Your brain is a great human computer. It receives and stores knowledge, records emotions and feelings, and stores hurts and pain. The subconscious part of this great computer does not know right from wrong. It simply stores and informs the conscious part of the brain.

The conscious mind holds the knowledge of right and wrong. We have been given the free will to act upon a thought presented from the subconscious mind.

The brain is the controlling center of all our actions. It sends out messages, and we react. This, of course, is a simplified version of the brain’s functions; it is a highly complex part of the body and we use only a small percentage of its capabilities.

We have been told all our lives, “This or that is easiersaid than done.” That’s not always true, particularly when it comes to making mistakes. Mistakes are easier, “said than done”. It takes an effort to make a mistake. You can talk easily, but it takes an effort to act out those thoughts.

Do not confuse “mistakes” with chances and risks. Chances and risks are necessary to grow and expand – to experience life. We will know the results of a mistake because we have made them before or seen someone else make them.

Sometimes we won’t listen to our conscience, and make the same mistakes over and over again. The mistake becomes a habit, which is hard to break. Habitual criminals, for example, make the same mistakes over and over again.

We set out to prove that the same thing will not happen to us. Wrong! Mistakes happen most of the time because we allow them to. Not so with chances. We cannot know the results of chances, so we take the risk and learn from them if they don’t work out as planned.

We seldom plan a mistake. WE sometimes make mistakes, consciously or subconsciously, we get attention or even to punish ourselves or someone we think we love. We make mistakes by being stubborn, by not listening and wanting to do the things “our way” without considering the options. Mistakes are often made impulsively, by not thinking things through.

When I plan a project, I will take a few chances and risks. Say we are going on a picnic. We take a chance that it won’t rain and head for the outdoors. It’s a risk, but that’s okay. We cannot plan the outcome; we aren’t sure that it won’t rain. It doesn’t rain; and the picnic is a success. It was worth the risk. We had fun, and no one got hurt.

I may take a chance and sing a new song. I don’t know the outcome. If the song leads to a standing ovation, it was worth the risk. If I get booed off the stage, I’ll learn not to sing that song again.

If I do sing it a second time, that’s a mistake. I get booed off the stage again. That mistake should teach me a lesson. If I try it a third time and get booed, I did not learn from my mistake. I’ll just keep making the same mistake again, and soon it doesn’t matter that I get booed. I’ll just keep doing it “my way;” after all, “I have to be ‘me’.”

What does the audience know, anyway? I will become a person known for making mistakes, not a person who will take a chance and use it as a stepping stone to my dreams.

When you constantly make the same mistake again and again, you apparently have to fix your “computer breakdown.” Feed in some new information; change your attitude disks.

It is a saying in the computer world, “Garbage in, garbage out.” Whatever you put into your brain will come out the same way. Computers cannot analyze, purify and change. They can only put out what you feed in.

You can “change your disks.” Learn to take chances, but do not make the same mistakes over and over. Learn to feed only positive thoughts into your computer “brain.” It will feed back positive thoughts to you.

When you feed impure thoughts to your brain, ask God to purify them and give you a clean heart, so you can serve Him. God does not make mistakes; He takes chances. He took a chance on you and me by giving us a free will. He gave us the choice: to decide for ourselves whether we would choose Him. If you think He doesn’t love us by giving us that chance, you’re mistaken.

God loves you. He needs you to be His ambassadors of love, to tell the children that He loves them. Don’t disappoint Him; He is taking a chance on you. You are not a mistake. You are loved. You are somebody, and that’s easier said than to believe.

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Just what is the vision of Love All People? How did it come about? Where is it going and who is it touching? These are the questions that are constantly asked of us.

The vision I received late one night in Chicago was clear to me. Even though I did not understand what it meant at the time. I knew it would change my life, as well as the lives of my family and friends.

The mission given me in the vision was “to tell the children I love them”. How can I do this? I asked God. He told me that I would give Him my all – my talent and my life. I would all Him to work through me.

God showed me that by being obedient to Him, He would exalt me. I wondered, “How was He going to use my life?” Surely there were more worthy people than me for this mission. Whenever I think about what has happened to me since that time, my eyes fill with tears of gratitude.

