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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/rss2full.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2798794282973092073</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:13:15 +0000</lastBuildDate><category>mind</category><category>plans</category><category>expand</category><category>finances</category><category>20 words that will change your life</category><category>think rich</category><category>encouragement</category><category>thanksgiving</category><category>morning coach</category><category>christian fiction</category><category>christian</category><category>youtube</category><category>inspiration</category><category>easter</category><category>motivation</category><category>48 days to the work you love</category><category>48days.net</category><category>job</category><category>wealth</category><category>russell emerson</category><category>the world needs more happy</category><category>future you university</category><category>action</category><category>social entrepreneur</category><category>christians in business</category><category>family</category><category>mike spillman</category><category>mj enterprises bz</category><category>happiness</category><category>prepare</category><category>jay peroni</category><category>prayer</category><category>thinking</category><category>contest</category><category>online communities</category><category>sensational saturday</category><category>entrepreneur</category><category>peace</category><category>the wealthy atheist</category><category>spiritual sunday</category><category>q and a</category><category>intro</category><category>success</category><category>peace of mind</category><category>prosperity</category><category>no regrets</category><category>goals</category><category>special offer</category><category>happy</category><category>spirituality</category><category>jb glossinger</category><category>upliftment</category><category>Monday</category><category>plan</category><category>persistence</category><category>twitter</category><category>about me</category><category>angie strader</category><category>gardening</category><category>praise</category><category>abundance</category><category>spiritual entrepreneur</category><category>direction</category><category>christian stories</category><category>stories</category><category>easter sunday</category><category>PAP</category><category>progress</category><category>dan miller</category><category>thankfulness</category><title>A Story Writer At Heart (Among Other Things)</title><description>A Site/Blog About: Stories, Life, Upliftment, Encouragement, Business, Pleasure, Whatever Crosses My Mind. Come Join Me!</description><link>http://storywriterinbz.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (storywriterinbz)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>43</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/AStoryWriterAtHeartamongOtherThings" /><feedburner:info uri="astorywriteratheartamongotherthings" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><feedburner:emailServiceId>AStoryWriterAtHeartamongOtherThings</feedburner:emailServiceId><feedburner:feedburnerHostname>http://feedburner.google.com</feedburner:feedburnerHostname><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2798794282973092073.post-8629097173929931148</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 02:18:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-10-10T19:18:55.270-07:00</atom:updated><title>The Millionaire's Mindset</title><description>CAN YOU IMAGINE yourself a Millionaire? What does that feels like? To attract money, you must focus on wealth. If you focus on not having enough money, you will create more circumstances of not having enough money. You will have the object of your focus : lack. But if you tip the balance of scale with your thoughts, imagine what can happen!&lt;br /&gt;
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What if you envisage yourself delighting in wealth – living an extravagant lifestyle – basking in the lap of luxury, and possessing more than enough? How would you feel? What would be the outcome of a lavish life? Begin to spawn a new burst of passion for wealth within.&lt;br /&gt;
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In your mind’s eye, pretend to value wealth. Imagine yourself relishing the trappings of the finest lifestyle you can ever imagine. What will you buy? Where will you live? Where will you vacation? Decide to play this game in your mind everyday and see what happens. Make it fun. You will start to feel good about money and it will begin to flow into your life. What you value you will attract. Start to value the benefits of having money now!&lt;br /&gt;
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The millionaire mindset is the way that a millionaire thinks about wealth, money and income. It has to do with what you think about and the emotions you attach to what you think. Your desperate feelings of lacking money is exactly what repels money from coming to you! The need for money will persist. What you focus on expands: you will attract more of the same. If this is the type of relationship you have established with money, then you need to ask yourself: Am I ready to be a millionaire, really?&lt;br /&gt;
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You are ready to become a millionaire when you truly believe you can. Your job is to ask for what you want by intention, believe that you are receiving it, and start to create kodak moments of thought – filled affluence. Whatever you imagine should be believable to you.&lt;br /&gt;
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To develop a millionare’s mindset, you must first service your mind with an incisive, pulsating, compelling desire for wealth. Create a state of mind that becomes an obsession. Until you convince yourself that you will have what you desire, you will have it. Your obsession for wealth or money must be intentional and cannot be left to chance, good fortune or luck. If you desire it and believe that it is so, the universe has to comply with you at will. &lt;br /&gt;
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Incidentally, you need to function in a mindset of well-being, abundance, happiness, and excess. Dwell on these feelings. Make it a habit each day. Close your eyes and create mental pictures of yourself living your best life now. Acknowledge the universe with gratitude. &lt;br /&gt;
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This is the fastest way to begin to attract wealth into your life. You cannot fake passion. It is the fuel that drives every dream. As you cultivate your wealth-conscious mentality in the auspices of passion, you will start to feel the flow of wealth and goodness towards you, if you believe.&lt;br /&gt;
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Start to think like a millionaire TODAY!&lt;br /&gt;
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God bless...&lt;br /&gt;
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Ms Jini&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2798794282973092073-8629097173929931148?l=storywriterinbz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AStoryWriterAtHeartamongOtherThings/~4/W2w7uFgeUZ4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AStoryWriterAtHeartamongOtherThings/~3/W2w7uFgeUZ4/millionaires-mindset.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jini)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://storywriterinbz.blogspot.com/2011/10/millionaires-mindset.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2798794282973092073.post-6963470151541311505</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:56:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-02-19T10:04:29.921-08:00</atom:updated><title>Make Real Money on the Internet - Free Book</title><description>Hi everyone,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you're like a lot of people, you hate getting up for work in the morning.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You hate your boss, and by the end of the day you just want to pull your hair out and scream.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What if you could quit, and still be rich enough to live your dreams?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And if you're lucky enough to be doing a job you love, wouldn't you jump at the chance to be even more successful?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Most people have dreams of hitting it rich. Or telling their boss where he can stuff it and then walking away. But few really ever do anything about it. They get stuck.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, here's your chance to take action, and make a real positive change in your life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stephen Pierce has been there. Even worse. He was completely broke with no place to live when he got involved in internet marketing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He didn't even own a computer! But now he's got much more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He makes a lot of money each year on the internet. Now he has a beautiful mansion&lt;br /&gt;estate in Texas, and spends his time traveling the world with his wife.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stephen went from bankrupt to bankrolling millions, and in his new book, he spills&lt;br /&gt;the beans on how you can do just what he did!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"&lt;a href="http://vur.me/s/mrmifreebook"&gt;Make Real Money on the Internet&lt;/a&gt;" is the best guide out there to exploring the&lt;br /&gt;potential of the internet to put money in your pocket.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Even if you're completely new to online marketing, don't worry. The book is a&lt;br /&gt;detailed, step-by-step guide that lays it all out for you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From the very first steps, Stephen explains the mistakes he made and the lessons he&lt;br /&gt;learned.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And how you can put those lessons to use in creating your own profitable online&lt;br /&gt;business.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is not a scam, or an instant get-rich -quick scheme. Getting started will take&lt;br /&gt;a little bit of work. But once you're up and running... look out!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That's the best part. Once you read the book, you'll know exactly how to put your&lt;br /&gt;business on autopilot. That means you make money without lifting a finger!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These are tried and proven techniques. And they'll work for you, if you're ready to&lt;br /&gt;try them. In fact, we're giving them to you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See, Stephen's offering his book, which usually sells for $19.95, absolutely FREE.&lt;br /&gt;That's right. You pay nothing for these valuable secrets.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stephen knows that the internet has millions in untapped potential. There's enough wealth for anyone that wants to be unbelievably successful.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That potential is waiting for someone to come along and turn it into gold. Someone&lt;br /&gt;like you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So claim your copy of "&lt;a href="http://vur.me/s/mrmifreebook"&gt;Make Real Money on the Internet&lt;/a&gt;" and take advantage of the&lt;br /&gt;same techniques that have made Stephen Pierce a multi-millionaire.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You could be next. Find out how easy it is by getting your &lt;a href="http://vur.me/s/mrmifreebook"&gt;FREE copy&lt;/a&gt; today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's just waiting for you to come and claim it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your new future is waiting for you ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God bless...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lady J (aka LJ)/Miss J (aka MJ)&lt;br /&gt;"For With God Nothing Is Impossible" Luke 1:37&lt;br /&gt;NEVER GIVE UP! NEVER GIVE IN!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://milliondollarexperiment2010.blogspot.com/"&gt;Million Dollar Experiment 2010&lt;/a&gt; (blog)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/storywriterinbzblog"&gt;Story Writer In Bz&lt;/a&gt; (blog)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/cibblog"&gt;Christians In Business&lt;/a&gt; (blog)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/mjenterprisesbzblog"&gt;MJ Enterprises Bz&lt;/a&gt; (Blog)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Follow me on twitter:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/followmenow"&gt;milliondollars2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/followmeontwitter2"&gt;storywriterinbz&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;IM me on Yahoo Messenger: mde.realonlineincome&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2798794282973092073-6963470151541311505?l=storywriterinbz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AStoryWriterAtHeartamongOtherThings/~4/bKJPxMoZZuE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AStoryWriterAtHeartamongOtherThings/~3/bKJPxMoZZuE/make-real-money-on-internet-free-book.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (storywriterinbz)</author><thr:total>34</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://storywriterinbz.blogspot.com/2010/02/make-real-money-on-internet-free-book.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2798794282973092073.post-3005955899560676954</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:39:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-02-13T12:14:23.293-08:00</atom:updated><title>Special Valentine's Offer</title><description>Hi everyone,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Happy, Blessed, Prosperous and a Safe Valentine's to all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As a special promotion for the rest of this month (February 2010), I'm offering anyone the opportunity to be an author on this blog (and 4 other blogs of mine) FOR LIFE! As an author you can promote your business(es) or for whatever else reason you'd like to be an author on this blog FOR LIFE so long as the posts are within the guidelines. (I reserve the right to edit or delete any inappropriate post(s). I also reserve the right to completely remove an author if said author keeps posting inappropriate posts.) