com

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The Lion King

I will be posting some great videos on YouTube 4qr
Ben Wardlaw
Chief FUN Officer
HISway Business Services
Hilton Head Island, SC USA
(843) 341-5066
Psalm 150:6
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Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Our Source Of Strength

"We draw our strength from the battle. From our greatest conflicts come our greatest victories!"

Rod Parsley

PS God provides trials to strengthen our spiritual muscles. Don't curse these "workouts" but rather give thanks for them. Ben


Ben Wardlaw
Chief FUN Officer
HISway Business Services
Hilton Head Island, SC USA
(843) 341-5066
Psalm 150:6
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Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Disney World Choices ??????

What is your favorite ride, live show, or attraction at any of the Disney World venues in Orlando?

Mine is the Toy Story ride/game at Hollywood Studios.

Thanks in advance for your input.

Ben and Bunny Wardlaw


Ben Wardlaw
Chief FUN Officer
HISway Business Services
Hilton Head Island, SC USA
(843) 341-5066
Psalm 150:6
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Monday, November 30, 2009

Problems Are Part Of Life

Do not let fixing things be your top priority. Instead, make your relationship with Me your primary concern. Talk with Me about whatever is on your mind, seeking My perspective on the situation. Rather than trying to fix everything that comes to your attention, ask Me to show you what is truly important. Remember that you are en route to heaven and let your problems fade in the Light of eternity.

Page 349 JESUS CALLING by Sarah Young

Many blessings,

Ben
Ben Wardlaw
Chief FUN Officer
HISway Business Services
Hilton Head Island, SC USA
(843) 341-5066
Psalm 150:6
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Sunday, November 29, 2009

The Age of Independence

In this age of independence, people find it hard to acknowledge their neediness.
However, I have taken you along a path that has highlighted your need for Me:
placing you in situations where your strengths were irrelevant and your weaknesses
were glaringly evident. Through the aridity of those desert marches, I have drawn you
closer and closer to Myself. You have discovered flowers of Peace blossoming in the
most desolate places. You have learned to thank Me for hard times and difficult
journeys, trusting that through them I accomplish my best work. You have realized
that needing Me is the key to knowing Me intimately, which is the gift above all gifts.

Page 348 JESUS CALLING by Sarah Young

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Friday, November 27, 2009

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Thankfulness is a great way to start a conversation with your Creator.

Have a GREAT holiday with family and friends!

Ben and Bunny Wardlaw
ALMOST PARADISE
Hilton Head Island, SC USA
Psalm 150:6

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Thursday, November 26, 2009

Love Is Eternal

Love Is Eternal

 

Once you have learned to love;
who you are, what you do,
and those around you,
you will have truly learned to live.

Search for love, for it is the most important ingredient of life.

Without it, your life will echo emptiness.
With it, your life will vibrate with warmth and meaning. Even during any hardship,
love will shine through.

To love abundantly is to live abundantly.
To love forever is to live forever.
Be thankful for what you have now.

And be thankful for the opportunities for love
and success that are before you.

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Believing Always Precedes Seeing!

See Things As You Want Them To Be

 

How can you make your dream come true, if you don't have one?
Visualize your goals and your subconscious will begin to work toward making your mental pictures come true.

You'll gradually grow into any condition you desire, provided you adjust your mental attitude to mirror the person who corresponds to those conditions.

If you advance with confidence in the direction of your dreams, and begin to live the life you imagine, you'll meet with success beyond your wildest imagination.

The only way to discover your limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.
You're the one who can stretch your horizon.


And Remember this:  Believing Always Precedes Seeing.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

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Monday, November 23, 2009

Please Take a Stand with Us and Sign the Declaration!

The Manhattan Declaration

The Highway To Success Is A Toll Road

The Highway To Success Is A Toll Road

 

Success cannot be coaxed or bribed.
It's the offspring of drudgery and perseverance.
Pay the price for success and it's yours.

This world is run with far too tight a rein for luck to interfere.
Fortune sells her wares, she never gives them.
In one form or other, you pay for her favors or you go away empty.

Everything you want in life has a price connected to it.
There's a price to pay if you want to make things better, a price to pay for just leaving things as they are, a price for everything.

Nature cannot be tricked or cheated.
She'll give up to you the object of your struggles only after you have paid her price.

