Winston Churchill & Black Dog…

Winston Churchill, whose name conjures up Victory, was constantly fighting a battle within himself: he had recurring fits of depression, which he nicknamed Black Dog. Throughout his life he had to choose between saying, “Down, boy” or being defeated by this attacking creature. He cultivated that certain kind of moral courage that would not give

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You’re going to lose people in your life, that is a fact.

You’re going to lose people in your life, that is a fact. Be wise enough to let go of those who cannot help you and who hold you back from progress, and who you cannot help because they will not listen. It cannot be expressed in words the happiness, encouragement and inspiration that can be

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The human being was designed for companionship.

The human being was designed for companionship. And it is in good companionship and love that we are healed of our problems. Those that love and care for us will stand by us and we will feel that we are not alone. ° It is not a nice feeling to feel that one has people

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When you have a good heart.

When you have a good heart: People learn to love from you. People love to be with you. God works through you. You change the world. You make the best lover. You make the best parent. You brighten people’s days. You bring good to replace bad. You are wonderful, living blessing. You make the nicest

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Spiritual growth of the heart is not always smooth.

  Spiritual growth of the heart is not always smooth. There are bumps here and there. The friction and bumps teach us much though and that is helpful. “The School of Life” is truly educational. We have different feelings, thoughts and desires during these seasons. We can be wrong about life and a person or

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You Can Listen to truth or You Can Listen to Lies.

This means that while we choose to believe in lies our future will always be uncertain because of the deceivers and liars. But if we get out of denial, face the truth for what it really is, then the Truth will set us Free! Our future is based on our choices in many ways. –

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Shut Down Gossip Conversations

Years ago a friend would come to my place and he would gossip, real bad too. When he left I felt like I had wasted time talking to him, I felt drained and tired after he left. It got to the stage where I stopped people gossiping, changed the subject until the gossip stopped (often

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Playing The Victim.

Playing The Victim: A very successful version of narcissism is playing the victim. The rewards are protection and lot of sympathy, and this can run for years. Many tools are used that are misleading and fool innocent people into thinking that a person needs help and is desperate. The victim status is a way of

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Fear takes the future from us.

Fear takes the future from us. Fears are daytime nightmares that cause indecision & worry, they stop our daydreams from coming true. 9 times out of 10 the fear never comes true. Live day by day, don’t fear tomorrow, live love and enjoy today. We can change the fearful image to positive image by repainting

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Survival Mode & Trying to Survive as a Child.

When you are a child, living in a toxic home, you try to soothe yourself, tell yourself that your parents weird behaviour is normal, natural and what goes on in other people’s families. You are trying to normalise insanity and bad behaviour. In time, as time goes by, you join in with the toxic behaviour

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A wife is a man’s soul-partner for life.

A wife is a man’s soul-partner for life. (Spiritually connected in love as God made her to be). She is a gift, his second-half, someone to share his time with, to love in the truest sense of the word. Two notes make harmony, she is his, he is hers. With her he will make music

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A time for courage…

A time for courage. ▫️ There comes times in our lives when we are scared or worried about doing something that is required of us. Although the unknown is a factor we must realise that nothing was ever gained by staying in ones comfort zone. No inventions would have been made with people staying at

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Do Not Give Up…

Do Not Give Up… When you fall on your knees Know there is a God There are other people To LIFT you back on your feet Stand… Rise… Awaken and TRUST again!

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Animals have feelings too…

Animals have feelings too, they live, they have their own kind of babies, and they have every right to this planet as we have. They also, in their own individual ways are part of the system we call nature. The more humans greedily destroy animals for food, medicines, furs, fashion, perfume, make up etc, the

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Motivation:

Motivation is to bring yourself to do something. You “have” to feel motivated, it cannot be faked or pushed upon you, it is in the inner you, and it must be fed with the joy of living and life. With God we have the greatest source of energy and love. That is a good motivator

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Peer Pressure Advice.

There is one pressure that more intense and devastating than any other pressure that exists and that is “Peer Pressure.” Peer pressure destroys lives, leads people to disease, accidents, and much more. A cigarette tastes foul but peer pressure is enough to overcome common sense and the taste – the desperate want to be accepted

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The Vanity trap of the Body.

We are all Spirits born into a Physical Body. From birth that body (your vehicle on Earth) talked about, and in many cases, especially with females, that vehicle is admired, praised, and as time goes by all this praise is collected in the Human Soul as “evidence” that the body of a person is very

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Communication solves many problems.

  Communication solves many problems. Sometimes people don’t understand the other, and sometimes they have the impression that communication happened when it didn’t. – James Martin Sandbrook.

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Everyone comes with emotional baggage.

Everyone comes with emotional baggage – I firmly believe that true love is the healer for all life’s troubles in a troubled heart and weary soul. The male and female are to love one another and hear each other out. They feel the pains of the other and offer answers, suggestions, prayers and comforting encouragements.

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Humble and Submissive:

Humble and Submissive: ▫️ We are to be Humble and Submissive to hear God. We cannot hear if we are talking loud and aggressively full of assertiveness and words. In the quite of our hearts we hear God – in that silence He will let us know what to do. All the negative emotions and

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