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For a one time payment of US$10 via paypal you can be an author FOR LIFE on this blog as well as 4 other blogs I own. That's an insane "I LOVE YOU" deal for the month of February 2010.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For a measly US$10 one time payment you can promote your business(es) on all 5 of my blogs FOR LIFE. That's a LIFETIME of posting about your business(es) or whatever to my 5 blogs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once I've received the one time payment of US$10 I'll send you the invite to be an author on all 5 of my blogs FOR LIFE (Please allow up to 48hrs for me to acknowledge the payment and send the invite). For our mutual benefit, I suggest you stay within the guidelines so you can keep posting to my blogs FOR LIFE. If I need to I'll edit it to fit the guidelines. (I reserve the right to edit or delete any inappropriate post(s). I also reserve the right to completely remove an author if said author keeps posting inappropriate posts.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a special promotion that I'm running ONLY for the month of February 2010 to show my appreciation for everyone who reads my blog(s) and would like to be an author on my blog(s).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So hurry and take me up on this insane offer before the month ends.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NOTE: ONLY 50 spaces available! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_s-xclick"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input type="hidden" name="hosted_button_id" value="GW9JLN6L57JRQ"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_buynowCC_LG.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/form&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God bless...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lady J (aka LJ)/Miss J (aka MJ)&lt;br /&gt;"For With God Nothing Is Impossible" Luke 1:37&lt;br /&gt;NEVER GIVE UP! NEVER GIVE IN!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://milliondollarexperiment2010.blogspot.com/"&gt;Million Dollar Experiment 2010&lt;/a&gt; (blog)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/storywriterinbzblog"&gt;Story Writer In Bz&lt;/a&gt; (blog)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/cibblog"&gt;Christians In Business&lt;/a&gt; (blog)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/mjenterprisesbzblog"&gt;MJ Enterprises Bz&lt;/a&gt; (Blog)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Follow me on twitter:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/followmenow"&gt;milliondollars2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/followmeontwitter2"&gt;storywriterinbz&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;IM me on Yahoo Messenger: mde.realonlineincome&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2798794282973092073-3005955899560676954?l=storywriterinbz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AStoryWriterAtHeartamongOtherThings/~4/bu-KtI22ofw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AStoryWriterAtHeartamongOtherThings/~3/bu-KtI22ofw/special-valentines-offer.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (storywriterinbz)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://storywriterinbz.blogspot.com/2010/02/special-valentines-offer.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2798794282973092073.post-7152501719432695825</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:26:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-02-13T12:15:02.038-08:00</atom:updated><title>Christmas Greetings..My apologies</title><description>Hey everyone,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I want to take this opportunity to apologize for not having updated this blog for a while. As we all know, life gets in the way of our goals and passions at times. This has been one of those times. I am working on some material for this blog for the upcoming year 2010. So coming January 2010 I'll have new posts on this blog at the very least weekly. (Ideally I'd like to post daily or at least 2 to 3 times a week, but I'll try to post at least once a week, as time permits.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So until the new year, which I pray will be filled with health, blessings, favor, God's glory shining on your life, your dreams coming to past, etc, I extend a very Merry Christmas season to one and all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God bless...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lady J (aka LJ)/Miss J (aka MJ)&lt;br /&gt;"For With God Nothing Is Impossible" Luke 1:37&lt;br /&gt;NEVER GIVE UP! NEVER GIVE IN!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://milliondollarexperiment2010.blogspot.com/"&gt;Million Dollar Experiment 2010&lt;/a&gt; (blog)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/storywriterinbzblog"&gt;Story Writer In Bz&lt;/a&gt; (blog)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/cibblog"&gt;Christians In Business&lt;/a&gt; (blog)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/mjenterprisesbzblog"&gt;MJ Enterprises Bz&lt;/a&gt; (Blog)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Follow me on twitter:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/followmenow"&gt;milliondollars2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/followmeontwitter2"&gt;storywriterinbz&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;IM me on Yahoo Messenger: mde.realonlineincome&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2798794282973092073-7152501719432695825?l=storywriterinbz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AStoryWriterAtHeartamongOtherThings/~4/8C-s05rzQuY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AStoryWriterAtHeartamongOtherThings/~3/8C-s05rzQuY/christmas-greetingsmy-apologies.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (storywriterinbz)</author><thr:total>3</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://storywriterinbz.blogspot.com/2009/12/christmas-greetingsmy-apologies.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2798794282973092073.post-3257276879220976287</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:36:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-29T15:36:38.699-07:00</atom:updated><title>$5 promotion for the rest of 2009</title><description>Hey everyone,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Imagine, if you will, that someone was promoting your business(es) for you at least once a week, every week, on at least 4 different sites.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sounds great doesn't it. How much would you pay for a service like that? $100? $200? $300?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, from now until December 31, 2009 (midnight Eastern Standard Time), you can have ME promoting YOUR business(es) at least once a week, every week.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That's at least 5 months of ME promoting YOUR business(es) on at least 4 different sites, every week.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Again I ask, how much would you pay for such a service? $400? $500?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, for the insanely low price of $5 (yes you read that right - a one-time payment of US$5), that's exactly what I'll be doing for you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;OR&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you'd prefer to be doing the promoting yourself on MY sites, then it's ONLY $10.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So for $5 you can have me doing the promoting for you, or for $10 you can do the promoting yourself. Your choice. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For the $5 offer, please press the button below:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_s-xclick"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input type="hidden" name="hosted_button_id" value="6954433"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_buynowCC_LG.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/form&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For the $10 offer, please press the button below:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_s-xclick"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input type="hidden" name="hosted_button_id" value="7140176"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_cart_LG.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/form&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God bless...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lady J (aka LJ)/Miss J (aka MJ)&lt;br /&gt;"For With God Nothing Is Impossible" Luke 1:37&lt;br /&gt;NEVER GIVE UP! NEVER GIVE IN!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/milliondollarexpblog"&gt;Million Dollar Experiment 2009&lt;/a&gt; (blog)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/storywriterinbzblog"&gt;Story Writer In Bz&lt;/a&gt; (blog)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/cibblog"&gt;Christians In Business&lt;/a&gt; (blog)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/mjenterprisesbzblog"&gt;MJ Enterprises Bz&lt;/a&gt; (Blog)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Follow me on twitter:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/followmenow"&gt;milliondollars2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/followmeontwitter2"&gt;storywriterinbz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2798794282973092073-3257276879220976287?l=storywriterinbz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AStoryWriterAtHeartamongOtherThings/~4/uTgjQ45ErQU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AStoryWriterAtHeartamongOtherThings/~3/uTgjQ45ErQU/5-promotion-for-rest-of-2009.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (storywriterinbz)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://storywriterinbz.blogspot.com/2009/07/5-promotion-for-rest-of-2009.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2798794282973092073.post-1151126669865507713</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:05:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-21T16:12:16.335-07:00</atom:updated><title>Calling All Writers</title><description>Hi everyone,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On Sunday, May 17, 2009 I reminded my readers that I have been holding a story continuation contest.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To recap:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; have decided to further extend the deadline from Friday, May 29, 2009 12:00 (midnight) EST (US) to Saturday, August 15, 2009. The winner will be announced on Saturday, August 29, 2009 on this blog.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have decided to extend the deadline until Saturday, August 15, 2009 to allow for as many people as possible to get in on this contest. This contest now has an interesting twist, which should cause a stir among the readers of this blog.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The twist: Well, before I get to the twist, I should probably recap the original outline of the contest for those of you not familiar with it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To recap (the original outline): I had opened a story continuation contest. The story is one of my christian fiction entitled "The Wealthy Atheist". So far 3 Chapters have been posted. I am looking for Chapter 4.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The lucky winner will become an author on my blog PLUS they will receive $1 (the cash may go up) to their paypal account (must have paypal account in order to receive payment).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In order to qualify to win you MUST continue the story (Chapter 4) on the storymash.com site. Only continuations (Chapter 4) posted on the storymash.com site will qualify for the prize (of authorship on my blog AND cash).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now for the twist: You are allowed to continue ANY of the stories found here. In addition, you can go as many chapters on ANY of these stories as you like. Why? Because the more stories you continue, and the more chapters of ANY story you continue, the more cash (that's right I said more cash) you are eligible to receive. I think this bares repeating. The more stories you continue, the more cash you are eligible to receive. The more chapters of ANY story you continue, the more cash you are eligible to receive. The only condition that remains the same from the original outline is that it MUST be continued (each story you choose to continue for as many chapters you choose to continue) MUST be posted on the storymash.com site (and of course I must be able to find it).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let me clarify what I just said with a couple examples.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Example # 1: Currently there are 4 distinct stories on storymash.com (The Wealthy Atheist - Chapters 1, 2 &amp; 3; Her First Nightmare; Heavenly Minded; Teenage Drama). You decide you will continue 3 of these 4 stories. If you decide to continue each story 1 chapter each, that's 1 x 3 = 3 times the cash (which is 3 x $1 = $3) you're eligible to receive if you are chosen the winner (from among your 3 entries).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Example # 2: Of the 4 stories currently there, you decide to just continue 1 of them. You decide that you'll write (oh let's say) 5 chapters. That's 1 x 5 = 5 times the cash (which is 5 x $1 = $5) you're eligible to receive if you are chosen the winner (from among your 5 entries).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Are you beginning to see the possibilities here? The possible cash you could receive is completely based on how many entries you decide on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you are confused then please feel free to drop me a note (for clarification purposes) to storywriterinbz@gmail.com and I'll do my best to get back to you within 48 hours of receiving your note.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Looking forward to reading quite a few entries.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God bless..