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Why Your Mom Told You to Take Small Bites

If a little is good, a lot has to be better, right? Wrong! Want proof? An Ambien might put you to sleep for the night. Six Ambien could result in a very long dirt nap! Lifting weights can build muscle. Lifting too much weight can tear muscle. A table spoon of castor oil is a laxative. A bottle of castor …

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How to Exterminate the Bugs in Your System

I was on a flight from Harrisburg to Cincinnati. After a short delay, the flight attendant announced we were going to be a few minutes late because of paperwork. Ten minutes later I looked out the window to see people cleaning bugs off of the wings with paper towels. Could this be what they meant by paperwork? After another five …

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Three Questions That Can Eliminate Bad Lions From Your Life

As we were driving to our beautiful mountain getaway in Colorado. My then three-year-old granddaughter, Jadyn, asked where our cabin was located. I said, ” Our place is located right where those five lines come down the mountain and join at the bottom.” I pointed to the lines on the mountain which are actually the avalanche shoots you see in …

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What Really Defines You?

One of my first memories is of the day I waddled into the room where my parents were entertaining people for dinner, wearing a low slung, loaded diaper and desperately needing help. I cleared the room! A moment like that might make a person avoid dinner parties the rest of his life. On my kindergarten report card, the teacher wrote …

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Three Steps to Eliminating Explosive Emotional Buildup!

When I was speaking with Women of Faith, I listened as Nicole Johnson spoke about emotional explosive gases that had built up in her life. One day she couldn’t find a sock that she knew she had put in the dryer. Suddenly there was an explosion of rage and frustration.  This was not “Sock Anger,” she explained.  The missing sock …