There is no victory at bargain basement prices.

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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Follow Those Dreams

Follow Those Dreams

 

 If you want to enlarge your life, you must first enlarge your thought of it and yourself.
Hold the ideal of yourself as you long to be, your ideal of what you long to attain, the ideal of health, efficiency, fun and success.

You can lift yourself by your thoughts. Your vision will help you climb mountains.
High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.

You'll become as small as your controlling desire, or as great as your dominant aspiration.

The courage to follow your dreams is your first step toward destiny.
When you cease to dream, you cease to live.

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Friday, November 20, 2009

The Secret To Confidence Is Preparation

The Secret To Confidence Is Preparation

 

With practice you'll come to a point of competence.
You'll find yourself accomplishing your goals gracefully and confidently.

It's then that you'll do things that you never dreamed you could do.
You'll discover powers you never knew existed.
If you're prepared, you're able to feel confident.

There can be no great courage when there is no confidence or assurance.
Half the battle is in the conviction that you can accomplish what you undertake.

Confidence doesn't come out of nowhere. It's the result of constant work and dedication.

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Advent Conspiracy video

Giving ........... it's the true meaning and message of Christmas!

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Nothing Is Impossible To A Willing Heart

Nothing Is Impossible To A Willing Heart

 

You can do anything in this world you want to do, but you must want to do it badly enough.
You really can have everything you want, if you go after it. You have to want it.

The first ingredient of success is desire. Do you know what you want?
Your desire is the planting of your seed.

Your desire for success must be so strong within you that it's the very breath of your life. It must be your first thought when you wake in the morning, and your last thought when you go to bed at night.

You can be whatever you make up your mind to be. What's in your mind is all that counts.

 

 

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Wednesday, November 18, 2009

What is the NUMBER ONE problem that you and your family are currently dealing?

What is the NUMBER ONE problem that you and your family are currently dealing?

NOTE: When someone posts something and you can offer them help or advice, please take time to Comment or send them a private message.

Let's turn Facebook and Twitter into social media tools for solving people's real and pressing problems.

 
With Teamwork, Compassion, and Love we can achieve UNCOMMON results!
 
Many blessings,
 
Ben Wardlaw
Chief FUN Officer
ALMOST PARADISE
Hilton Head Island, SC  USA
(843) 341-5066
Psalm 150:6

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Work Is Reward Not Punishment

Work Is Reward Not Punishment

 

Your success in any occupation depends on your enjoyment.
Loving your work makes the difference.
If you enjoy what you do, you'll be successful.
If you don't enjoy what you do, you won't be successful.

Your chances for success are directly proportional to the degree of pleasure you derive from what you do. If you have a job you hate, face the fact squarely and get out. You'll never achieve real success unless you like what you are doing.

Success in its highest and noblest form calls for peace of mind, enjoyment, and happiness which comes only when you find the work that you like best.

You don't pay the price for success. You enjoy the price for success.
Work is love made visible.

 

 

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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

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Attitude is (almost) Everything

Attitude is (almost) Everything

 

You determine your attitude.
You can respond positively or negatively to any situation.
Your attitude is not determined by circumstances, but by how you respond to your circumstances.

Any challenge facing you is not as important as your attitude towards it, for that will determine your success or failure.

It's how you react to events, not the events themselves, that determines your attitude.


BTW: GOD is Everything!

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Monday, November 16, 2009

All Great Achievement Takes Time

All Great Achievement Takes Time

 

"Keep trying" is the rule that must be followed to be successful at anything.

Your success will always be connected with your actions. Just keep moving towards your goal.
You'll make mistakes but don't ever quit. You may even have to hang on after others have let go.

Persistence means taking pains to overcome every obstacle, to do all that's necessary to reach your goal. In the end, the only people who fail are those that do not try.

Your future is a big adventure.
Just remember, all great achievement takes time.

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Saturday, November 14, 2009

You Can Be A Winner If You Plan Ahead

You Can Be A Winner If You Plan Ahead

 

You gain the advantage in any situation through one medium: time
You can do things before they need to be done.
You can position yourself ahead of time in the best place.

Think ahead of any approaching action.
Make a plan and you will always have the advantage.

Let your advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

In life, as in chess, forethought wins.