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MJ/LJ&lt;br /&gt;"For With God Nothing Is Impossible" Luke 1:37&lt;br /&gt;NEVER GIVE UP! NEVER GIVE IN!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/milliondollarexpblog"&gt;Million Dollar Experiment 2009&lt;/a&gt; (blog) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/storywriterinbzblog"&gt;Story Writer In Bz&lt;/a&gt; (blog) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/cibblog"&gt;Christians In Business&lt;/a&gt; (blog) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/mjenterprisesbzblog"&gt;MJ Enterprises Bz&lt;/a&gt; (Blog)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Follow me on twitter:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/followmenow"&gt;milliondollars2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/followmeontwitter2"&gt;storywriterinbz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2798794282973092073-1151126669865507713?l=storywriterinbz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AStoryWriterAtHeartamongOtherThings/~4/F3cdgxpEoyk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AStoryWriterAtHeartamongOtherThings/~3/F3cdgxpEoyk/calling-all-writers.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (storywriterinbz)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://storywriterinbz.blogspot.com/2009/07/calling-all-writers.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2798794282973092073.post-1168493340782686382</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:56:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-21T16:47:45.092-07:00</atom:updated><title>Special Promotion for the Month of July</title><description>Hi everyone,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For the entire month of July (1st to 31st) my business &lt;a href="http://budurl.com/milliondollarexpblog" target="_blank"&gt;The Million Dollar Experiment&lt;/a&gt;, a blog where I document my journey to making $1,000,000 online, is being featured on the MegaMillion Social Network for Millionaires.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once again I'd like to thank &lt;a href="http://budurl.com/laurareeves" target="_blank"&gt;Laura Reeves&lt;/a&gt; (creator and owner of MegaMillion) for featuring my business this month.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As a special promotion, I'm offering anyone the opportunity to promote their business(es) on my &lt;a href="http://budurl.com/milliondollarexpblog" target="_blank"&gt;Million Dollar Experiment (MDE) blog&lt;/a&gt;, for the rest of this year. That's right I said the rest of this year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For a one time payment of US$60 via paypal, or monthly payments of US$10 for 6 months ($1 for the 1st week), you can have your business(es) promoted on my MDE blog as well as 3 other blogs I own.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For a measly US$60 one time payment or monthly payments of US$10 for 6 months via paypal, you can promote your business(es) on all 4 of my blogs for the rest of 2009. That's 6 months of me posting about your business(es) to my 4 blogs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once I've received the one time payment of US$60 or your US$1 for the 1st week via paypal I'll email you to have you email me the information you'd like me to post on my blogs about your business(es). For our mutual benefit, I suggest you write what you'd like me to write about your business(es) as if you were the one posting this info to my blogs. If I need to I'll edit it to fit the guidelines.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a special promotion that I'm running ONLY for the month of July, while my business (&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/milliondollarexpblog" target="_blank"&gt;the MDE blog&lt;/a&gt;) is being featured on MegaMillion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So hurry and take me up on this insane offer before the month ends.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;UPDATE:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The offer is still valid with a few minor changes. Instead of paying $60 or the trial $1 then a monthly fee, I've decided to lower the price to a ridiculous one time payment of $5. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For the rest of 2009, you can have me promoting your business(es) on all 4 of my blogs for one payment of $5. This offer is only valid until Thursday, December 31, 2009.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_s-xclick"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input type="hidden" name="hosted_button_id" value="6954433"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_buynowCC_LG.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/form&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God bless...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lady J (aka LJ)/Miss J (aka MJ)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"For With God Nothing Is Impossible" Luke 1:37&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NEVER GIVE UP! NEVER GIVE IN!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/milliondollarexpblog" target="_blank"&gt;Million Dollar Experiment 2009&lt;/a&gt; (blog)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/storywriterinbzblog" target="_blank"&gt;Story Writer In Bz&lt;/a&gt; (blog)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/cibblog" target="_blank"&gt;Christians In Business&lt;/a&gt; (blog)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/mjenterprisesbzblog" target="_blank"&gt;MJ Enterprises Bz&lt;/a&gt; (Blog)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Follow me on twitter:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/followmenow" target="_blank"&gt;milliondollars2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/followmeontwitter2" target="_blank"&gt;storywriterinbz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2798794282973092073-1168493340782686382?l=storywriterinbz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AStoryWriterAtHeartamongOtherThings/~4/I27yI3gN0vg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AStoryWriterAtHeartamongOtherThings/~3/I27yI3gN0vg/special-promotion-for-month-of-july.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (storywriterinbz)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://storywriterinbz.blogspot.com/2009/07/special-promotion-for-month-of-july.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2798794282973092073.post-7774289231355490742</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:20:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-06-15T22:25:28.275-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">about me</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">online communities</category><title>My Social Networks: Come Join Me!</title><description>Hello everyone,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know I've been somewhat MIA here on this blog. I do apologize. I've been superbusy holding down 2 day jobs and trying to maintain an online presence in several online communities as well as my other blogs. I promise to try and do a better job of posting to this blog more regularly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now I'd like to extend an invitation to all my blog readers, online friends, everyone who is reading this post anywhere in the world. The invitation is to join me on the following social networks:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/millionairementors"&gt;Millionaire Mentors&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Social Network for Millionaires and Millionaires in the Making.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/givingonline2"&gt;Giving Online&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Social Network for Givers (of every kind) Online&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/millionaires4christ"&gt;Millionaires for Christ&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Creating Millionaires for Christ&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Looking forward to seeing you on these networks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God bless..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lady J (aka LJ)/Miss J (aka MJ)&lt;br /&gt;"For With God Nothing Is Impossible" Luke 1:37&lt;br /&gt;NEVER GIVE UP! NEVER GIVE IN!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/milliondollarexpblog"&gt;Million Dollar Experiment 2009&lt;/a&gt; (blog)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/storywriterinbzblog"&gt;Story Writer In Bz&lt;/a&gt; (blog)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/cibblog"&gt;Christians In Business&lt;/a&gt; (blog)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/mjenterprisesbzblog"&gt;MJ Enterprises Bz&lt;/a&gt; (Blog)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Follow me on twitter:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/followmenow"&gt;milliondollars2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/followmeontwitter2"&gt;storywriterinbz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2798794282973092073-7774289231355490742?l=storywriterinbz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AStoryWriterAtHeartamongOtherThings/~4/1NdpR7gZt94" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AStoryWriterAtHeartamongOtherThings/~3/1NdpR7gZt94/my-social-networks-come-join-me.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (storywriterinbz)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://storywriterinbz.blogspot.com/2009/06/my-social-networks-come-join-me.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2798794282973092073.post-482954954801411918</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:14:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-06-15T08:17:29.762-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">happy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Monday</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">persistence</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">peace</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">plans</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">future you university</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">direction</category><title>There Is "Magic" in Monday!</title><description>TODAY IS "MAGICAL"!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MONDAY'S ARE "MAGICAL"!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Think about it - YOU have the ability, the POWER, to make today whatever you want it to be! Oh, I know, there are some of you that are arguing with me right now about this, trying to tell me that I don't know your boss or I don't know the stress you're under or a million other things.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hear me - IT DOESN'T MATTER!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh, I know it matters as far as "it is important" to you and your life. However, when I say IT DOESN'T MATTER, what I mean is this: regardless - REGARDLESS of any or all of these "things" that you want to mention - you STILL have the ability and the power to make today whatever YOU choose!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why dread Monday? Why not, instead, realize that you have the chance to set the tone, not only for your day, but for your whole week! YOU chart the course! Do you understand that?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you have been following my podcasts and/or my blog then you should have begun, by now, to understand the POWERFUL FACT (yes, FACT) that we DO have the ability within each of us to CHOOSE our path for the day. Will there be roadblocks? Sure there will. Will there be people trying to sabotage what we have planned for our day? ABSOLUTELY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But, BE PERSISTENT and STAY ON COURSE - THE course that you have set for your self and your mindset.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TODAY... and the REST OF THE WEEK!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes, you can!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And, while you're at it...."Make it an AWESOME Day! (Who else is going to do it for you?)"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mike Spillman&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.futureyouuniversity.com/"&gt;http://www.FutureYouUniversity.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2798794282973092073-482954954801411918?l=storywriterinbz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AStoryWriterAtHeartamongOtherThings/~4/KUzRn19fUJM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AStoryWriterAtHeartamongOtherThings/~3/KUzRn19fUJM/there-is-magic-in-monday_15.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (mspillman)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://storywriterinbz.blogspot.com/2009/06/there-is-magic-in-monday_15.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2798794282973092073.post-7107881267845707794</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:14:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-06-15T08:14:43.813-07:00</atom:updated><title>There Is "Magic" in Monday</title><description>&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2798794282973092073-7107881267845707794?l=storywriterinbz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AStoryWriterAtHeartamongOtherThings/~4/WPPSQcjOE9I" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AStoryWriterAtHeartamongOtherThings/~3/WPPSQcjOE9I/there-is-magic-in-monday.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (mspillman)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://storywriterinbz.blogspot.com/2009/06/there-is-magic-in-monday.