God promised that he would give me a new song to sing and a new testimony to tell. It was – and still is – sometimes hard to follow God on total faith, without question. That’s exactly what I did then and still do today. The message: “Tell the children I love them.”

As the years passed, I began to understand more and more the message and why it is needed so badly today. Drug abuse is controlling our youth – making them irresponsible, killing their visions, leading them to kill others and to worship Satan.

When I see how this drug abuse problem leads its victims to family abuse in the worst way, when I see out youth taking their own lives in alarming numbers, I know why I was called to this job.

When I see kids on the streets, drifting from place to place with no real home or family, no ambitions or dreams, I understand. When I see kids just trying to survive, searching and really wanting to be someone and do good, I realize how profound the message, “Tell the children I love them.”

Through positive music and testimonies, it is my vision to carry out this message to all who will listen. I believe that someday we must live in a drug-free society. We must instill values in our young while we can, and give them a positive image of themselves.

I believe that every person born should have the opportunity to grow and develop to his or her full potential. They should be able to explore and discover their talents – achieve, create and invent – and be allowed to live a life free from prejudice and famine.

My hope is that every child robbed of love will be able to know what it feels like to love and be loved. I want them to know what love is; but most of all, I want them to know WHO love is.

I want them to know that God loves them above all else. This is my mission from God. Will you share it with me? Will you help me help others?

we must rid ourselves of this drug abuse. We must let our unloved children know that they are loved. We must care for one another. We must not measure our fortune by their misfortune, but share our fortune with the less fortunate.

We become fulfilled as we share our time, our talents, our ideas and hopes, – our creations and our lives with others.

We can stop this problem through education and preventative measures while our babies are still babies. We can and must project positive images to them, let them know they are special while they are still young enough to listen and be molded.

Children will only form images of themselves by what we tell them. The confusion sets in when they are old enough to question what we say to them. When we put them down, tell them they are no good, they will question that as they get older. Deep down, the damage has already been done.

As our young people get older, they will begin to see things differently than we do. They must be allowed this freedom, to become what God has planned for them, – not necessarily what we have planned for them.

When we help our young people build self-esteem from a very early age, they will be able to say “no” to drugs and alcohol, to getting involved with any negative lifestyle. Everyone has a role to play in helping fight this epidemic. Remember, the child you save may be your own.

Today, I know just a little bit more about the vision God gave me. I have learned we must love people – all kinds of people.

I believe God chose me for this mission because I was fortunate enough not to have become involved with alcohol or drugs. I thank my mother for developing the self-esteem within me so that I could say “no”. With this knowledge, I can share my own experience, strength and hope with young people everywhere.

I am compelled to do what I can today to help our young people. Will you help me? Remember what the Bible says in Revelation 2:29, “I know your deeds, your love and faith, your service, your perseverance, and that you are now doing more than you did at first.”

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Fill in the spaces with the colors below. Color your true self.

RED = definite / for sure I have it. Back up with an example to prove it.

BLACK = I definitely do not have it. Why not? Prove with an example.

GREEN = Lacking / working on it. Give example based on fact.

BLUE = I’m not sure / not sure enough to be motivated to act.

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Part 1 – The Problem

Everyone wants to be someone special. As a small child, we dream of being “somebody” someday. What happens to those dreams? Why do most of us spend our lives never realizing our visions? There are a number of reasons:

Most of us can think of lots of excuses as to why we “can’t” or “won’t” act on our dreams.

As time goes by and we look back and wish we would have “gone for it,” we become bitter and envious of those who did. That jealousy becomes a cancer, growing into hate which will eventually kill us.

PART II – The Solution

You must become part of someone else’s dream first, and then venture out on your own if you so decide. Love All People is a good example of lighting that spark of dreams we thought would never come true. We fan the flame of the dreams of our young people and help them grow.

Helping others grow, sharing what you have learned, is the key to the achievement of your own dreams. As you take my vision and make it your own, helping others to see and reach their dreams and goals, you will realize your dream in the process. That’s how God intends it to work.

If you take help from others and don’t share what you have received, but instead hold onto it selfishly, you will usually fail. Do not be afraid to hold out your hand to bring people along with you on the road to success.