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Friday, November 13, 2009

Every Failure Is A Step Closer To Success

Every Failure Is A Step Closer To Success

 

People who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try to do nothing and succeed. Experiencing failure is inevitable on your journey to be successful. Each defeat is merely an installment to victory.

You'll find that the number of times you succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times you fail and keep trying. You won't be judged by the number of times you fail, but by the number of times you succeed.

Failure is nothing but education, nothing but the first step to something better.
You can't be a winner and be afraid to lose.

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Thursday, November 12, 2009

Your Success Is A Matter of Expectation

Your Success Is A Matter of Expectation

 

You must first expect to succeed if you want to succeed.
When you expect good things to happen, strangely enough, they will happen.
Expectation energizes your goals and gives them momentum.

Your life will always respond to your outlook, so set your goals high.
The dreams you choose to believe in will come to be.

You can't expect to succeed beyond your wildest expectations unless you begin
with some pretty wild expectations.

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Strength For Today

Strength For Today
 
Do not let any set of circumstances intimidate you.
The more challenging your day, the more of My Power I place at your disposal.
You seem to think that I empower you equally each day, but this is not so.
Your tendency upon awakening is to assess the difficulties ahead of you, measuring
them against your average strength. This is an exercise in unreality.
 
I know what each of your days will contain, and I empower you accordingly.
The degree to which I strengthen you on a given day is based on two variables:
the difficulty of your circumstances, and your willingness to depend on Me for help.
Try to view challenging days as opportunities to receive more of My Power than usual.
Look to Me for all that you need, and watch to see what I will do. 
 
As your day, so shall your strength be.
 
Page 330 JESUS CALLING by Sarah Young

 

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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

It's Never Over Until It's Over

It's Never Over Until It's Over


The power to hold on in spite of everything, to endure, this is the quality of a winner. Your greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fail.

It's your constant and determined effort that will eventually break down all resistance and sweep away all the barriers before you. Persistence means taking pains to overcome every obstacle, to do all that's necessary to reach your goal.

All great achievements require time. Endurance is the crowning quality
of success.

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God's Faithfulness to His People

God's Faithfulness to His People
 1 Give thanks to the LORD, call on His name;
    proclaim His deeds among the peoples. 

    2 Sing to Him, sing praise to Him;
    tell about all His wonderful works! 

    3 Honor His holy name;
    let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice. 

    4 Search for the LORD and for His strength;
    seek His face always.

Psalm 105:1-4

Jesus is LORD!

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Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Get Seen....Get Paid!

An excerpt from: "The Right to Lead" by John Maxwell

WHAT GIVES A MAN OR WOMAN THE RIGHT TO LEAD?

It certainly isn't gained by election or appointment. Having position, title, rank, or degrees doesn't qualify anyone to lead other people. And the ability doesn't come automatically from age or experience, either. No, it would be accurate to say that no one can be given the right to lead. The right to lead can only be earned. And that takes time.

The Kind of Leader Others Want to Follow

The key to becoming an effective leader is not to focus on making other people follow, but on making yourself the kind of person they want to follow. You must become someone others can trust to take them where they want to go. As you prepare yourself to become a better leader, use the following guidelines to help you grow:

  1. Let go of your ego.

The truly great leaders are not in leadership for personal gain. They lead in order to serve other people. Perhaps that is why Lawrence D. Bell remarked, "Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things, and I'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things."

  1. Become a good follower first.

Rare is the effective leader who didn't learn to become a good follower first. That is why a leadership institution such as the United States Military Academy teaches its officers to become effective followers first - and why West Point has produced more leaders than the Harvard Business School.

  1. Build positive relationships.

Leadership is influence, nothing more, nothing less. That means it is by nature relational. Today's generation of leaders seem particularly aware of this because title and position mean so little to them. They know intuitively that people go along with people they get along with.

  1. Work with excellence.

No one respects and follows mediocrity. Leaders who earn the right to lead give their all to what they do. They bring into play not only their skills and talents, but also great passion and hard work. They perform on the highest level of which they are capable.

  1. Rely on discipline, not emotion.

Leadership is often easy during the good times. It's when everything seems to be against you - when you're out of energy, and you don't want to lead - that you earn your place as a leader. During every season of life, leaders face crucial moments when they must choose between gearing up or giving up. To make it through those times, rely on the rock of discipline, not the shifting sand of emotion.

