tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35269577978733808922024-03-13T06:49:11.659-04:00LIFE GOES ON...and on...Xela's BlogXELAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09182372553098762158noreply@blogger.comBlogger85125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526957797873380892.post-19475687306602378482012-10-05T11:38:00.002-04:002012-10-05T11:38:54.419-04:00Enjoy the good life<a href="http://www.jmmindia.org/jmmsite/jmm/ministries/daily_word/daily_word.asp">http://www.jmmindia.org/jmmsite/jmm/ministries/daily_word/daily_word.asp</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://onesplinteratatime.blogspot.com/</div>XELAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09182372553098762158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526957797873380892.post-5253229263378388782011-07-31T10:24:00.006-04:002011-09-30T09:17:22.962-04:00Decisions, decisions<img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=onesplinatati-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0671791540" style="border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=onesplinatati-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0671791540" style="border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><cite><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Talk is cheap.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cliché ? Perhaps, but true nonetheless. When people make a decision, that decision does not go into full swing until they act upon it. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This idea has the same concept as “<em>faith without works is dead</em>” (James 2:2). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can have all the faith in the world but until you put that faith into action and see results, it is meaningless.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A decision without action is dead; it does not matter, it does not exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stop talking and begin taking action to see results. </span></span></cite></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: purple;"><cite><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">"</span></cite><cite><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #403152; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent4; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 128;">Remember, a real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken new action. </span></cite></span></span><br />
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and do not despise your mother when she is old. <br />
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Buy the truth and do not sell it— <br />
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wisdom, instruction and insight as well. <br />
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The father of a righteous child has great joy; <br />
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a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him. <br />
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May your father and mother rejoice; <br />
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may she who gave you birth be joyful! "<br />
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(Proverbs 23:22-25) <br />
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My mother & father may not BE (together) right now but they WERE (together) for 38 1/2 + years. My dad left with the Lord on March 19th, 2011. My parents were a great example of <strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">LOVE</span></strong>, commitment and marriage to many people. No relationship is perfect, no one is perfect. My parents went through struggles like any other relationship. However, they remained committed to one another, through good and bad, through wealth and poverty, and in <span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">SICKNESS </span>and in <span style="font-size: large;">HEALTH</span>. In the process, they made one another happy and supported one another. They were glad to be with each other, made each other laugh and communicated with with minimal of words; they were truly one. <br />
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THAT is <strong><span style="color: #cc0000;">love</span></strong>. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mom & Dad</span>: Today, on what would have been your 39th wedding anniversary, I thank you both for all you have done for me. I thank you both for all you have done for my siblings and for many others. I celebrate this day despite dad's absence on this earth because he is still very much present in my heart and will always be. I love you, Mom & Dad, for being a great example to all; an example of what love truly is. I mean that with all that I am. Mom, you are all that I have left. You are my best friend, my side-kick and my biggest cheerleader. Words cannot express what you mean to me. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Dad</span>: You may not be here physically, but I feel you every single day. <br />
Your gentle, soft-spoken ways have left a loud and a <strong><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">thunderous</span></strong> impact on my life. I love you tremendously. <br />
<em>Love,</em><br />
<em>Belinda</em><br />
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<u><em>Happy Anniversary, Mom & Dad:</em></u><br />
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(Proverbs 30:18-19) <br />
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“There are three things that are too amazing for me, <br />
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four that I do not understand: <br />
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the way of an eagle in the sky, <br />
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the way of a snake on a rock, <br />
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the way of a ship on the high seas, <br />
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and the way of a man with a young woman. <br />
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(Proverbios 30:18-19) <br />
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Tres cosas me son ocultas, <br />
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y una cuarta tampoco conozco: <br />
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el rastro del águila en el aire, <br />
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el rastro de la culebra sobre la peña, <br />
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el rastro de la nave en medio del mar <br />
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y el rastro del hombre en la muchacha<br />
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(Song of Solomon 6:3) <br />
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I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine:<br />
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(Cantares 6:3)<br />
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¡Yo soy de mi amado, y mi amado es mío! <br />
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I dedicate this to my wonderful parents...xoxoxoxo. <br />
My father is no longer with us<br />
but he lives in my heart.<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://onesplinteratatime.blogspot.com/</div>XELAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09182372553098762158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526957797873380892.post-21215031810595697772011-04-04T17:52:00.001-04:002011-09-30T09:17:22.964-04:00To love is to live. To hate is to die.When you love a tremendous amount or you love many people, you are living. That is <span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><strong>LIFE</strong></span>.</span> However, when you hate just a little bit or hate even just one person, you <span style="font-size: large;"><strong>DIE </strong></span>that much; imagine how much more you would die if you hated more people or hated one person a lot. <br />