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2798794282973092073.post-7800600623147256784</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:32:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-06-02T17:34:07.285-07:00</atom:updated><title>AUTHORITY</title><description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;                  “Then He called His 12 disciples together and , gave them power  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;                   and authority over all devils and to cure diseases”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;                   LUKE 9:1&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;                   “By the word of truth , by the power of God , by the armor &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;                    of righteousness on the right hand and on the left’&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;                   2 CORINTHIANS&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;                   ”Put on the whole armor of God . That ye maybe able to &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;                     stand against the wiles of the devil “&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;                    EPHESIANS 6:11&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;                  “Wherefore  take unto you the whole armor of God , that ye &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;                    may be able to withstand in the evil day , and having done &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;                    all , to stand”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;                    EPHESIANS 6:13&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;                          &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; The sun comes up in the East and sets in the West , but can any day ever begin or end without authority? &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;By nature we as humans seek authority ,  imposters [disguised as public servants ]   to the one who gave  us authority to begin with . The ability and authority to freely choose righteousness  , and by obedience to Him the proper methodology  and garments to deflect the daily assaults against our very souls  . Yet souls perish everyday , foolishly lacking the knowledge that they already posses the authority that they in vain diligently pursue  , but sadly fail to find anything they can faithfully be allegiant to or believe .Given to them equally as anyone , by the eternally loving Father of us all , that created them , wanting them to prosper and glorify Him .&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;               ‘’My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge because thou        &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;                  has rejected knowledge , I also will reject thee , that thou shalt&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;                  be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;                  God , I will also forget thy children’’&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;                  HOSEA 4:6&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The above instructions and , plainly explicit dialogue , assures us that each day will begin and end by our and His authority . Best , is that as His proxies we already are given the authority to begin , endure , each and end every day .&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;No doubt in our daily existence we will endure and need to overcome many frequent attacks by the attacks of principalities in this world . As we of this world , not in it do have the authority to defeat all attacks against us. Depressing ? Not really!, as Paul said to die is Christ , to live is gain . Later in Phillipi , he told us , I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me’’, both profundities that we need to make part of our everyday lives . Nearly one thousand years earlier Isaiah instructed Jerusalem to put on the breastplate of righteousness , helmets of salvation , garments of vengeance , and clad in cloaks of zeal . Man says relegate , God says just do it . Clearly that resonates our domain of authority .&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;              ‘’For he put on righteousness as a breastplate , and a helmet of &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;               salvation upon his head and he put on garments of vengeance for &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;               clothing , and was clad with zeal as a cloak ‘’&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;               ISAIAH 59:17&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Paul in Ephesus , espouses this somewhat modified . Recorded by Luke and given to us .&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;            ‘’Stand therefore having your loins girt about with truth , and having  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;               on the breastplate of righteousness’’&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;              EPHESIANS 6:14&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Profound truths enabling us to fend off with Father given Heavenly authority , any and assaults launched against us . That is no promise of a grandiose life , just divine assurance that we have the authority to face any and all offenses and know that we will never be alone nor forsaken .&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Something that I can elaborate on , because I am the only expert that I know on me . The disabilities I have now are the result of a stroke that I survived May 21 , 2001 . On that day like the roaring lion that he is , Satan took from me a very healthy body that I took for granted . I plunged into a realm that few enter and fewer ever emerge from . For a long time I languished in grief over my loss , and felt betrayed , and forsaken .What Satan took , God returned as a blessing that does enable me to see life from a very unique perspective . Nearly eight years later  , what took seconds to happen has taken years to overcome .The improvements keep on keepin’ on , proving to me that it does get better, and this entire time I have known that I have  the God ordained authority to daily pursue health and inspire others while I do it .&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Jesus in Matthew 22: 39, commands us to ’&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;             ’’And the second is like unto it , Thou shalt love thy neighbor as &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;                thyself ‘’&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;In Romans , Paul shares with us the promise :,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;              ‘’And we know that all things work together for the good to them &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;               Who love God  , to them called according to His purpose ‘’&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;               Romans 8:28 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;There are no so and so if or when exclusions telling us who or where our neighbors will be  or what condition they  might be in . Just the authoritative commands directly from God that give us the freedom of authority  .&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;God sent His only son , Jesus , who when He had to leave sent a helper , The Holy Ghost . To give to us the ability to face any and all things , and possess all of His powers . Of the many gifts that He gives us fear and worry are not included , they are not spirits of God and we can change nothing by choosing to posses either one . However we can lose our peace that will guide us through any danger that life presents us with .&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;He gave us many verses that would help us , for He and His Father are not willing that any should perish . In the few years that He was here He faced and experienced ALL of same conditions that we have and will face . Before He left He gave to us these verses and many more like it to help us find our way to His home in Heaven . While here , like us now and in the foreseeable future He faced and endured seasons of no cash , food or even a place to lay His head . He faced the same conditions we did and do , but gave us the authority to be victorious in adversity .&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;           ‘’Take us the foxes , the little foxes that spoil the vines : &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;              for our vines have tender grapes’’&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;                SOLOMON 2:15&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;         ‘’They say unto Him . Caesar’s . Then saith He unto them , render &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;            therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesers ; and unto&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;            God the things that are Gods ‘’&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;             MATTHEW 22:21&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;All that you have that belongs to God is your soul , anything else is Caeser’s , and where he’s going you don’t want to .&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;           ‘’And Jesus saith unto him , Foxes have holes and  the birds&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;             of the air have nests , but the Son of man hath not a place&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;             where to lay His head ‘’&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;             MATTHEW 8:20&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;        &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;        &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;‘&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;                          &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; The sun comes up in the East and sets in the West , but can any day ever begin or end without authority? &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;By nature we as humans seek authority ,  imposters [disguised as public servants ]   to the one who gave  us authority to begin with . The ability and authority to freely choose righteousness  , and by obedience to Him the proper methodology  and garments to deflect the daily assaults against our very souls  . Yet souls perish everyday , foolishly lacking the knowledge that they already posses the authority that they in vain diligently pursue  , but sadly fail to find anything they can faithfully be allegiant to or believe .Given to them equally as anyone , by the eternally loving Father of us all , that created them , wanting them to prosper and glorify Him .&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;               ‘’My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge because thou        &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;                  has rejected knowledge , I also will reject thee , that thou shalt&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;                  be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;                  God , I will also forget thy children’’&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;                  HOSEA 4:6&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The above instructions and , plainly explicit dialogue , assures us that each day will begin and end by our and His authority . Best , is that as His proxies we already are given the authority to begin , endure , each and end every day .&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;No doubt in our daily existence we will endure and need to overcome many frequent attacks by the attacks of principalities in this world . As we of this world , not in it do have the authority to defeat all attacks against us. Depressing ? Not really!, as Paul said to die is Christ , to live is gain . Later in Phillipi , he told us , I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me’’, both profundities that we need to make part of our everyday lives . Nearly one thousand years earlier Isaiah instructed Jerusalem to put on the breastplate of righteousness , helmets of salvation , garments of vengeance , and clad in cloaks of zeal . Man says relegate , God says just do it . Clearly that resonates our domain of authority .&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;              ‘’For he put on righteousness as a breastplate , and a helmet of &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;               salvation upon his head and he put on garments of vengeance for &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;               clothing , and was clad with zeal as a cloak ‘’&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;               ISAIAH 59:17&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Paul in Ephesus , espouses this somewhat modified . Recorded by Luke and given to us .&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;            ‘’Stand therefore having your loins girt about with truth , and having  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;               on the breastplate of righteousness’’&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;              EPHESIANS 6:14&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Profound truths enabling us to fend off with Father given Heavenly authority , any and assaults launched against us . That is no promise of a grandiose life , just divine assurance that we have the authority to face any and all offenses and know that we will never be alone nor forsaken .&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Something that I can elaborate on , because I am the only expert that I know on me . The disabilities I have now are the result of a stroke that I survived May 21 , 2001 . On that day like the roaring lion that he is , Satan took from me a very healthy body that I took for granted . I plunged into a realm that few enter and fewer ever emerge from . For a long time I languished in grief over my loss , and felt betrayed , and forsaken .What Satan took , God returned as a blessing that does enable me to see life from a very unique perspective . Nearly eight years later  , what took seconds to happen has taken years to overcome .The improvements keep on keepin’ on , proving to me that it does get better, and this entire time I have known that I have  the God ordained authority to daily pursue health and inspire others while I do it .