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When Is Quitting Time?

WHEN IS QUITTING TIME?Newspapers once reported about a young Taiwanese man who wrote 700love letters to his girlfriend in a two-year period. A letter almostevery day! Seven hundred letters telling of his undying love for herand encouraging her to accept h... Read >
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Growing Good Corn

GROWING GOOD CORNJames Bender, in his book How to Talk Well (New York: McGraw-Hill BookCo., Inc., 1994), relates the story of a farmer who grew award-winningcorn. Each year he entered his corn in the state fair where it won ablue ribbon.One year a newspap... Read >
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A Game You're Invited to Play

A GAME YOU'RE INVITED TO PLAYThe most miserable people live in their own little worlds ofisolation. They do very little for others and rarely have much fun.I heard of one older gentleman who was considered by the townspeopleto be both rich and thrifty. Hi... Read >
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All Stessed Up and No Place to Blow

You ALL STRESSED UP AND NO PLACE TO BLOWAll stressed up and no place to blow. Does that sometimes sound likeyou?It is rarely the big crises of life that cause us destructive worry.Rather, those persistent small concerns do the most long-term damageto our ... Read >
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Because We Don't Have Ear-Lids

BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE EAR-LIDSPatricia Goldman, as vice chairperson of the National TransportationSafety Board, used to tell a story about how poorly airline passengerslisten. She says that one flight attendant, who was frustrated bypassenger inattentiven... Read >
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The Most Important Trip You May Ever Take

THE MOST IMPORTANT TRIP YOU MAY EVER TAKEIt is accurately said that it is easy to be an angel when nobodyruffles your feathers. But it seems that feather rufflers will alwaysbe around.We're told that 19th Century German statesman Prince Otto von Bismarcko... Read >
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Connected for Life

CONNECTED FOR LIFEDo you find yourself pulling away from others, especially if you'veexperienced a crisis or deep disappointment? We need other people andwe'll never thrive as human beings in isolation.A man who lost his wife to cancer found himself wanti... Read >
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What Would You Die For?

WHAT WOULD YOU DIE FOR?Do you know what you would die for? An ancient story tells of twogreat warriors, Cyrus and Cagular. Cyrus, of course, was the notedemperor of Persia and Cagular was a little-known chieftain whoconsistently repelled Cyrus' attacks.Ca... Read >
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Using Your Homing Instinct

Did you know that the Arctic Tern, that lives about seven degrees south of the North Pole, leaves its home every year and flies all the way to Antarctica and back -- some 23,000 miles in all.I wonder WHY the bird does thatà. Is it looking for a bet... Read >
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Are You Playing Your Music?

ARE YOU PLAYING YOUR MUSIC?We visited friends recently and sat outside where we watchedparagliders and hang gliders soaring overhead. They rose up into thesky upon invisible warm currents of air and floated effortlessly by --trusting in their equipment an... Read >
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No Problem!

Don't worry if you have problems! Which is easy to say until you arein the midst of a really big one, I know. But the only people I amaware of who don't have troubles are gathered in littleneighbor­hoods. Most communities have at least one. We call themce... Read >
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Un-Thanked People

UN-THANKED PEOPLEWhen William Stidger taught at Boston University, he once reflectedupon the great num­ber of un-thanked people in his life. Those who hadhelped nurture him, inspire him or who cared enough about him to leavea lasting impression.One was a ... Read >
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The Last Day

Her husband came back to life! Well, al­most...Herlinda Estrada, fromBaytown, Texas, was called to the hospital to identify the body of herhusband. Jose had gone for a jog that day. But co­incidentally,another jogger along the same trail collapsed and die... Read >
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Skunks I've Run With

SKUNKS I'VE RUN WITHEver run with a skunk?A newspaper story once related that a mother of eight from Darlington,Maryland, had been visiting next door. When she returned home she wentinto the living room where she saw her five youngest children huddledin t... Read >
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Driving Away the Shadows

DRIVING AWAY THE SHADOWSWhen Abraham Lincoln was shot at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. onApril 14, 1865, he was carrying two pairs of spectacles and a lenspolisher, a pocketknife, a watch fob, a linen handkerchief, and abrown leather wallet containin... Read >
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