There are many circumstances where we as people are faced with things that we have no control over that affect us in a negative way. Some of those circumstances cause us to question the motives of other people. Often times other people’s decisions affect us tremendously and will haunt us for the rest of our lives. <br />
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Do not hate anyone for what you had or have no control over (or have yet to have control over). If you truly had no control over a situation, then it was meant to be that way. You cannot do anything about it now. What is done, is done; it is over. What happens now going forward, now that you may have some control over certain things, is what truly matters. This is where you need to be careful. The pain, the hurt and even the resentment is real and very valid in your heart, mind and soul; that is very visible to God. It does not go unseen. Bring that to God. Bring that pain, that confusion, that desire to want to hate anyone to God. Do not allow yourself to be a vessel of hatred but rather continue to be a loving, caring person, just as you have been all your life. This unfortunate circumstance does not make or break you. Yes, it may be a dent in your being but this will make you stronger. You have the opportunity to set things straight on many levels, in different ways. <br />
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Whatever evil motive, greedy motive or unknown motive an individual had (or has) that altered (or may alter) your life, may cause you to go into a tailspin if you allow hatred to grow in your heart. That individual will have to answer for his or her own actions. Do not give more power to that which has already caused you pain by breeding hatred within yourself. Instead, pray. Pray for yourself, pray for that person and pray for those that may be affected one way or another. I purposely put “<em><span style="font-size: large;">pray for yourself</span></em>” first because if you are not in the right mind, you cannot even bring yourself to pray for anyone else. Pray that your heart has no room for hatred but rather that only love breed there, because if you invite hate, you will die, even if you are still walking this earth. If you love, love with be with you forever. <br />
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No one is perfect. Not the victims of unfortunate situations and definitely not those that do wrong to others. Yet, much can be said about a person in the way he or she reacts to their own mistakes and to the mistakes that others make. Are you an accuser ? Are you humble ? Do you forgive ? Do you hold grudges ? Are you truly sorry ?<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">Life is hard</span>. We do not know what we will be faced with tomorrow but we can make a decision today, at this moment, about who we will trust: God or the enemy. Make a decision about who we want to be for ourselves and for those we love. <br />
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There is nothing new under the sun. God sees all and has seen it all. Therefore, do not be ashamed to bring whatever is troubling you to him; whether you are the victim or the one committing the crime…<br />
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<em><span style="color: #0b5394;"><strong>Ecclesiastes 1:9 </strong></span></em><br />
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“What has been will be again, <br />
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what has been done will be done again; <br />
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there is nothing new under the sun.”<br />
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Bring it to Him…<br />
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</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://onesplinteratatime.blogspot.com/</div>XELAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09182372553098762158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526957797873380892.post-13795314548516949292011-03-12T08:39:00.001-05:002011-09-30T09:17:22.964-04:00Daddy...I understand but it still <span style="font-size: large;">hurts... </span><br />
I love you enough to let go but will <span style="font-size: large;">miss you</span> terribly...<br />
I am very proud of you but still ask "<span style="font-size: large;">why</span> this way ?"...<br />
I will forever remember and <span style="font-size: large;">laugh</span> at every joke you ever told but will <span style="font-size: large;">cry</span> when I remember your struggles...<br />
You will forever be the most <span style="font-size: large;">handsome</span> man in the world to me; the most <span style="font-size: large;">intelligent</span>; the most <span style="font-size: large;">valiant... </span><br />
When I look at you, I look at you with little girl eyes...that <em><span style="font-size: large;">will <strong>never</strong> change</span>...I will forever <span style="font-size: large;">see you</span> that way...</em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #4c1130;">I <span style="font-size: large;">hope </span>you know....I <span style="font-size: large;">hope</span> you understand....I <span style="font-size: large;">hope</span> you absorb all the love that I have for you during your last moments with us and always...</span></em><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;"><em><span style="background-color: #444444; color: #f4cccc;">live, laugh & love</span></em></span> ! (:</span><br />
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<div align="center"><span class="text_exposed_show"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: large;"><em>"Beauty isn't worth thinking about; what's important is your mind. </em></span></span></span></div><div align="center"><span class="text_exposed_show"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: large;"><em>You don't want a fifty-dollar haircut on a fifty-cent head." </em></span></span></span></div><div align="center"><em><span class="text_exposed_show"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="color: black;">~</span> </span></span></span><span class="text_exposed_show"><span class="UIStory_Message">Garrison Keillor</span></span></em></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">(Ecclesiastes 3:1-8)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">There is a time for everything, </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">a time to be born and a time to die, </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">a time to plant and a time to uproot, </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">a time to kill and a time to heal, </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">a time to tear down and a time to build, </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">a time to weep and a time to laugh, </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">a time to mourn and a time to dance, </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">a time to embrace and a time to refrain, </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">a time to search and a time to give up, </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">a time to keep and a time to throw away, </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">a time to tear and a time to mend, </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">a time to be silent and a time to speak, </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">a time to love and a time to hate, </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: large;"><em>"Appearance is something you should definitely </em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: large;"><em>consider when you're going out. </em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: large;"><em>Have your girlfriend clip your nails or something like that."</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> ~ <em>Usher Raymond</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div align="center"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: large;"><em>"You don't have to brush your teeth - </em></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: large;"><em>just the ones you want to keep."</em></span></div><div align="center"> ~Author Unknown</div><div align="center"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="words-of-christ"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: large;"><em>"I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world. My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one</em></span>." </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="words-of-christ">(John 17:14-15)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>(I wrote this back in May, 2010)</strong></span><br />