&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Jesus in Matthew 22: 39, commands us to ’&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;             ’’And the second is like unto it , Thou shalt love thy neighbor as &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;                thyself ‘’&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;In Romans , Paul shares with us the promise :,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;              ‘’And we know that all things work together for the good to them &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;               Who love God  , to them called according to His purpose ‘’&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;               Romans 8:28 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;There are no so and so if or when exclusions telling us who or where our neighbors will be  or what condition they  might be in . Just the authoritative commands directly from God that give us the freedom of authority  .&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;God sent His only son , Jesus , who when He had to leave sent a helper , The Holy Ghost . To give to us the ability to face any and all things , and posess all of His powers . Of the many gifts that He gives us fear and worry are not included , they are not spirits of God and we can change nothing by choosing to posses either one . However we can lose our peace that will guide us through any danger that life presents us with .&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;He gave us many verses that would help us , for He and His Father are not willing that any should perish . In the few years that He was here He faced and experienced ALL of same condition that we have and will face . Before He left He gave to us these verses and many more like it to help us find our way to His home in Heaven . While here , like us now and in the foreseeable future He faced and endured seasons of no cash , food or even a place to lay His head . He faced the same conditions we did and do , but gave us the authority to be victorious in adversity .&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;           ‘’Take us the foxes , the little foxes that spoil the vines : &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;              for our vines have tender grapes’’&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;                SOLOMON 2:15&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;         ‘’They say unto Him . Caesar’s . Then saith He unto them , render &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;            therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesers ; and unto&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;            God the things that are Gods ‘’&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;             MATTHEW 22:21&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;All that you have that belongs to God is your soul , anything else is Caeser’s , and where he’s going you don’t want to .&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;           ‘’And Jesus saith unto him , Foxes have holes and  the birds&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;             of the air have nests , but the Son of man hath not a place&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;             where to lay His head ‘’&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;             MATTHEW 8:20&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;        &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;        &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;‘&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2798794282973092073-7800600623147256784?l=storywriterinbz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AStoryWriterAtHeartamongOtherThings/~4/BWnbEYivucE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AStoryWriterAtHeartamongOtherThings/~3/BWnbEYivucE/authority.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (rusty55)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://storywriterinbz.blogspot.com/2009/06/authority.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2798794282973092073.post-196149136603942564</guid><pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 00:05:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-30T17:30:24.399-07:00</atom:updated><title>DIGNITY</title><description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;On May 21 , 2001 , my life changed drastically , changed forever in a way that we humanly never anticipate and are unprepared for . That day I survived a stroke , in which I died three times , Over the next several months and nearly subsequent six years , long stays in several hospitals and nursing homes in two different states  , my been there, done that experience taught me how very valuable dignity is .&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;All establishments  had one thing in common  , they claim their existence is to preserve dignity , when the reality that’s your first loss . &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;A once vibrant , thriving , giving being  , maybe not yet elderly ,  is suddenly separated from  , possibly forever  their legacy building dignity , reduced to a mere display item that provides employment for many who seldom care , and  a Dr. who can usually do a human body well if t hey have enough caring compassion to stay away from it . As man would have establishments need to be preserved , ego’s need to be stroked , unjust incomes are pursued [insurance companies willfully pay] and all at the loss of dignity these sage’s . What they know is they best look and behave their best on the rare occasions that they are required to be a display . After all they now represent the institution housing them , so they are told .&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;    Job 16:6 ’’ Though I speak , my grief is not assuaged: and though I forbear                                           &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;                    what am I eased ?’’&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;   Job 32:9  ‘’Great men are not always wise: neither do  the aged&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;                    understand judgement’’&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;   Luke 9:25  ‘’For what is a man advantaged , if he gain the whole&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;                       world , and lose himself , or be cast away?’’&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;   Titus 2:2 ’’That the aged man be sober , grave , temperate , sound  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;                    in faith , in charity in patience .’’&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;   Titus 2:3 ‘’The aged woman likewise that they be in behavior as &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;                     becometh holiness , not false accusers , not given to &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;                      much wine ,  teachers of good things;’’&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;      Revelation 16:16  ‘’And he gathered them together into a place                                             &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;                                    called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon .’’&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We all need Dignity, it is a gift from God . We can’t take it  with us , but our legacy stays here . Without dignity we have no foundation to build our legacy on .&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; God saves souls , the most precious gift of enduring compassion  that we can give another human is dignity . &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;It doesn’t pass with them , but remains with us , preciously enriching our lives for generations . Truly a great return for a small investment .&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;In summary by perceived compassion you deny whoever their final ultimate victory for a few years . But in reality it’s you and subsequent innocent generations that you deny the life enrichment of a legacy .&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Have true compassion , recognize that Gods way is the most excellent way , and give whoever their dignity whenever you can .&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Your Brother in Christ&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; Russell Emerson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2798794282973092073-196149136603942564?l=storywriterinbz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AStoryWriterAtHeartamongOtherThings/~4/FuisTnVnbIg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AStoryWriterAtHeartamongOtherThings/~3/FuisTnVnbIg/dignity.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (rusty55)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://storywriterinbz.blogspot.com/2009/05/dignity.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2798794282973092073.post-4575290157258605907</guid><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 17:45:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-20T13:04:21.260-07:00</atom:updated><title>WHO'S IN YOUR HEART?</title><description>Using an array of highly unsavory characters  , Capital One often asked the question ''What's in your wallet'' right away revealing where their heart interest in you . was  ,or is . &lt;div&gt;When ther's trouble , and at the least of moments , while you despair what your needs , familiar and otherwise , they DEMAND the impossible of you PAY IN FULL plus interest and penalties .&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;In Luke 12:34 ,  Jesus imparted the wisdom to us and His disciples , that reveals how very unsavory these characters are and the same wisdom that we all need as we enter this very uncertain season .&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;''For where your treasure is , there your heart will be also '' Luke 12 : 34&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Perhaps Capital One can take solace in knowing that they never were in my wallet , where I did carry it , is a place of infamy  . &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;There was a time in my life that I belived that I was beyond Solomons wisdom . Wisdom he imparts to us in Proverbs 22:7 , that proved true then and is truer 10 years later . That is in the past and I have been forgiven , but the shadows that linger make that reality haunting .  Although I learned much the hard way , I do  pray that my past anguish does not become your present or future ,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;''The rich ruleth over the poor , and the borrower is servant to the lender'' Pro 22:7 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;100% true then , now ,  and forever . I cannot boast of a grandiose life at present by the standards of the times , but I sleep very peacefully everynight , and Capital One or whoever seems to be in the news daily , the news is not good either . They really need to get a job !&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Centuries before Manahem had similar dismal encounters with Assyria .&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;''And Manahem exacted the money of Israel , of all the mighty men of wealth , of each man fifty shekels of silver , to give to the king of Assyria . So the king of Assyria turned back and stayed not  ''&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;2 Ki 15:30 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Blood money existed then and is alive and well in 2009 .&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The choice that we have that takes away our freedoms , and our ability to prosper . submits us to serfdom  , ruins our homes and families is whether or not to sucumb to the temptations of life , or forego them and save our souls for life eternal .&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Turn your faith properly and the choice becomes easy and obvious . In the final chapter,, Revelations 3;10 ,  the end of life as we no it , Jesus reminds us that rewards await for those who were patient and did not sucumb to temptation .&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;'' Because thou has kept thy word of my patience , I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation , which shall come upon all the world , to try them that dwell upon the earth.''&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Rev. 3:10 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The choice is ours to make .&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I can only fairly  end this by asking the same question I began with ,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;''Whos in your heart ?''&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Have a Godly forever !!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Your Brother in Christ ,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Russell Emerson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2798794282973092073-4575290157258605907?l=storywriterinbz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AStoryWriterAtHeartamongOtherThings/~4/QhUdqffUg4k" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AStoryWriterAtHeartamongOtherThings/~3/QhUdqffUg4k/whos-in-your-heart.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (rusty55)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://storywriterinbz.blogspot.com/2009/05/whos-in-your-heart.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2798794282973092073.post-9078845792814252678</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 05:05:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-17T22:30:39.551-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">christian fiction</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">christian stories</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">contest</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">the wealthy atheist</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">stories</category><title>Story Contest Update: New Deadline &amp; An Interesting Twist</title><description>Hi everyone,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have decided to further extend the deadline from Friday, May 29, 2009 12:00 (midnight) EST (US) to Saturday, August 15, 2009. The winner will be announced on Saturday, August 29, 2009 on this blog.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have decided to extend the deadline until Saturday, August 15, 2009 to allow for as many people as possible to get in on this contest. This contest now has an interesting twist, which should cause a stir among the readers of this blog.