As Tom Dreesen share with us: “Some men measure their lives by days and years; others through love affairs, passion and tears. But the truest measure under the sun is what in your life for others you’ve done!”

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Since the day we were born, our subconscious mind has recorded all our emotions – the joys, the pain, the hurts and rejections – in our “memory banks.” We have the ability to bring up these emotions at a moment’s notice, by the pushing of a “button”.

We do not like to recall the hurts or the pain. No one enjoys those feelings, so we suppress them. WE will do anything to hold them down, from drinking to smoking a joint or doing cocaine. We refuse to face the rejection and hurt, so we do not allow our conscious mind to recall it.

We often cover up our hurts without realizing it by acting in ways that are irresponsible, even violent. Consciously, we don’t know why, but our subconscious mind does. We want to voce up the real problem and live in a fantasy world.

We should know that for every negative thought, for each feeling of pain and rejection, there is an opposite. We must learn to throw out the negative thoughts and replace them with positive ones. We act upon our thoughts. If our thoughts are negative, that’s the way we will act. If our thoughts are positive, we will act those out, too.

We must learn to “dump our garbage” and replace it with goodness and love. When we do this, we become better as a person, a child of god. This works the same way as using a muscle. When a muscle is weak, we build it up by exercising it over and over again. This same principle works with the mind and emotions. When our mind is weak, we can strengthen it by telling ourselves over and over, “We are somebody. We can do it.” The more we tell ourselves these things and act upon what we say, the more they become part of our being.

As you awaken each morning, first thank God for a new day; then start you daily exercises” “I am somebody. I am alive. I have something positive to offer someone. If it is rejected, it will not affect the way I feel right now. I will say, “So what.’ I will say, ‘I am talented, and I thank God for my talent.'”

“It will not matter if someone calls me a name. I know who I am. No words will have power over my life today. I will not allow a negative thought to enter my mind. I will not feel sorry for myself. I will count my blessings, and when in doubt, I will read the attached Bible verses.”

Do not let negative words control you. When people try to put you down, just remember that words cannot control you life. Only God has control over your life, and He has given us all free will to make our own choices.

Choices can be difficult. Whatever choices we make, there will be consequences, – some good, some bad. We always have options. We can choose to act impulsively or to think things through. Acting on impulse usually has negative and sometimes severe consequences.

Stop and ask yourself whether your action will hurt yourself or someone else. Will it hurt your career or cause a loss of trust? Will it contribute to the problem or help it? Is it taking an unnecessary risk which may result in incarceration? If the answer to any of these questions is “yes,” then review your options.

We know right from wrong. When we do things “our way,” we do not allow ourselves any other options, like taking direction from someone else. We do have choices. We can choose to stop and listen to God’s quiet voice deep inside us. We can choose to listen to others who have already had the experience.

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Love “at first sight” seldom lasts. Love needs to develop. You really need to work at it. As quickly as you “fall in love,” you can “fall out of love.”

It’s okay not to marry or have a relationship. It’s not for everyone. Rid yourself of the guilt that you are “supposed” to get married, that it’s normal and that you are “weird” if you don’t get married. Paul tells us in the Scriptures that it’s okay not to get married, as long as we are not immoral. (I Cor. 7).

If marriage can be made a part of your plan and career, then go for it. Don’t be fooled, though. Things that look okay at the beginning may not end up that way.

Plan your future. Set your goals and go for them. You can make it, but you must first have a dream. If you can find someone with whom to share those dreams and goals, then you are blessed.

Stop looking for love in all the wrong places. We are constantly looking for fulfillment, – searching for peace of mind and contentment We cannot find that in a man or a woman; only in Jesus. He said, “Come to Me if you’re heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.”

Your search for that connection (your spirit connecting with your Creator’s spirit) will finally be achieved when you give up your restlessness.

Give up your constant searching for love, – that yearning – and come to Jesus with it all. He will give you rest. He will ease that restless feeling and make you complete. He will connect you with your Creator, God, – my Father and yours.

Whatever your choice will be, just remember there is a consequence. You must pay a price. You must keep your commitment to the plan and goal.

God has allowed you to choose with your own free will. You are His highest creation. You have been placed over all God’s other creatures. You are important. You are somebody.

