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Reach the Stars - Be a Star

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Without a vision, a nation will perish.  So it is with us - each individual.  IF we don't have dreams and goals, then we wither.  No one advances in life by accident.  We must have vision.  Just think about all of the great ideas and inventions of life.  They didn't just <poof> and happen.  They began as a little idea.  BUT, what is important is what was done with that little idea.  Nurture and water your dreams.  Make determination and perseverance part of your life.  Success isn't over night.  It takes time.  It takes vision.  All achievements are reached by a dream.   Put into action a plan that will energize your dreams.   But, first, you must dream. And, don't be afraid to dream BIG!  There is nothing at all wrong with having a vision to reach the stars.  The stars are our aspirations.  If we didn't have the stars to reach for, we wouldn't accomplish much.  It...

Your Choice

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She had a choice to believe.   She had a choice to reach out.   She had a choice to want to better her life.   But, it didn't happen without her "choosing" to.  She had to take that forward step.      I am speaking of the woman in the Bible with the issue of blood.  After 12 years of failed medical treatment and spending all she had, she was determined; and became a risk-taker.  Just as we women, today, can be.      (Mark 5:24-29, 34)... "... And a great crowd followed him and thronged about him.  And there was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years, and who had suffered much under many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was no better but rather grew worse.  She had heard the reports about Jesus and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his garment.  For she said, "If I touch even his garments, I will be made well."  And immed...