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A day like today, almost 17 years ago, I was only 19 years old. I was about to become a mother for the first time, a single, unwed mother.<br />
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A day like today, I was experiencing contractions and had been for several days but I had no idea; I just knew that I was feeling major discomfort.<br />
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A day like today the pain I was feeling, both in my heart and physically, had me wondering what my purpose was in this life.<br />
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A day like today I questioned my existence. I did not know if I wanted to continue with my life; my baby & God kept me going.<br />
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A day like today all I knew was that if I did not have anyone else's support, at least I would soon have someone who would truly need me and depend on me; my baby.<br />
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A day like today, I had no idea how much <span style="font-size: large;">God </span>loved me.<br />
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A day like today, alone in my room, I held my Bible tight and searched for answers.<br />
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A day like today, I knew that I would name him Joshua. That was the name that the Lord put in my heart thanks to this verse in the book of Joshua : <em><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go."</span> <strong><span style="font-size: large;">JOSHUA</span></strong> <span style="font-size: large;">1:9</span></span></em><br />
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A day like today I wondered if I would forever continue to be a disappointment in the eyes of those around me. Would I be able to fix this ? If mere people are disappointed at me, what makes me think that God, who is perfect and the creator of the universe, still loves me ?<br />
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A day like today I knew that my intentions were good and that all I wanted was to be loved and held.<br />
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A day like today I had no idea that in a couple of days, on Saturday (the day before Mother's day, just as it falls this year), I would see my child.<br />
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A day like today, almost 17 years ago, I did not imagine all that <span style="font-size: large;">God</span> had prepared for me.<br />
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<em><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: large;">"No eye has seen, </span></em><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><em><span style="color: #4c1130;">what God has prepared for those who love him</span></em>"</span> <em>1 Corinthians 2:9</em><br />
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Thank you <span style="font-size: large;"><em>Lord</em></span> for seeing me through my first pregnancy. Thank you for guiding me through that very difficult time in my life. My reward for sincerely attempting to seek you was and still is tremendous. You gave me a beautiful baby boy. My journey with Joshua has not been an easy one. We both learned as we went along. Thank you Lord for guiding us and keeping us under your wing. Thank you for giving me the courage to keep my baby, to care for him and to love him regardless of what was going on around me.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love you Joshua</span><br />
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(written on May 6, 2010; two days before Joshua's 17th birthday)<br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><em><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="UIStory_Message">"Use what talents you possess; </span></span></em></span></div><div align="center"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: large;"><em>the woods would be very silent </em></span></span></div><div align="center"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: large;"><em>if no birds sang except those that sang best." </em></span></span></div><div align="center"><span class="UIStory_Message">~ <em>Henry van Dyke </em></span></div><br />
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<div align="center"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-size: large;"><em>"Once you accept the fact that you're not perfect, </em></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-size: large;"><em>then you develop some confidence." </em></span></div><div align="center"><em>~ Rosalynn Carter</em></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: large;">"It takes 8,460 bolts to assemble an automobile, </span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: large;">and one nut to scatter it all over the road."</span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"> ~Author Unknown</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XvprQABFItM/TJInVCdBwrI/AAAAAAAAAR8/YPgDIrj_Z-k/s1600/61267_153382948016218_137995819554931_352421_6208243_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" qx="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XvprQABFItM/TJInVCdBwrI/AAAAAAAAAR8/YPgDIrj_Z-k/s400/61267_153382948016218_137995819554931_352421_6208243_n.jpg" width="376" /></a></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="UIStory_Message">"One thousand Americans stop smoking every day </span></span></span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="UIStory_Message">- </span></span></span></em><em><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="UIStory_Message">by dying.</span></span></span></em><span class="UIStory_Message"><em><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: large;">"</span></em> </span></div><div align="center"><span class="UIStory_Message">~Author Unknown</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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<div align="center"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: large;"><em>"Prayer is when you talk to God; </em></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: large;"><em>meditation is when you listen to God." </em></span></div><div align="center">~Author Unknown</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-size: large;"><em>"Little girls are cute and small only to adults. </em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-size: large;"><em>To one another they are not cute. </em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-size: large;"><em>They are life-sized." </em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">~Margaret Atwood</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://onesplinteratatime.blogspot.com/</div>XELAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09182372553098762158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526957797873380892.post-17532286381348658612010-09-14T09:42:00.000-04:002010-09-14T09:42:22.429-04:00Xela's Beauty Tip of the DayIf you're stuck using the same kind of perfume or cologne that you've been using for years, try getting a new scent; change is good. The new scent will tantalize your senses [=<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: large;"><em>"First you take a drink, </em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: large;"><em>then the drink takes a drink, </em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: large;"><em>then the drink takes you."</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">~Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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