If you choose correctly (within God’s will), the consequence will be uplifting and beneficial. You will be prepared, motivated, stronger. It will build your character.

If you choose the wrong way (and you do know right from wrong), the consequences are more severe. If you cannot be responsible for your actions, then you must be ready to endure the consequences.

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The lifestyle you have chosen, whether in show business (e.g. entertainer, singer) or in any profession – like business or athletics – requires a great deal of personal discipline and fortitude.

Life is full of making decisions, setting goals and sacrificing in order to reach those goals. A successful career takes total commitment.

Show business is a very competitive business. It is also very exciting, – a world of its own with unique ethics and laws. It can involve a life of camaraderie and caring, or one of back-stabbing and survival.

It takes a special type of person to fit into the mainstream of show business. You must be able to share your talents as well as you life – both public and private – with your audience. You must be willing to establish an image and then hold onto it. You must be willing to set trends, change lifestyle, take criticism and be called “different.”

While training for and developing your career, you should not become involved in any situation or relationship that would distract you from your main goals.

Dating and relationships are some of the most common situations that lead to failure rather than success. Most of us date or even get married for the wrong reasons.

After a meeting with some young adults, I found that some of the “reasons” given for dating fall into one of the following three categories: Sex, status or manipulation (mojos). Here are some examples:

SEX:

• “Teach me how.”
• Mistaken for “love.”
• “Will you love me in the morning? Will you still respect me?”
• A “reputation to protect”.
• “Experience something new.”
• “Everybody does it.”
• “To prove you are not strange.”
• Physical attraction.

These are a few mentioned by young people as “reasons” to get involved with sex. These can result in:

• Unwanted pregnancies
• Abortion
• Unwanted babies (abuse, other problems)
• Controls, mojos
• Loss of self-esteem
• Divorce – split up home

STATUS:

• Popular to date.
• Being seen with a popular person
• Date society person, money, prestige
• Reputation to live up to
• Image of playboy or playgirl
• Tradition

These can result in:

• Ego, trying to live up to a falsehood.
• Not being really you.
• Unhappiness.
• Looking in the wrong places for the right thing.
• Divorce – hurt, confused children.

MANIPULATION (MOJOS):

• Someone who will listen and comfort you.
• Money or using someone.
• Don’t want to be alone.
• Someone to share, – a companion.
• Someone special.These can result in:
• Control
• Blaming, finding faults.
• Selfish attitude.
• Divorce, bitterness.

Real love involves working at a relationship: giving and taking, sacrifice and sharing 100 percent.

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As we continue to study the things that are important to us and determine how to choose the right way to live, we must understand that, by nature, we react to certain situations. We take up a “self defense” attitude, not wanting to share what’s “ours”.

We are taught to respond to thoughts and ideas in two major ways during our lifetime. The first type of response is impulsive, which is action taken without thinking something through; a conditioned reaction without rationale. The second type of response is necessity, for survival and continued existence.

It is against our natures to react without thinking, to be impulsive; but it is easier to do. We do not want to take the time to think a situation through. We harm people most when we act impulsively, either through our words or through our actions.

We are taught that if someone hurts us, we must hurt them back. If someone tells a nasty lie about us, we must fight to prove them wrong. We are conditioned to act without thinking things through.

As you spend time in solitude late at night, you may wonder, “Why did I say that? Why did I act that way? I really did not intend to.”

You are right; you probably didn’t intend to. But you became impulsive and spoke before you thought. You reacted to hurt with more of the same.
Jesus said that we should think a situation through – walk away – turn the other cheek. It is not important enough to strike back, because then you become like the person who stuck out at you.

It is against God’s nature to simply react. He thinks things through. When you follow His example by thinking things through, you will do what is necessary to handle the situation. It is not necessary to fight when you can walk away. It is not necessary to argue pointlessly just so you can have the last word.

You will know what is important by asking yourself, “Is it necessary to me, to my success of to my existence?” If it is, then it is important for you to think it through and respond intelligently. This will make you a winner instead of a loser.

Sometimes it is necessary to put things in proper order, to remind people who you are. You are important to yourself and to God. If you can do this without making the other person feel less important, you are a winner.