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The twist: Well, before I get to the twist, I should probably recap the original outline of the contest for those of you not familiar with it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To recap (the original outline): I had opened a story continuation contest. The story is one of my christian fiction entitled "&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/wealthyatheistchp3"&gt;The Wealthy Atheist&lt;/a&gt;". So far 3 Chapters have been posted. I am looking for Chapter 4.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The lucky winner will become an author on my blog PLUS they will receive $1 (the cash may go up) to their paypal account (must have paypal account in order to receive payment).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In order to qualify to win you MUST continue the story (Chapter 4) on the &lt;a href="http://budurl.com/wealthyatheistchp3"&gt;storymash.com&lt;/a&gt; site. Only continuations (Chapter 4) posted on the &lt;a href="http://budurl.com/wealthyatheistchp3"&gt;storymash.com&lt;/a&gt; site will qualify for the prize (of authorship on my blog AND cash).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now for the twist: You are allowed to continue ANY of the stories found &lt;a href="http://budurl.com/christianfiction1"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. In addition, you can go as many chapters on ANY of these stories as you like. Why? Because the more stories you continue, and the more chapters of ANY story you continue, the more cash (that's right I said more cash) you are eligible to receive. I think this bares repeating. The more stories you continue, the more cash you are eligible to receive. The more chapters of ANY story you continue, the more cash you are eligible to receive. The only condition that remains the same from the original outline is that it MUST be continued (each story you choose to continue for as many chapters you choose to continue) MUST be posted on the &lt;a href="http://budurl.com/christianfiction1"&gt;storymash.com&lt;/a&gt; site (and of course I must be able to find it).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let me clarify what I just said with a couple examples.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Example # 1: Currently there are 4 distinct stories on &lt;a href="http://budurl.com/christianfiction1"&gt;storymash.com&lt;/a&gt; (The Wealthy Atheist - Chapters 1, 2 &amp;amp; 3; Her First Nightmare; Heavenly Minded; Teenage Drama). You decide you will continue 3 of these 4 stories. If you decide to continue each story 1 chapter each, that's 1 x 3 = 3 times the cash (which is 3 x $1 = $3) you're eligible to receive if you are chosen the winner (from among your 3 entries).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Example # 2: Of the 4 stories currently there, you decide to just continue 1 of them. You decide that you'll write (oh let's say) 5 chapters. That's 1 x 5 = 5 times the cash (which is 5 x $1 = $5) you're eligible to receive if you are chosen the winner (from among your 5 entries).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Are you beginning to see the possibilities here? The possible cash you could receive is completely based on how many entries you decide on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you are confused then please feel free to drop me a note (for clarification purposes) to storywriterinbz@gmail.com and I'll do my best to get back to you within 48 hours of receiving your note.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Looking forward to reading quite a few entries.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God bless..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MJ&lt;br /&gt;"NEVER GIVE UP! NEVER GIVE IN!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/mjenterprisesbzblog"&gt;http://budurl.com/mjenterprisesbzblog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/cibblog"&gt;http://budurl.com/cibblog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2798794282973092073-9078845792814252678?l=storywriterinbz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AStoryWriterAtHeartamongOtherThings/~4/l4iPyn_NgS4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AStoryWriterAtHeartamongOtherThings/~3/l4iPyn_NgS4/story-contest-update-new-deadline.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (storywriterinbz)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://storywriterinbz.blogspot.com/2009/05/story-contest-update-new-deadline.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2798794282973092073.post-6772106304793649358</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 00:02:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-14T17:52:10.299-07:00</atom:updated><title>ANSWER</title><description>The question was ,  Where does childhood end and adulthood begin?&lt;div&gt;When I was about 45 I was asked that question . For me the answer was simple .You've probably asked the wrong person ,  I don't know if childhood ever ends , my life has been adventure after adventure . If we all are God's children and  indeed childlike , from my vantage , that'e the way it should be . &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; Since the adventures continue to this day ,  at nearly 55 , there are no straight lines that make up my life  and all the roads have bends  ,  in a wheelchair [one of the  adventures that I have been blessed to have ] the adventures keep comung THANK GOD!  My intimacy with God and my continuos  focus on Him and Heaven , make this long strange trip an adventure of lifelong duration , with honor .&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I consider this privilege of being able to  share this an adventure , and the privilege of writing this another adventure . 2 adventures sharing one question . Not only adventures but a legacy .&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Nothing stops me from giving and for that I &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; THANK YOU GOD !!! what joy .&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We never know what our blessing will be , we can only accept it , and make the best of it and know that is a blessing for the unique person that God created us to be , share it willfully and encourage evryone to be the best they can be as they build and share their blessing . Food maybe the only medicine we put in our bodies everyday , but God is the only medicine that we can open our hearts , minds , and spirits to and have a lifetime of blessed everydays .&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Have a Godly everyday !&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Your Brother in Christ ,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Russell Emerson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2798794282973092073-6772106304793649358?l=storywriterinbz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AStoryWriterAtHeartamongOtherThings/~4/jLD7zk63XVQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AStoryWriterAtHeartamongOtherThings/~3/jLD7zk63XVQ/answer.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (rusty55)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://storywriterinbz.blogspot.com/2009/05/answer.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2798794282973092073.post-6266267720435771453</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 22:06:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-14T15:10:03.552-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">happy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">happiness</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">gardening</category><title>Spring Renewal</title><description>For many of us the spring season signifies a time of de-cluttering, getting rid of the junk we do not need any more, having yard sales, and deep cleaning the house. We also freshen up our flowerbeds and yards by pulling out or killing off the weeds, planting new flowers and watering it to stimulate new growth and vibrant color. This spring, why not do all of these things (figuratively) within yourself as well?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I encourage you to take some alone time to get inside yourself to sort out some of those thoughts and feelings you are carrying around inside you that are taking up precious space. The things I am referring to are old wounds, doubts, and self-defeating thoughts that are restricting your positive flow of energy and preventing creativity. Here’s a small exercise to help with this: Just like preparing for a yard sale, go through all you ‘stuff’ and separate it all by writing it down in two columns – one is the Keep column and the other is the Release column . Now, take that piece of paper and cut it down the middle vertically so the columns are separate. In a yard sale, you would try to sell your old stuff. Haven’t we been doing that with the stuff on this list for many years anyway, through blame and pity? Haven’t we been trying for years to sell other people on why we are the way we are and deriving our sales pitch content from this Release list? The Release list is the foundation for far too many people. In this case, we don’t want to sell this stuff, we want to haul it off to the dump where it will mingle with everyone else’s unwanted junk and eventually rot away. So, take your Release list, wad it up, shred it, burn it… whatever your preferred method of disposal is, and get rid of it - for good!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now that you have made room, it is time to freshen up your mind and spirit and plant some new colorful thoughts, dreams and goals. Again, taking out a piece of paper, write down a list of the three main areas of your life in which you want to focus positive energy. For example, this may be family, friends, spirituality, or career or whatever else pops into your mind and heart. This list will be the things in your life you will tend to and focus on so that they will grow and flourish. You will need to care for these things just as you would tend to a garden. It may be important from time to time to weed out the negative things or people in your life so that they do not choke off and kill of your dreams and desires. You will need to nurture your dreams by surrounding yourself with positive people and input. Associate with people who are happy and have a healthy optimistic outlook on life. Read books and listen to speakers who motivate and encourage you to be your best self. The more you fill your mind with positive and uplifting self-talk and thinking, the less opportunity all those old things from your Release list will have to resurface. Just like a garden, if you let it go and do not maintain it, the weeds will come back, the flowers will die and you will have to work extra hard to get it back in shape again. Take stock regularly of the amount of clutter you have accumulated and the vitality of your garden. If you picked up new junk, let it go before it adds up. If the flowers in your garden are losing color, add a little positive input into your life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As your garden flourishes there will be a point in which you can pick from it and give others in your life beautiful and fragrant bouquets of flowers by becoming one of those people others gravitate to because you make them feel good. You will become that positive and uplifting person you were looking to be around yourself. You may also be able to help others simplify and de-clutter their life and begin to tend to their own flower beds of happiness. It is in giving that you achieve prize-winning flowers.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2798794282973092073-6266267720435771453?l=storywriterinbz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AStoryWriterAtHeartamongOtherThings/~4/cYK__yfSopg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AStoryWriterAtHeartamongOtherThings/~3/cYK__yfSopg/spring-renewal.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Angie Strader)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://storywriterinbz.blogspot.com/2009/05/spring-renewal.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2798794282973092073.post-4889904845572816211</guid><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 22:23:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-09T18:36:38.341-07:00</atom:updated><title>FEAR :YOUR MISLEADER</title><description>There is a powerful force used to paralyze you , rule you , help you make the wrong decision , ruin your health physically and mentally , and you disable what renders this force shielding . That force is FEAR [false evidence appearing real] .&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Fear  is alive and thriving . We let it into our lives in subtle ways , but like every cancer it grows , reaching the paralytic magnitudes the purveyors of this grandiose propaganda desire and relieves most of us of the innocent legitimate earnings that we need in our daily lives . The success of these purveyors depends on your willingness to perish . &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Recent examples hoaxes all are  , the Swine Flu , Global Warming , the econocic crisis , and you name it ,  political manipulation practiced daily at you expense . &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Yes your expense .&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Swine Flu , fact more people will die from a erradicated disease [tuberculosis] this year than from the Swine Flu in 2009 . During the 10-14 days of media permeating hysteria that propagandized societies globally sales of over the counter flu remedies increased over 25% , success . Governments world wide including the World HealthOrganization , mtoobilized their massive stockpiles ,[ known to include megadoses of harmful chemicals] to government health agencies in preparation for their hysteria . It only makes sense that several hours travel in sealed air sytems , breathing the same air as sick people disease [dis ease] would spread and become rabid . Ah , the vacine some fool wil buy it .&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Al Gore has won a Nobel Peace Prize , and gleaned millions of dollars from the hoax , but the fact is there is no global warming in fact the Earth is about a degree cooler than five years ago . When Ronald Regan was president the crisis was Global Cooling . George H.W.Bush and Clinton it was the Ozone hole . George W. Bush it was 9/11 and Global Warming . Now it's Carboxn Dioxide and Global Warming  fact is there is no signficant  increase  of atmosphereic CO2 . CO2 is one of the most beneficial of all gases . Plants need it to survive . 