  1. Make adding value your goal.

When you look at the leaders whose names are revered long after they have finished leading, you find that they were men and women who helped people to live better lives and reach their potential. That is the highest calling of leadership - and its highest value.

  1. Give your power away.

One of the ironies of leadership is that you become a better leader by sharing whatever power you have, not by saving it all for yourself. You're meant to be a river, not a reservoir. If you use your power to empower others, your leadership will extend far beyond your grasp.

In The Right to Lead, you will hear from and read about people who have done these same things and earned the right to lead others. Because of the courage they found and the character they displayed, other people recognized their admirable qualities and felt compelled to follow them.

The followers who looked to these leaders learned from them, and so can we. As you explore their worlds and words, remember that it takes time to become worthy of followers. Leadership isn't learned or earned in a moment.
~John Maxwell

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Never Say Never

Never Say Never


There is no such thing as no chance. Don't think about the things you can't do. Think about the things you can do.

No matter what the level of your ability is, you have more potential than you can ever develop in a lifetime.

You have powers you never dreamed of. You can do things you never thought you could do. There are no limitations to what you can do except the limitations
of your own mind.

Your range of available choices right now is limitless. Look at things as they can be.

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Monday, November 9, 2009

Successful People Follow Their Plan

Successful People Follow Their Plan


You need a plan to find success.
Wanting success isn't sufficient enough to get it.
You've got to ask yourself, "What are you going to do to get the things you want."

Your problem is to bridge the gap which exists between where you are now and the goal you intend to reach.

You cannot fail with a definite step by step plan, because each step you take will carry you along to the next step, like a track. All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination.

You cannot get lost on a straight road.

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Fear of the Future

Some fears surface over and over again especially fear of the future.
You tend to project yourself mentally into the next day, week, month,
year, decade, and you visualize yourself coping badly in those times.

What you are seeing is a false image, because it doesn't include Me!

Those gloomy times that you imagine will not come to pass, since My
presence will be with you at all times.

Page 328  JESUS CALLING by Sarah Young

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Saturday, November 7, 2009

Always Be Prepared For Success

Always Be Prepared For Success


There is no shortage of opportunity.
Everyday you are presented with countless chances to be, or do whatever you desire.

Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.
Don't miss out on an opportunity because you're not prepared.

Your preparation is absolutely essential.
To achieve success, you must have self discipline.
You must increase your knowledge and develop your skills.

You're always in the right place at the right time when you're prepared.

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Friday, November 6, 2009

The Highest Of Distinctions Is Service To Others

The Highest Of Distinctions Is Service To Others


The truly successful person doesn't use others, other people use them.

If you can contribute to others, no matter how small your talent, you too can become successful. The measure of anyone is the number of people that they serve.

Service to others is the essence of success.
No one achieves success without being of service.
All great men and women became successful because they gave some talent or ability in the service of others.

Everybody has to be somebody to somebody to be anybody.

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Thursday, November 5, 2009

Your Habits Will Push You To Success

Your Habits Will Push You To Success


First you make your habits, and then your habits make you.

Break those habits that can break you.
Adopt those practices that will become the new habits that will help you achieve
the success you desire.

Your habits are a form of exercise.
The harder you work at something, the harder it is to quit.
The easier it is to do, the harder it is to change.

Your habits are either the best of servants or the worst of masters.
You are what you repeatedly do.

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Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Do All Things With Love

Do All Things With Love


Love is the most important ingredient of life.
Your life echoes emptiness without it.
With it, your life vibrates meaning and warmth.

Love will shine through even in hardship.

You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments that stand out, the moments when you have really lived, are the moments when you have done things
in a spirit of love.

If you have it, you don't need to have anything else.
And if you don't have it, it doesn't much matter what else you have.

Treasure the love you receive above everything else.
It will survive long after your wealth and good health have vanished.

The way is not in the sky.
The way is in the heart.

Life in abundance comes only through great love.

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Tuesday, November 3, 2009

No Authority Is Higher Than Reality

No Authority Is Higher Than Reality


Truth isn't a matter of your personal viewpoint.
Learn to see things as they really are, not as you imagine they are.

Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or who says it.
No matter what you believe, it never changes the facts.
If they are there, the facts always speak for themselves.

The truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of people.
If sixty million people say a foolish thing, it's still a foolish thing.

The sky is no less blue because the blind man does not see it.

