September 2011
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“Get wisdom- it’s worth more than money; choose insight over income every...”
August 2011
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I NEED YOUR HELP FOR THE FASTEST SCHOOL SUPPLY...
This Saturday my wife and I are involved with an outreach to a local apartment complex in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. The main point of this outreach is to give away much needed school supplies to the families with kids who are starting school in just a few weeks.
A local church, just down the street from the apartment complex, committed to donating 50 backpacks full of school supplies...
July 2011
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“If you search for good, you will find favor; but if you search for evil, it will...”
– King Solomon
January 2011
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“If you’re going down, go down swinging. Never give up.”
December 2010
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“The slowest road to greatness is selfishness… No one has ever become great...”
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“Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.”
– Mother Teresa
November 2010
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“You may choose to look the other way. But you can never say you did not know.”
– William Wilberforce
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Rule #10- To Change the World
Be generous.
Last week a man walked into a Starbucks in Tulsa, Oklahoma, ordered his coffee and then paid for it and the strangers coffee behind him. This one act started a chain reaction of generosity that concluded with 185 people buying coffee for the stranger behind them.
For one afternoon in a Starbucks in Tulsa Oklahoma the reality of 185 people changed. 185 people began considering the...
September 2010
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“Forgiveness anchors you to the past. Living with unforgiveness is like living...”
August 2010
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“If you’re too big to learn, you’re to small to lead.”
July 2010
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“Be careful how you treat those weaker than you. Remember, there is always...”
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“A leader that does not desire accountability, has no business being a leader.”
June 2010
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“It is much easier in the long run to forgive then to hate.”
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“It’s not the words people use that exhibit their character, it’s the...”
“One kind act will go farther then a thousand personal sacrifices.”
May 2010
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“Failure can either knock you back or drive you forward. You decide.”
– via Twitter
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“You are a human BEING not a human DOING. Your worth does not come from what you...”
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Rule #9- To Change the World
ACT don’t REACT. The difference between the two is simply time. It’s the ten seconds you take before responding to criticism. It’s THINKING before you SPEAK. Because sometimes our quickest reactions are the ones we regret the longest.
April 2010
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“…It only takes a spark, remember, to set off a forest fire. A careless or...”
– The Apostle James
March 2010
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There's An Off Button?
A few weeks ago after watching this video, I began to think about all the noise in my life. Noise that I thought helped me but actually just distracts me from what is happening right in front of my eyes.
It’s sad when you realize that when your kids are talking to you, you are spending more time looking at your phone or laptop then your their eyes. I love technology but it has created this...
February 2010
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“So many people are striving to be heard, that no one is listening anymore.”
– Tentlife
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“Don’t argue with critics, outlast them.”
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The Power of Our Words
I’m not quite sure we understand the power of our words. One negative, hurtful word, said out of hand or without thought is like a seed that is stuck deep into a persons soul. You might think that what I’m saying is extreme, but think with me a minute. Think back to the earliest memory you have of someone saying something hurtful, and tell me how it STILL feels. OUR WORDS ARE...
“If we would stop striving to get our own way and spent our time striving to help...”
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“Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.”
– Dr. Seuss
January 2010
4 posts
“The greatest tragedy of life is not death, but living life without a purpose”
– M. Munroe
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“Do all the good you can. By all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in...”
– John Wesley
“You were made for something more. You know it.”
– @marccleary via twitter
Brown Bag Campaign 2010- Please Repost!
withoutlove:
Last year, 2009 we launched the Brown Bag Campaign as a way to unite bloggers and tweeters to step away from their keyboards and change the world around them in a practical way.
Our goal, which we called The Valentines Day 1000, was to collect and donate 1000 bags of food to local food banks around the world. Though we did not reach our goal of 1000 bags of food, we did collect 184...
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Brown Bag Campaign 2010- Please Repost!
Last year, 2009 we launched the Brown Bag Campaign as a way to unite bloggers and tweeters to step away from their keyboards and change the world around them in a practical way.
Our goal, which we called The Valentines Day 1000, was to collect and donate 1000 bags of food to local food banks around the world. Though we did not reach our goal of 1000 bags of food, we did collect 184 bags of food...
December 2009
3 posts
“If I look at the mass, I will never act. If I look at the one, I will”
– Mother Teresa
“Let all that you do be done with love”
– Paul the Apostle
October 2009
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It's Time to Open Our Eyes.
Yesterday I drove past a man on the side of the road. He was sixty or seventy years old, wearing nice pants, a shirt and a tie. He was holding a sign that read, “Help! I need a job.”
You could see he was tired, hurting and embarrassed. He had run out of options for help. This was it. All he had left was to hope in the compassion of people he didn’t even know.
We are living in a...
September 2009
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“People are unreasonable, illogical and self-centered. Love them anyway. If you...”
– Mother Teresa (via littlemiss) (via withoutlove)
Today I witnessed one person completely demeaning another person in front of her children, simply because the first person THOUGHT she was better than the second. It literally made my stomach churn. Do you know what the second person did? She looked...
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“You will only be as GREAT as the CHARACTER you develop.”
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“For love is as strong as death, Jealousy as cruel as the grave; Its flames are...”
– King Solomon
August 2009
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A Simple Challenge
Tomorrow, be aware of those around you. Look for one single opportunity to better the circumstances of someone else. Buy someone a cup of coffee. Give a stranger a compliment. Ask someone how they are doing and really listen to their response.
Think about the one thing that someone could do for you that would make your day, your week or your year… and then do that for someone else.
What...
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“TRUTH may be absolute, but LOVE never fails.”
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“Your personality MAY open some doors for you in your life, but it is your...”
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“Sometimes people tell you what you want to hear because you won’t hear...”
– @nilesholsinger (via Twitter)
July 2009
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“The most alluring ingredient in any recipe for an unhappy life is the direct...”
– @lensweet (via twitter)
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“You are as valuable as you allow yourself to be. Your worth does not come from...”
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“It’s only an island if you look at it from the water”
– -Jaws
Sometimes to change your situation you need to change your perspective.
“I believe that I will die. I have never died, but a great many people whom I...”
– C.H. Spurgeon
June 2009
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“You will either be remembered by the LOVE you gave or the PAIN you caused. YOU...”
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“We should be more concerned with what people think of themselves then what they...”
“There is nothing wrong with love.”
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“The only person a grudge hurts is the person holding onto it.. It eats you away...”
May 2009
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What's so scary about CHANGE?
I hate CHANGE… I mean, I REALLY HATE CHANGE. I am one of those people that order the same thing every time I go to the restaurant. One place I go on a regular basis, the owner actually pays for my meal as long as I let him decide what I am going to eat. He just wants me to try something new every now and then. There’s nothing wrong with not liking change… there is however...