0h yeah go green . The California wildfires are being fueled by the underbrush that Clinton banned controlled burning of . What was burned at regular intervals is now allowed to grow and burn out of control , demolishing homes or whatever is in it's path of destuction  . Remember the homes that couldn't be paid for and the insurance scams . Ouch!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Just another distraction while politicians relieve you of hard , honest earned dollars .  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The global eeconomic crisis [everythings a crisis ] was preengineerd there just is no way that anyone can buy houses , cars , and goods they can't afford . The artificial Boom is over and reality is taking hold .&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The global food shortage that is already severe and worsening , the media never publicizes .The only cure for no food is food . Mouatainhouse Foods that supplies the U.S government with food supplies is sold of number 10 cans through 2o10 and has been since September 2008 . What do they know that they aren't telling&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The U.S. governments last major engineered failure was  the Dust Bowl , but that will be a minor compared to the impending one .&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;By sucumbing to fear tactics , and putting faiath in man and his deceptive ways instead of God who created you , you have allowed fear to influenc your choices and or decisions . &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Fear is not a spirit of God , my advice confess and repent!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2798794282973092073-4889904845572816211?l=storywriterinbz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AStoryWriterAtHeartamongOtherThings/~4/qWlXth13sa8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AStoryWriterAtHeartamongOtherThings/~3/qWlXth13sa8/fear-your-misleader.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (rusty55)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://storywriterinbz.blogspot.com/2009/05/fear-your-misleader.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2798794282973092073.post-4883778238269108094</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 22:49:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-05T16:47:27.768-07:00</atom:updated><title>FREEDOM</title><description>How Do You Measure Freedom?&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;  There are many ways to measure freedom ,  most are established by man . These measures fall into a plethora of the various segments of freedom , ranging from hunger , political tryrancy , to being financially free , etc... . While all are applausible , justifiably so , and all require self discipline  to attain ''wanna be'', the only true all encompassing  freedom remains freedom of spirit . &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;While all are liberating they are measures man has created to measure social status . A free spirit to is liberating , differing in being a heart thing  , the only freedom containing that character .&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; A free spirit can only exist in the realm  of eternal abundance . Today it may be food , clothing , monetary , political etc... whatever God calls for or leads to , if it be that you are willing to answer the call to serve God will provide what's needed . You may not by  by social measure be regarded as free , but in you heart will forever be a free spirit derived from the satiisfaction of  knowing that you made life a nicer place to be , and that you can give again and still have 100% left to give again , any other freedom is depletable .  There is no one that can take it from you , and spirit is all that we can take to Heaven . &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I know that I'm going there , are you?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;    ''Life is never about what you can't do , it's always about what you can and finding a way to do it that matters''&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Your Brother in Christ ,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Russell Emerson&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2798794282973092073-4883778238269108094?l=storywriterinbz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AStoryWriterAtHeartamongOtherThings/~4/-slUf50zFDc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AStoryWriterAtHeartamongOtherThings/~3/-slUf50zFDc/freedom.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (rusty55)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://storywriterinbz.blogspot.com/2009/05/freedom.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2798794282973092073.post-5703199951798255097</guid><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 02:03:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-03T19:37:17.529-07:00</atom:updated><title>Why Do You Coach?</title><description>The question asked me , was why do you coach?&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;At that time , I was a first base coach in Little League Baseball .&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;My answer was that when little man , looks into your eyes and in his meager little man voice calls you coach , or when he hugs you with a face full of tears and proclaims they're because he's happy  , at that second of splendor you have the satisfaction of knowing that you've helped make their lives a nicer place to be !&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;All that's left to do is THANK GOD for the blessing , who He delivered it through , and for blessing you in that way .&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The score never matter  , or whether it was a win or loss . Theres precious little that last throughout life , memories , it matters not at what part of life they occur , or whether they are  good or bad , they endure that span . We choose whether they are good or bad !&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The truest joy that we all crave , comes from giving , the getting then comes randomly throughout life and is much greater in proportion than the giving ever was . God planned it that wat!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;                      ''Success come in can's , failure comes in can't's''&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Your Brother in Christ ,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Russell Emerson &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2798794282973092073-5703199951798255097?l=storywriterinbz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AStoryWriterAtHeartamongOtherThings/~4/YUpTJyGRTbg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AStoryWriterAtHeartamongOtherThings/~3/YUpTJyGRTbg/why-do-you-coach.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (rusty55)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://storywriterinbz.blogspot.com/2009/05/why-do-you-coach.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2798794282973092073.post-765336679677870514</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:55:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-04-27T17:01:57.430-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">christian fiction</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">christian stories</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">contest</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">the wealthy atheist</category><title>Story Continuation Contest Update...</title><description>Hi everyone,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Due to requests made, I'm extending the deadline from Thursday, April 30, 2009 12:00(midnight) EST (US) to Friday, May 29, 2009 12:00 (midnight) EST (US). The winner will be announced on Sunday, May 31, 2009 on this blog.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To recap: I am having a story continuation contest. The story is one of my christian fiction entitled "&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/wealthyatheistchp3"&gt;The Wealthy Atheist&lt;/a&gt;". So far 3 Chapters have been posted. I am looking for Chapter 4.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The lucky winner will become an author on my blog PLUS they will receive $1 (the cash may go up) to their paypal account (must have paypal account in order to receive payment).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In order to qualify to win you MUST continue the story (Chapter 4) on the &lt;a href="http://budurl.com/wealthyatheistchp3"&gt;storymash.com&lt;/a&gt; site. Only continuations (Chapter 4) posted on the &lt;a href="http://budurl.com/wealthyatheistchp3"&gt;storymash.com&lt;/a&gt; site will qualify for the prize (of authorship on my blog AND cash).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Looking forward to reading quite a few Chapter 4 entries.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God bless..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MJ&lt;br /&gt;"NEVER GIVE UP! NEVER GIVE IN!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/mjenterprisesbzblog"&gt;http://budurl.com/mjenterprisesbzblog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/cibblog"&gt;http://budurl.com/cibblog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2798794282973092073-765336679677870514?l=storywriterinbz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AStoryWriterAtHeartamongOtherThings/~4/H8CNEtrYklg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AStoryWriterAtHeartamongOtherThings/~3/H8CNEtrYklg/story-continuation-contest-update.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (storywriterinbz)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://storywriterinbz.blogspot.com/2009/04/story-continuation-contest-update.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2798794282973092073.post-144422968522634372</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 15:57:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-04-25T09:07:17.776-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">christian fiction</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">christian stories</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">contest</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">the wealthy atheist</category><title>5 Days Left....</title><description>Hi all,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For those of you taking the time to read this blog, first of all thank you for your time. Secondly, you should be familiar with the story contest that I've been having. For those of you who have just heard about it, here's a recap.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am having a story continuation contest. The story is one of my christian fiction entitled "&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/wealthyatheistchp3"&gt;The Wealthy Atheist&lt;/a&gt;". So far 3 Chapters have been posted. I am looking for Chapter 4.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The lucky winner will become an author on my blog PLUS they will receive $1 (the cash may go up) to their paypal account (must have paypal account in order to receive payment).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In order to qualify to win you MUST continue the story (Chapter 4) on the &lt;a href="http://budurl.com/wealthyatheistchp3"&gt;storymash.com&lt;/a&gt; site. Only continuations (Chapter 4) posted on the &lt;a href="http://budurl.com/wealthyatheistchp3"&gt;storymash.com&lt;/a&gt; site will qualify for the prize (of authorship on my blog AND cash).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The deadline is Thursday, April 30, 2009 12:00(midnight) EST (US) - just a few days away. The winner will be announced on Saturday, May 2, 2009 on this blog.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Good luck everyone. God bless...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MJ&lt;br /&gt;"NEVER GIVE UP! NEVER GIVE IN!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/mjenterprisesbzblog"&gt;http://budurl.com/mjenterprisesbzblog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/cibblog"&gt;http://budurl.com/cibblog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ps. If you'd like me to extend the deadline just leave a comment below on this blog and I'll extend the deadline.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2798794282973092073-144422968522634372?l=storywriterinbz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AStoryWriterAtHeartamongOtherThings/~4/IUhVeoW4I9c" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AStoryWriterAtHeartamongOtherThings/~3/IUhVeoW4I9c/5-days-left.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (storywriterinbz)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://storywriterinbz.blogspot.com/2009/04/5-days-left.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2798794282973092073.post-8797549178214570475</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:40:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-04-22T16:00:47.123-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">q and a</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">48days.net</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">mike spillman</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">success</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">inspiration</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">motivation</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">online communities</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">future you university</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">russell emerson</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">no regrets</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">upliftment</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">encouragement</category><title>Russell Emerson on Success</title><description>Hi everybody,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Recently I had a Q &amp;amp; A session with Mike Spillman (&lt;a href="http://futureyouuniversity.blogspot.com/"&gt;Future You University&lt;/a&gt;) and posted the &lt;a href="http://budurl.com/qandawithmike"&gt;result&lt;/a&gt; of that Q &amp;amp; A session here on this blog. I can't thank Mike enough for that session. He reminded me about why we're here on this earth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In addition to Mike Spillman, I had a similar Q &amp;amp; A session with Russell Emerson. Russ Emerson is currently disabled from a stroke he survived in 2001. He describes himself as abled not disabled. As such he is self employed with no current income except SSI/DSI. In his words, "I refuse to let anyone tell me what I CAN'T do, I don't know that and have no interest in remaining in THEIR small, Godless world, nor am I interested in failing to complete the journey that God specifically chose for me or influence/inspire/encourage those that He has caused or gives me the blessed opportunity to do so. Not just anyone gets to be where I have been or emerge alive from it".