No one ever wins a fight. Even if you beat the other person, you lose. You may win the round, but you will lose your dignity. Which is more important? Is it necessary enough to lose your control? Is it not necessary that you prove you are stronger?

You may need to defend yourself and your family from bodily harm. It is important to do this only if you had a chance to think it through and act out of necessity to save or protect yourself or others.

In order to be successful, ask yourself how important something is to you and whether it is necessary. Weigh the circumstances. Look at both the positive and negative aspects. Think it through. Do not act impulsively as you have been conditioned to do. If it is against your nature to act a certain way, then don’t do it!
It is not as important to be loved, as it is to love. It is not important to always be right; but it is important to admit when you are wrong. It is not important to forget, but it is very important and necessary to forgive.

It is not important to have the last word, but it is important to be quiet at times. It is not important to brag about your talents; but it is important and necessary to share them.

It is not important to be the best, but it is important to give your best. It is not as important to be freed as it is to fee. It is not important to reach your goal; it is important how you reach your goal. It is not important to be like everyone else, but it is important to be yourself.

It is not important to be liked by everyone, but it is important to like everyone. It is not important to prove someone else wrong; it is important to be right. It is not important that you “make it”; it is important what you make of yourself.

When I think about all these important things to consider, then I know how far I have to go to call myself a “together” person. My life is like the four seasons that God put in perfect order. The natural order of God’s divine wisdom, love and understand is reflected in the summer, spring, winter and fall of the yearly cycle.
When winter comes, the cold wind blows. The trees die and the flowers go to sleep. A blanket of snow covers the once-green grass. Even during the coldest day, we know that soon spring will arrive. The flowers bloom, the birds sing and so does my heart. It is God’s perfect plan to keep things in proper order.

In the spring, I find a quiet resting place beside a brook, where I can go and think with peace in my heart. The trees that were bare a few months ago are now full of leaves providing shade. I feel the gentle, warm breeze against my face as I read a book or reflect about my life.

It’s at times like these that I wonder about God. I think back on my life, when everything seemed to go wrong. Those old “winter thoughts” of doubt, fear and confusion gripped me and froze my mind. Ambitions, ideas and motivation seemed covered with snow. No song could be found in my heart.
At times, I want to give up, – just throw in the towel. But then something touches me with warmth that melts the snow away. I get new ideas and become ambitious once again.

I feel the warmth of the sunshine on my face, replacing that cold wind of winter. The sunlight gives me new hope. Fears are washed away like melting snow. A feeling of contentment floods my soul. I know the presence of God’s Loving Spirit is with me. I begin to understand His divine order of life.

I learn that living by nature is opposed to living under grace. I thank Him for His grace that makes my nature no longer natural; and most of all, for His love. He is now real to me, as real as the stars in the sky. His nature is in me and I in Him. To be apart from Him in Spirit and truth is “against my nature”.

God has become important and real. He is necessary in my life because He lives within me. I am His image; therefore, I am important because He is important. I am necessary, and that makes me full of joy. Nobody can take that away from me except God, and He is the One who gave it to me in the first place!

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PART 1:

Walking with a good friend can be fun, relaxing and healthy. You can talk with each other and share a feeling. You can tell a joke, solve a single problem or those of the world.

“If only the world would listen to me and my friend’s solutions to its problems, boy, would things be straightened out in a hurry!”

There is something about walking and talking that is different from being alone in the still of the midnight hour. You see things in a different light. You hear another’s point of view and are enlightened with other options.

“If only this feeling could last now and forever! I would never have to cry again; never have to worry any more because I know the free feeling I just got will last!”

But id doesn’t. Just as fast as it comes, it leaves. I’m empty once again, struggling with the same problems that never go away. Why won’t my problems go away?

First, I need to find out what a “problem” is. It is a situation that stands in the way of my feelings, my desires. It is a problem because I make it a problem. Why worry about situations I can do nothing about?

I have found an answer to solving problems. God gave it to me after walking with a good friend. Find out what’s important to you. Determine what that is and then dow what is right to resolve the situation. Ask yourself the question, “Is it important to me?” If the answer is “yes,” you will always find a solution.

If it is not important, you will not worry about it. It cannot harm you. If it is not important to you, then it can’t get your attention nor your energy. You can simply get rid of it as “not being important to you.”