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Monday, November 2, 2009

Look At Things As They Can Be

Look At Things As They Can Be


Your range of available choices right now has no limits.
The only limits you have are in your mind.
You've got it in you to succeed.
Just make up your mind and stick with it.

You weren't born with any limits on your powers or any set limits to your capacity.
At any moment, you have more possibilities than you can act upon.

Imagine your possibilities and your vision expands.
Capture your dreams in your mind and your life becomes full.
Reach out and touch the limits of your being in your mind.

If you think you can, you can.

Today is precious, priceless, and irreplaceable.  Take time to ENJOY it with your family and friends.

Many blessings,

Ben Wardlaw
ALMOST PARADISE
Hilton Head Island, SC USA
Psalm 150:6

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Sunday, November 1, 2009

Do not be discouraged.......

Do not be discouraged by the difficulty of keeping your focus on Me.
You live in a world that has been rigged to distract you. Each time you plow
your way through the massive distractions to communicate with Me, you
achieve a victory. Rejoice in these tiny triumphs, and they will increasingly
light up your days.
 
Page 320 JESUS CALLING by Sarah Young

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Do not be discouraged.......

Do not be discouraged by the difficulty of keeping your focus on Me.
You live in a world that has been rigged to distract you. Each time you plow
your way through the massive distractions to communicate with Me, you
achieve a victory. Rejoice in these tiny triumphs, and they will increasingly
light up your days.
 
Page 320 JESUS CALLING by Sarah Young

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Saturday, October 31, 2009

Everyone Has A Chance To Be Successful

Everyone Has A Chance To Be Successful


People often handle life as they do bad weather.
They while away the time waiting for it to stop.
Yet the tide of opportunity comes to everyone.

Opportunity knocks all the time, but you've got to be ready for it.
When your chance comes, you must have the equipment to take advantage of it.

The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, for time and chance happen to everyone. Take a second look at what appears to be someone's "good luck." You'll find not luck but preparation, planning and success-producing thinking.

When you're prepared for opportunity your chance for success is sure to come.
The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.

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The Promise of the Spirit

On the last and most important day of the festival, Jesus stood up and cried out, "If anyone is thirsty, he should come to Me and drink!  The one who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, will have streams of living water flow from deep within him." He said this about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were going to receive, for the Spirit had not yet been received, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.   John 7:37-39

   

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Thursday, October 29, 2009

What You See Is What You Get.......

What You See Is What You Get


Visualize what you want. See it, feel it, believe in it.
Your mind is your mental workshop. You can build anything you want in it.
The beginning of your success is in your imagination.

Make your mental blue print and then begin construction.
See things as you would have them be instead of as they are.

Use your imagination to perceive your new reality even when it's not fully materialized. Remember, you must first clearly see a thing in your mind before you can do it or have it.

Your imagination will show you how to turn possibility into reality.
First think, then organize your thoughts into plans.
Then transform your thoughts into reality by taking some positive action.

See the things you want as already yours.
Think of them as yours, as belonging to you, as already in your possession.

Picture yourself as having already achieved your goal.
Dreams and ideas can cross continents and oceans.
They go anywhere you can go.

What you see is what you get.

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Linger in My Presence a while......

Linger in My Presence a while.
Rein in your impulses to plunge into the day's activities.
Beginning your day alone with Me is essential preparation for success.

A great athlete takes time to prepare himself mentally for the feat ahead of him
before he moves a muscle. Similarly, your time of being still in My Presence equips
you for the day ahead of you. Only I know what will happen to you this day. I have
arranged the events you will encounter as you go along your way. If you are not adequately
equipped for the journey, you will grow weary and lose heart. Relax with Me while I ready
you for action.   

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Monday, October 26, 2009

The Age of Self-Help......

This is the age of self-help. Bookstores abound with books about "taking care of number one", making oneself the center of all things.
The main goal of these methodologies is to become self-sufficient and confident. You, however, have been called to take a "road less traveled":
continual dependence on Me. True confidence comes from knowing you are complete in My presence. Everything you need has its counterpart in Me.