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There's so much more to Russ. Feel free to visit his profile on &lt;a href="http://budurl.com/russemerson"&gt;48days.net&lt;/a&gt; and add him as a friend. He'll happily share his world with you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I had the Q &amp;amp; A with Russ on the topic of "success", this is what he had to say:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Actually, a friend asked me once when I was about 35: How do you know that your life has been successful? My answer I believed then and 20 years later I do still. My answer then was if those who throw the dirt on you at your Victory Ceremony, can honestly say that ''He cared enough to make a difference'', then your life has been a success.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Around the same time, another friend, a Stone Cutter, making $25 per hour, asked me, a Dairy Farmer, why I did what I did? I told him the answer is simple. Everyday I produce a nutritious, consumable product and have the satisfaction of knowing that, you got $25 per hour.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don't honestly have anything that I'm unwilling to do, except something that I know to be wrong and would not glorify God. If I did I would be outside of God's will for me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I really do believe that long term goals should be what the short term goals were just geometrically multiplied. If the change you did, and there is no beginning or end, the consistency of God. If He never changes, can we and still be like Him or did someone or something else.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mid-Term goals can be likened to a refreshment stop in a race that allows us to finish strong, ''run the good race , fight the good fight'' where or when Mid-Term arrives is impossible to say. If we just keep on keepin' on and the whole end [Long-Term goal] becomes geometrically multiplied, Mid-Term would impose limitations on the Long-Term goal .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Russell Emerson&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As you can tell, he's very optimistic. I encourage you to get to know him better.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stay tuned for more Q &amp;amp; A sessions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God bless...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MJ&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/mjenterprisesbzblog"&gt;http://budurl.com/mjenterprisesbzblog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/cibblog"&gt;http://budurl.com/cibblog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2798794282973092073-8797549178214570475?l=storywriterinbz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AStoryWriterAtHeartamongOtherThings/~4/lT_WiGJm0A4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AStoryWriterAtHeartamongOtherThings/~3/lT_WiGJm0A4/russell-emerson-on-success.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (storywriterinbz)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://storywriterinbz.blogspot.com/2009/04/russell-emerson-on-success.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2798794282973092073.post-8568344972735938132</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:34:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-04-21T20:40:56.615-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">success</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">inspiration</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">motivation</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">mj enterprises bz</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">upliftment</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">encouragement</category><title>MJ Enterprises Bz Blog</title><description>Hello everyone,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In keeping with my mission to help others get what they want out of life, I've started &lt;a href="http://budurl.com/mjenterprisesbzblog"&gt;MJ Enterprises Bz&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The mission of &lt;a href="http://budurl.com/mjenterprisesbzblog"&gt;MJ Enterprises Bz&lt;/a&gt; is to help encourage people to pursue their dreams and get the most out of their life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From time to time I'll be posting about a business opportunity or such which I think would help you out financially. Mostly, the posts will be encouraging, uplifting, inspirational, motivational.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If there's anything you'd like to know about me or you just want to say hi and maybe introduce yourself to me, feel free to email me: &lt;a href="mailto:storywriterinbz@gmail.com"&gt;storywriterinbz@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt; OR &lt;a href="mailto:mjenterprisesbz@gmail.com"&gt;mjenterprisesbz@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Looking forward to get to meet you soon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God bless...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Miss J (aka MJ)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/mjenterprisesbzblog"&gt;http://budurl.com/mjenterprisesbzblog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/cibblog"&gt;http://budurl.com/cibblog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2798794282973092073-8568344972735938132?l=storywriterinbz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AStoryWriterAtHeartamongOtherThings/~4/AQT6ZzWglkM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AStoryWriterAtHeartamongOtherThings/~3/AQT6ZzWglkM/mj-enterprises-blog.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (storywriterinbz)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://storywriterinbz.blogspot.com/2009/04/mj-enterprises-blog.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2798794282973092073.post-4307715308636807756</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 04:56:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-04-20T22:01:09.076-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">morning coach</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">christians in business</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">online communities</category><title>New Blog for Christians In Business (CIB) Group</title><description>Hey everyone,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I decided to start a blog for the Christians In Business (CIB) group. I originally started the group in &lt;a href="http://www.morningcoach.com/"&gt;MorningCoach.com&lt;/a&gt; and have recently started it on some other online communities. (Please refer to the sidebar on the right for the CIB group list).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As I start the group on other communities, or update the group on these (or other communities) or I come across similar groups to CIB, I'll post the updates on the &lt;a href="http://budurl.com/cibblog"&gt;CIB blog&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If there's anything you'd like to know about me (or the CIB group) or you just want to say hi and maybe introduce yourself to me, feel free to email me: &lt;a href="mailto:storywriterinbz@gmail.com"&gt;storywriterinbz@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt; OR &lt;a href="mailto:christiansinbusiness.cib@gmail.com"&gt;christiansinbusiness.cib@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Looking forward to get to meet you soon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God bless...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MJ&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/cibblog"&gt;http://budurl.com/cibblog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2798794282973092073-4307715308636807756?l=storywriterinbz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AStoryWriterAtHeartamongOtherThings/~4/4_idzuQNeXo" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AStoryWriterAtHeartamongOtherThings/~3/4_idzuQNeXo/new-blog-for-christians-in-business-cib.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (storywriterinbz)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://storywriterinbz.blogspot.com/2009/04/new-blog-for-christians-in-business-cib.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2798794282973092073.post-8391037708727542406</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 21:33:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-04-19T14:44:42.934-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">thinking</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">peace</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">expand</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">job</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">family</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">future you university</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">mind</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">peace of mind</category><title>The Mind STUCK in MUCK</title><description>What was your mind made to do? By "mind" I'm talking about our brains.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Go back in time and think about how much you learned early on in your life. Just in the first few years of life we likely learned more than we have in all of our years since then combined!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's been proven that children have the ability to learn just anything and everything when they are young. Jim &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Rohn&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;a href="http://www.jimrohn.com/"&gt;www.jimrohn.com&lt;/a&gt;) talks about a discussion he had with a friend of his that spoke several languages. This discussion caused him to ponder to his friend, "I wonder how many languages a child can learn?" To which his friend replied, "All of them!" His friend went on to say that the major problem was the lack of those to TEACH these languages to children. So, if the child has a teacher, it is possible for a child to learn far more than we can imagine!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What happened?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Has our minds - yours and mine - become STUCK in the MUCK?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Have they become "bogged down" in apathy? "I'm not going to learn anything I don't have to! I did enough of that in school!" is an attitude that I have actually heard expressed. Now, I understand someone right out of high school and even college saying that out of "relief" of graduating - but shouldn't that thought change after a while?&lt;br /&gt;Should we not CRAVE more knowledge?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How many people (perhaps you) have a job that does not challenge them in any way? How many people go through their workday with mind-numbing activities that do nothing to stimulate your mind or challenge you to think and consider new/better ways in which to do things?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I CHALLENGE ALL OF US to take this seriously! Even if you feel that you cannot do anything about your situation at work (I think we can, but that's for another discussion) then it is even more important for us to find ways to stimulate our minds when we are away from work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The problem is this: because we have been bored all day we actually feel more worn out than if we had been busy all day! Boredom has a way of completely sucking the life right out of us! So, the very need to do SOMETHING to stimulate our minds often goes unheeded simply due to our "mind-numbing" activities actually numbing our mind!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What will YOU do? What are things that YOU (and I) can do TODAY to stimulate the mind?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HERE'S THE KICKER! If we would do this we might be surprised to find out that we also have the ability to do something about our position at our workplace! Think about it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Writing (like for &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;MJ's&lt;/span&gt; author blog here) is an EXCELLENT way to stimulate the mind. Whatever it is - DISCOVER IT and DO IT!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And, by the way, PLEASE - if you have young children at home - start NOW in helping them THINK and EXPLORE using their mind.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our future depends upon it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Make it an AWESOME Day! (Who else is going to do it for you?)"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mike &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Spillman&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.futureyouuniversity.com/"&gt;http://www.FutureYouUniversity.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2798794282973092073-8391037708727542406?l=storywriterinbz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AStoryWriterAtHeartamongOtherThings/~4/9NAukWNIo94" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AStoryWriterAtHeartamongOtherThings/~3/9NAukWNIo94/mind-stuck-in-muck.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (mspillman)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://storywriterinbz.blogspot.com/2009/04/mind-stuck-in-muck.html</feedburner:origLink></item></channel></rss>