It is not important:

PART II:

How do we know when we are growing and reaching our goals? We know when deep inside our being; we truly feel that things, which used to be important to us no longer, are.

We have found more important things in our lives, such as:

Nothing else is as important as these points that are listed above. They may not be important to you; but then that doesn’t really matter, since we are all entitled to our opinions.

Remember that some things are more important to one person than another. What is important to you may not be important to me, and therefore does not justify my energy to think about it. I can save that energy for something that is important to me. I may become concerned – should become concerned – but my concern is not important enough to argue the point. It just isn’t important.

When something is important to me, a feeling of certainty comes over me and I feel energetic. I become alive – ideas form and flow, I am motivated to act on the knowledge that what I’m doing is the most important thing, – for now.

When I have to make a decision about something or someone, how do I decide? I must always ask myself, “What is the most important to me at this time?” Is it more important to prove myself to someone, or to have patience and believe in myself?

Is it more important to:

The most difficult examples above are the most important when you want to determine the answers to your problems.

Most of all, be important to yourself. It is difficult to feel important when people around you tell you that you are nothing. Well, my friend, you may believe that you are not the most important person to your mother, your friends or to me, but one thing is sure. You are extremely important to your Creator.

God made you as the most important of all His creation. Being in tune with Him will help you to realize that fact.

Jesus once said, “If I care for little birds and they are important to me, then how much more important are you – my highest form of creation – to Me?”

You are important, to yourself and to God. If others cannot appreciate your importance, so what? God sees it, and after all, He is the only One we want to please.

If others are blessed through our pleasing God with our talents, then life becomes even more beautiful and important to us. God wants us to be happy. If we are happy with ourselves, the God is pleased.

Sometimes we don’t know ourselves when we are happy. We learn to seek happiness through God’s plan for our lives. When we find our purpose in life through using all the gifts God has given us, that is, to help others, then we find true happiness. We find God.

God said through Jesus, “Love one another as I have loved you.” He gave up His Son’s life for you to gain eternal life, so we can enjoy each other. By pleasing Him, you will please yourself, and we shall spend eternity together.

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So you want to be a “star”. So you want to be successful. So you want to be a businessman and own your own company. Wanting to be, and actually “being” are two completely different stories.

There are dreamers – those who just dream and never reach out to touch their dreams in reality. Dreamers normally give up because they cannot take the discipline required to b successful. Dreamers cannot adjust to the lifestyle a particular career demands of them.

Each profession has a distinct lifestyle. You must be willing to adjust to, appreciate, understand, cope with and enjoy your lifestyle.

Entertainment is a wonderful way of life. It’s exciting, challenging and competitive. This not only includes the entertainer, but also managers, agents, stage directors and producers – all those in the industry.

We all live in a completely different world. Most people with “normal” lifestyles cannot understand it. You must be strong, well disciplined and committed. You must be willing to live one day at a time. You can plan your future, but need to live in the present.

Normally, you cannot be involved with two different lifestyles, as they will not be compatible. For example, an entertainer, producer or manager can’t usually get totally comfortable with the normal 9-5’45, as that person cannot understand the fast-paced life you have chosen.

The lifestyle of an entertainer to some people is foolish. A normal nine-to-five job to the entertainer is boring. Some marriages between the two have tried to work, only to end up in divorce.

You’ve heard that “the grass is always greener on the other side” is not always true. It appears to be, until you see the dry brown spots. They are there in every area of grass; one may be hidden or disguised better than the other.

You should be satisfied with your choice of vocation. It is when you attempt to mix vocations or lifestyles that you get into trouble. Unless you are really together and have made tremendous strides in lifestyle adjustments, you are walking a dangerous line. If you try to live two lifestyles, you will love one and hate the other.

This does not mean that you cannot occasionally become involved with a lifestyle different than yours. If you are not sure where you stand, you leave yourself open for a change, when you should only be enjoying a moment of “difference” which is refreshing.

You have heard the phrase, “I love so and so, or this and that, but I would not want to be a part of it.” This is safe thinking. We will sometimes want to seek a different feeling or emotion, but we must control the urge. If you want to be successful, choose a career that offers a lifestyle that you are totally happy in living.

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