Come to Me when you are hurting, and I will soothe your pain. Come to Me when you are joyful, and I will share your Joy, multiplying it many times over.
I am All you need, just when you need it. Your deepest desires find fulfillment in Me alone.     Page 313  JESUS CALLING  by Sarah Young

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Friday, October 23, 2009

123 Reasons To Minimize Your SUGAR Consumption

123 REASONS TO MINIMIZE YOUR SUGAR CONSUMPTION

With Americans consuming 150 lbs. of sugar on average each year (per
person) it’s critical that we understand the impact of our behavior.
The AHA (American Heart Association) says that adults consume 22
teaspoons of sugar per day and that teenagers are consuming 34
teaspoons per day. All the research points to sugar-filled beverages
as the primary reason for this extreme amount of sugar intake.

It’s obvious the impact on our individual weight and the enormous
obesity epidemic that we face here in America but many people do not
understand the other dangers with this level of sugar intake. Below
is a list of 123 reasons why you and I need to stay away from sugar
and make better decisions when consuming beverages on a daily basis…

1. Sugar can suppress the immune system.
2. Sugar upsets the mineral relationships in the body.
3. Sugar can cause hyperactivity, anxiety, difficulty concentrating,
and crankiness in children.
4. Sugar can produce a significant rise in triglycerides.
5. Sugar contributes to the reduction in defense against bacterial
infection (infectious diseases).
6. Sugar causes a loss of tissue elasticity and function, the more
sugar you eat the more elasticity and function you loose.
7. Sugar reduces high density lipoproteins.
8. Sugar leads to chromium deficiency.
9. Sugar leads to cancer of the breast, ovaries, prostate, and rectum.
10. Sugar can increase fasting levels of glucose.
11. Sugar causes copper deficiency.
12. Sugar interferes with absorption of calcium and magnesium.
13. Sugar can weaken eyesight.
14. Sugar raises the level of neurotransmitters: dopamine, serotonin,
and norepinephrine.
15. Sugar can cause hypoglycemia.
16. Sugar can produce an acidic digestive tract.
17. Sugar can cause a rapid rise of adrenaline levels in children.
18. Sugar malabsorption is frequent in patients with functional bowel disease.
19. Sugar can cause premature aging.
20. Sugar can lead to alcoholism.
21. Sugar can cause tooth decay.
22. Sugar contributes to obesity.
23. High intake of sugar increases the risk of Crohn’s disease, and
ulcerative colitis.
24. Sugar can cause changes frequently found in person with gastric or
duodenal ulcers.
25. Sugar can cause arthritis.
26. Sugar can cause asthma.
27. Sugar greatly assists the uncontrolled growth of Candida Albicans
(yeast infections).
28. Sugar can cause gallstones.
29. Sugar can cause heart disease.
30. Sugar can cause appendicitis.
31. Sugar can cause multiple sclerosis.
32. Sugar can cause hemorrhoids.
33. Sugar can cause varicose veins.
34. Sugar can elevate glucose and insulin responses in oral contraceptive users.
35. Sugar can lead to periodontal disease.
36. Sugar can contribute to osteoporosis.
37. Sugar contributes to saliva acidity.
38. Sugar can cause a decrease in insulin sensitivity.
39. Sugar can lower the amount of Vitamin E in the blood.
40. Sugar can decrease growth hormone.
41. Sugar can increase cholesterol.
42. Sugar can increase the systolic blood pressure.
43. Sugar can cause drowsiness and decreased activity in children.
44. High sugar intake increases advanced glycation end products (AGEs)
(Sugar bound non-enzymatically to protein)
45. Sugar can interfere with the absorption of protein.
46. Sugar causes food allergies.
47. Sugar can contribute to diabetes.
48. Sugar can cause toxemia during pregnancy.
49. Sugar can contribute to eczema in children.
50. Sugar can cause cardiovascular disease.
51. Sugar can impair the structure of DNA
52. Sugar can change the structure of protein.
53. Sugar can make our skin age by changing the structure of collagen.
54. Sugar can cause cataracts.
55. Sugar can cause emphysema.
56. Sugar can cause atherosclerosis.
57. Sugar can promote an elevation of low density lipoproteins (LDL).
58. High sugar intake can impair the physiological homeostasis of many
systems in the body.
59. Sugar lowers the enzymes ability to function.
60. Sugar intake is higher in people with Parkinson’s disease.
61. Sugar can cause a permanent altering the way the proteins act in the body.
62. Sugar can enlarge the liver by making the liver cells divide.
