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To: Billie; dutchess; DollyCali; ST.LOUIE1; JustAmy; GodBlessUSA; Mrs.Nooseman; Colonel_Flagg; ...
HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY...
...AND HAPPY CATURDAY!
Remember all our fallen military men and women, who have died
that we might be free and safe, this weekend on Memorial Day!
It's more than just a weekend of shopping and BBQs!

2,498 posted on 05/28/2011 5:37:22 PM PDT by luvie (RUN SARAH...RUN!)
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Well, that’s ugly. LOL! Sorry...previewing code is a must! *sigh*


2,499 posted on 05/28/2011 5:40:59 PM PDT by luvie (RUN SARAH...RUN!)
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How to Become a Positive Thinker

Norman Vincent Peale shares four easy steps you can take to cultivate a positive attitude.

The world in which you live is not determined by outward circumstances as much as it is by the thoughts that occupy your mind. You can think and believe your way to misery or to a life of joy, satisfaction, and abundance. You have the power to choose.

The concept of positive thinking is a philosophy, an expression of faith. It doesn’t ignore life’s problems, but explains a practical approach to deal with, and overcome, them.

Anyone interested in seeking a better, promise- filled way of life, can find it through positive thinking and faith in God. To become a successful positive thinker, here are some ideas to think about:

1. To every disadvantage, there usually is a corresponding advantage. Consider the old truism that behind the darkest clouds the sun is shining. In the toughest situations there is always some value that is inherently good. The positive thinker will look for the good, for the advantage, and will therefore do far better with the difficulty than the negative thinker will. What you deeply think and visualize has a strong tendency to happen. So always think positively, believingly, expectantly, hopefully.

2. It isn’t what is happening but your attitude toward what is happening. Let’s assume a big, hard fact, and here are two men of equal intelligence facing it. One man says. “This is an overwhelming difficulty, more than I can handle.” So he is defeated by the fact. The other man says, “This is a tough situation, but with God’s help, I can handle it.” And he proceeds to do so successfully. It is the attitude toward the fact that is crucial—more so than the fact itself.

3. Develop a positive mental attitude toward the bottom. I have often had to deal with glum and discouraged people who have said, “I’ve hit bottom and there is no hope.” To one such man I replied, “Congratulations. Having hit bottom, you can go no lower; the only direction is up. So start thinking up.” He did, and after a time new ideas came that helped him to move up well above the bottom.

4. Put thoughts of God up against your trouble. A friend of mine, at 84, had her leg amputated. Even so, she does all her housework from a wheelchair. When asked if she ever becomes discouraged, she answered, “Certainly I do.” Then I asked, “What do you do when you get discouraged?” She replied, “What is there to do but get over it? I simply take the attitude that, with the Lord helping me, I can sweep all dark shadows from my mind, as I do the dust in my house.”


2,503 posted on 05/28/2011 8:40:38 PM PDT by Dubya (JESUS SAVES)
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Pearls Of Wisdom

Look back to where you have been...
For a clue to where you are going.
Worry enough to anticipate trouble...
But not so much as to bring it about.
Melt the icy fingers of fear...
With the sunshine of hope.
Step by gentle step...
You can overcome the greatest sorrow.
The sweetest grapes...
Are picked from the vineyard of friendship.
Gossip is like a river...
It can always be traced back to its source.
An insecure person...
Will soak up flattery like a sponge.
Save the life of a helpless animal...
And you have done the work of God.
A mirror is only as good...
As the reflection in it.
Find something you truly believe in...
And everything else will have meaning as well.
May God Bless You

2,509 posted on 05/28/2011 10:48:54 PM PDT by Dubya (JESUS SAVES)
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To: LUV W

May your Memorial Day be quite, and fun. And prayers up for those who are missing their Warrior who has gone Home.

Memorial Day - Arlington (Trace Adkins)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOih0MHNmZU&feature=related

Tribute to our Fallen Soldiers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvgaBymEDqk&feature=share

Give me Jesus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdBJ40AMlJA

A Military Tribute
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE-FbaUGDvo&feature=related

SOME GAVE ALL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nJTqpKlZ9U&feature=related

Memorial Day Song & Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_klwtm67ogg&feature=related

The True Meaning of Memorial Day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK0T4pVHP28&feature=related


2,515 posted on 05/29/2011 6:29:15 AM PDT by GailA (NO DEMOCRATS or RINOS in 2012!)
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To: LUV W

2,517 posted on 05/29/2011 6:32:57 AM PDT by GailA (NO DEMOCRATS or RINOS in 2012!)
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