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Exchanging Gifts

At Christmas time, we are usually in our most generous state of mind. We want to give gifts and want to give generously to the needy. But even then, selfishness creeps below the surface sometimes. We begin to think about how the gift will be received and whether we will get appropriate recognition for theContinue reading “Exchanging Gifts”

Choosing the Best

Someone estimated that we make 35,000 decisions per day. No wonder we become mentally exhausted. Some decisions are somewhat minor, but others have long-term impacts. On what basis do we make these decisions. Sometimes, it is just basically necessity. But many times, we make decisions based upon what pleases us at the time. Making decisionsContinue reading “Choosing the Best”

Run With Endurance

I have never run a marathon race before, although I did run a half marathon race years ago. I understand that marathoners can run into what is called the “wall” at some point in the race. The wall is a seemingly impossible place to penetrate and continue on with your race. In life, we canContinue reading “Run With Endurance”

Need A Doctor?

Last Wednesday, my heart started to race. I took my blood pressure and the machine said that my heart rate was 165 beats per minute. I repeated this process several times over the next fifteen minutes and got the same result. All of a sudden, my cardiologist’s office called to check up on something else.Continue reading “Need A Doctor?”