63. Sugar can increase the amount of liver fat.
64. Sugar can enlarge the kidney and produce pathological changes in it.
65. Sugar can damage the pancreas.
66. Sugar can increase the body’s fluid retention.
67. Sugar is enemy #1 of the bowel movement.
68. Sugar can cause myopia (nearsightedness).
69. Sugar can compromise the lining of the capillaries.
70. Sugar can make the tendons more brittle.
71. Sugar can cause headaches, including migraine.
72. Sugar plays a role in pancreatic cancer in women.
73. Sugar can adversely affect school children’s grades and cause
learning disorders.
74. Sugar can cause an increase in delta, alpha, and theta brain waves.
75. Sugar can cause depression.
76. Sugar increases the risk of gastric cancer.
77. Sugar and cause dyspepsia (indigestion).
78. Sugar can increase your risk of getting gout.
79. Sugar can increase the levels of glucose in an oral glucose
tolerance test over the ingestion of complex carbohydrates.
80. Sugar can increase the insulin responses in humans consuming
high-sugar diets compared to low sugar diets.
81 High refined sugar diet reduces learning capacity.
82. Sugar can cause less effective functioning of two blood proteins,
albumin, and lipoproteins, which may reduce the body’s ability to
handle fat and cholesterol.
83. Sugar can contribute to Alzheimer’s disease.
84. Sugar can cause platelet adhesiveness.
85. Sugar can cause hormonal imbalance; some hormones become under
active and others become overactive.
86. Sugar can lead to the formation of kidney stones.
87. Sugar can lead to the hypothalamus to become highly sensitive to a
large variety of stimuli.
88. Sugar can lead to dizziness.
89. Diets high in sugar can cause free radicals and oxidative stress.
90. High sucrose diets of subjects with peripheral vascular disease
significantly increase platelet adhesion.
91. High sugar diet can lead to biliary tract cancer.
92. Sugar feeds cancer.
93. High sugar consumption of pregnant adolescents is associated with
a twofold increased risk for delivering a small-for-gestational-age
(SGA) infant.
94. High sugar consumption can lead to substantial decrease in
gestation duration among adolescents.
95. Sugar slows food’s travel time through the gastrointestinal tract.
96. Sugar increases the concentration of bile acids in stools and
bacterial enzymes in the colon. This can modify bile to produce
cancer- causing compounds and colon cancer.
97. Sugar increases estradiol (the most potent form of naturally
occurring estrogen) in men.
98. Sugar combines and destroys phosphatase, an enzyme, which makes
the process of digestion more difficult.
99. Sugar can be a risk factor of gallbladder cancer.
100. Sugar is an addictive substance.
101. Sugar can be intoxicating, similar to alcohol.
102. Sugar can exacerbate PMS.
103. Sugar given to premature babies can affect the amount of carbon
dioxide they produce.
104. Decrease in sugar intake can increase emotional stability.
105. The body changes sugar into 2 to 5 times more fat in the
bloodstream than it does starch.
106. The rapid absorption of sugar promotes excessive food intake in
obese subjects.
107. Sugar can worsen the symptoms of children with attention deficit
hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
108. Sugar adversely affects urinary electrolyte composition.
109. Sugar can slow down the ability of the adrenal glands to function.
110. Sugar has the potential of inducing abnormal metabolic processes
in a normal healthy individual and to promote chronic degenerative
diseases.
111..IVs (intravenous feedings) of sugar water can cut off oxygen to the brain.
112. High sucrose intake could be an important risk factor in lung cancer.
113. Sugar increases the risk of polio.
114. High sugar intake can cause epileptic seizures.
115. Sugar causes high blood pressure in obese people.
116. In Intensive Care Units: Limiting sugar saves lives.
117. Sugar may induce cell death.
118. Sugar may impair the physiological homeostasis of many systems in
living organisms.
119. In juvenile rehabilitation camps, when children were put on a low
sugar diet, there was a 44% drop in antisocial behavior.
120. Sugar can cause gastric cancer.
121. Sugar dehydrates newborns.
122. Sugar can cause gum disease.
123. Sugar can cause low birth-weight babies.

I think you get the idea…..

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Hilton Head Island, SC USA
(843) 341-5066
Psalm 150:6

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Don't Believe In Miracles.....Depend On Them!

