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Buddha’s Advice To Calm A Disturbed Mind

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Buddha’s Advice To Calm A Disturbed Mind
Once Buddha was traveling with a few of his followers. While they were passing a lake, Buddha told one of his disciples, “I am thirsty. Do ...

Woman who lost everything learns to be thankful for life's Thorns

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Woman who lost everything learns to be thankful for life's Thorns
Like many inspiring movies and books, this short story may be fictional. However, the impact that this work will have on its readers is ver...

A million dollar lesson

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A million dollar lesson
A million dollar lesson (Internet) A cab driver taught me a million dollar lesson in customer satisfaction and expectation. Motivationa...

Follow Your Dream

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Follow Your Dream
Follow Your Dream (Internet) I have a friend named Monty Roberts who owns a horse ranch in San Ysidro. He has let me use his house to p...

Cienna's Goal Book

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Cienna's Goal Book
In 1977 I was a single mother with three young daughters, a house payment, a car payment and a need to rekindle some dreams. One evening I ...

Rick little's quest

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Rick little's quest
Rick little's quest (Internet) At 5 am, Rick Little fell asleep at the wheel of his car, hurtled over a ten-foot embankment and cra...

If You Don't Ask, You Don't Get - But If You Do, You Do

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If You Don't Ask, You Don't Get - But If You Do, You Do
My wife Linda and I live in Miami, Florida. When we had just started our self-esteem training program called Little Acorns to teach childre...

Tommy's Bumper Sticker

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Tommy's Bumper Sticker
"Action is the foundational key to all success." - Pablo Picasso A little kid down at our church in Huntington Beach came up to...

Ask, Ask, Ask

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Ask, Ask, Ask
The greatest saleswoman in the world today doesn't mind if you call her a girl. That's because Markka Andrews has generated more th...

There Are No Vans

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There Are No Vans
I remember one Thanksgiving when our family had no money and no food, and someone came knocking on our door. A man was standing there with...

The 333 Story

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The 333 Story
I was doing a weekend seminar at the Deerhurst Lodge, north of Toronto. On Friday night a tornado swept through a town north of us called ...

Think I Can!

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Think I Can!
Whether you think you can or think you can't, you 're right. - Henry Ford Rocky Lyons, the son of New York Jets defensive end Ma...

I am a Teacher

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I am a Teacher
I am a Teacher (Internet) I was born the first moment that a question leaped from the mouth of a child. I have been many people in man...

The Royal Knights of Harlem

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The Royal Knights of Harlem
Within walking distance of my Manhattan apartment, but also light- years away, there is a part of New York called Spanish Harlem. In many ...

All I ever really needed to know I learned in kindergarten

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All I ever really needed to know I learned in kindergarten
Internet Most of what I really need to know about how to live and what to do and how to be, I learned in kindergarten. Wisdom was not ...

You are a marvel

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You are a marvel
Each second we live is a new and unique moment of the universe, a moment that will never be again.... And what do we teach our children? ...

All the good things

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All the good things
All the good things (Internet) He was in the third grade class I taught at Saint Mary's School in Morris, Minnesota. All 34 of my ...