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A Time To Believe

by B.J. Morbitzer

To believe is to know that

every day is a new beginning.

Is to trust that miracles happen,

and dreams really do come true.

To believe is to see angels

dancing among the clouds,

To know the wonder of a stardust sky

and the wisdom of the man in the moon.

To believe is to know the value of a nurturing heart,

The innocence of a child's eyes

and the beauty of an aging hand,

for it is through their teachings we learn to love.

To believe is to find the strength

and courage that lies within us

When it's time to pick up

the pieces and begin again.

To believe is to know

we are not alone,

That life is a gift

and this is our time to cherish it.

To believe is to know

that wonderful surprises are just

waiting to happen,

And all our hopes and dreams are within reach.

If only we believe.

ATTITUDE

by: Charles Swindoll

  The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life.

   Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company... a church... a home.

   The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past... we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude... I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it.

   And so it is with you... we are in charge of our attitudes.

BENEFITS OF STRUGGLING

A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared, he sat

and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body

through that little hole.

Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as

far as it could and it could go no farther. Then the man decided to help the

butterfly, so he took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of

the cocoon. The butterfly then emerged easily.

But it had a swollen body and small, shriveled wings. The man continued to

watch the butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would

enlarge and expand to be able to support the body, which would contract in time.

Neither happened!

In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a

swollen body and shriveled wings.

It never was able to fly.

What the man in his kindness and haste did not understand was that the

restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to get through

the tiny opening were God's way of forcing fluid from the body of the

butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved

its freedom from the cocoon.

Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If God allowed us

to go through our life without any obstacles, it would cripple us. We would

not be as strong as what we could have been.

And we could never fly.

I think in life we discover our true strength only in times when being strong is the only choice we have left.

Face your fears, face your obstacles for they are there to serve you to make you stronger in the end, be thankful for them and hope for bigger challenges because that means you are great enough to face them

I know of no other way that leads to self discovery other than crossing my personal lines and limits to discover where they are.