DON'T BELIEVE IN MIRACLES.........DEPEND ON THEM!


You don't need an explanation for everything.

Recognize that there are such things as miracles, events for which
there are no explanations. Later, knowledge may explain those events
away.

The fact that you plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of
knowledge and it becomes another's, smile at someone and receive a
smile in return are common miracles.

Your duty to yourself is to believe that for which you have sufficient
evidence, and to suspend your judgement when you have not.

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

Some things have to be believed to be seen.

Vision is the art of seeing invisible things

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Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Search me, GOD, and know my heart.....

Search me, GOD, and know my heart;
test me and know my concerns.
See if there is any offensive way in me;
lead me in the everlasting way. Psalm 139:23-24

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Monday, October 19, 2009

In Nature and In Life Sowing Always Comes Before Reaping

BEFORE YOU CAN GET, YOU HAVE TO GIVE

When you give to others you'll find yourself blessed.
The more you sow, the more you reap.

It's a universal law: You have to give before you get.
You must plant your seeds before you reap the harvest.
The law works to give you back more than you have sown.

He who obtains has little.
He who scatters has much.

Nature does not give to those who will not spend.
You only get to keep what you give away.

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Friday, October 16, 2009

I only hope we find GOD again before it is too late ! !

I only hope we find GOD again before it is too late ! !

The following was written by Ben Stein and recited by him on the CBS
Sunday Morning Show Commentary.


My confession:

I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it
does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful
lit up, bejeweled trees, Christmas trees. I don't feel threatened. I
don't feel discriminated against. That's what they are, Christmas
trees.

It doesn't bother me a bit when people say, 'Merry Christmas' to me.
I don't think they are slighting me or getting ready to put me in a
ghetto. In fact, I kind of like it. It shows that we are all
brothers and sisters celebrating this happy time of year. It doesn't
bother me at all that there is a manger scene on display at a key
intersection near my beach house in Malibu . If people want a creche,
it's just as fine with me as is the Menorah a few hundred yards away.

I don't like getting pushed around for being a Jew, and I don't think
Christians like getting pushed around for being Christians. I think
people who believe in God are sick and tired of getting pushed around,
period. I have no idea where the concept came from, that America is
an explicitly atheist country. I can't find it in the Constitution
and I don't like it being shoved down my throat.

Or maybe I can put it another way: where did the idea come from that
we should worship celebrities and we aren't allowed to worship God as
we understand Him? I guess that's a sign that I'm getting old, too.
But there are a lot of us who are wondering where these celebrities
came from and where the America we knew went to.

In light of the many jokes we send to one another for a laugh, this is
a little different: This is not intended to be a joke; it's not
funny, it's intended to get you thinking.

Billy Graham's daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane
Clayson asked her 'How could God let something like this happen?'
(regarding Hurricane Katrina).. Anne Graham gave an extremely
profound and insightful response. She said, 'I believe God is deeply
saddened by this, just as we are, but for years we've been telling God
to get out of our schools, to get out of our government and to get out
of our lives.. And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly
backed out. How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His
protection if we demand He leave us alone?'

In light of recent events... terrorists attack, school shootings, etc.
I think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered,
her body found a few years ago) complained she didn't want prayer in
our schools, and we said OK. Then someone said you better not read
the Bible in school. The Bible says thou shalt not kill; thou shalt
not steal, and love your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK.

Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children when they
misbehave, because their little personalities would be warped and we
might damage their self-esteem (Dr. Spock's son committed suicide).
We said an expert should know what he's talking about. And we said
okay..

Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why
they don't know right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to
kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves.

Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it
out. I think it has a great deal to do with 'WE REAP WHAT WE SOW.'

Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why the
world's going to hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers say,
but question what the Bible says. Funny how you can send 'jokes'
through e-mail and they spread like wildfire, but when you start
sending messages regarding the Lord, people think twice about sharing.
Funny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely
through cyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed in the
school and workplace.

Are you laughing yet?

Funny how when you forward this message, you will not send it to many
on your address list because you're not sure what they believe, or
what they will think of you for sending it.

Funny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us
than what God thinks of us.

Pass it on if you think it has merit.

If not, then just discard it... no one will know you did.. But, if
you discard this thought process, don't sit back and complain about
what bad shape the world is in.

My Best Regards, Honestly and respectfully,

Ben Stein

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