The Circle of Light and Love Church

Your presence is a present to the world.
You're unique and one of a kind.
Your life can be what you want it to be.
Take the days just one at a time.
Count your blessings, not your troubles.
You'll make it through whatever comes along.
Within you are so many answers.
Understand, have courage, be stron.
Don't put limits on yourself.
So many dreams are waiting to be realized.
Decisions are too important to leave to chance.
Reach for your peak, your goal, your peize.
Nothing watses more energy than worrying.
The longer one carries a problem, the heavier it gets.
Don't take things too seriously.
Live a life of serenity, not a life of regrets.
Remember that a little love goes a long way.
Remember that a lot...goes forever.
Remember tha friendship is a wise investment.
Life's treasures are people...together.
Realize that it's never too late.
Do ordinary things in an extraordinary way.
Have health and hope and happiness.
Take the time to wish upon a star.
And don't ever forget... ...for even a day...how very special you are.

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Bible Questions with Fun Answers

Q. Who was the greatest financier in the Bible?
A. Noah. He was floating his stock while everyone else was in liquidation.
Q. Who was the greatest female financieer in the Bible?
A. Paraoh's daughter. She went down to the bank of the NIle and drew out a little prophet.
Q. What kind of man was Boaz before he got married?
A. Ruth-less
Q. Who was the first drug addict in the Bible?
A.Nebuchandnezzar. He was on grass for seven years.
Q. What kind of motor vehicles are in the Bible?
A. Jehovah drove Adam and Eve out of the Garden in a Fury. David's Triumph was heard throughout the land. Honda...because the apostles were all in one Accord. Volkswagen Beetle: "We are pressed in every way, but not cramped beyond movement."
Q. What excuse did Adam give to his children as to why he no longer lived in Eden?
A. Your mother ate us out of house and home.
Q. The ark was built in the three stories, and the top story had a window to let light in, but how did they get light to the bottom two stories?
A. They used floodlights.
Q. Who is the greatest babysitter mentioned in the Bible?
A. David. He rocked Goliath to sleep.
Q. What do they call pastors in Germany?
A. German shepards.
Q. What is the best way to get to paradise?
A. Turn right and go straight.
Q. Whichcservant of jehovah was they most flagrant lawbreaker in the bible?
A. Moses. Because he broke all 10 commandments at once.
Q. Where is the first tennis match mentioned in the Bible?
A. When Joseph served in Pharoh's court.
Q. Which character had no parents?
A. Joshua, son of Nun.
Q. Why did Noah not go fishing while he aws on the ark?
A. He had only two worms.

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25 Ways to Create Happines by Dick Sutphen

1. Love yourself.
2. Strive for a loving relationship in life.
3. Get a job you life.
4. Develop clarity of intent--what do you want out of life?
5. Change beliefs that are not working for you--what are yoour beliefs about happiness.
6. Live as full as possible in the present--you only exist now.
7. Develop meaningful activities---things that allow you to express yourself.
8. Open yourself to the power of human touch,
9. Accept what is, is.
10. Accept that you can't change another human being.
11. Develop conscious detachment--your state of mind fuchtuates only from positive to neutral as outside conditions change, you accept all the warmth, joy and happiness that life has to flow through you without affecting you--your state of mind drops no further than neutral. Detach only from the negativity in life--refuse to make matters worse by engaging in negativity.
12. Realize that reality exists as that which you experience the way you choose to view life--harmonmiously or disharmoniously.
13. Enhance your life with laughter.
14. Exercise your body.
15. Take the time to enjoy leisure.
17. Realize that the older people get, the happier they become.
18. Learn to use your time successfully.
19. Protect your health through good health habits.
20. Develop a diverse life, many sources of satisfaction.
21. Seek out and maintain close friends.
22. make sure your life includes challenges.
23. Stop worrying about what other people think.
24. Stop blaming others for your life.
25. Be aware that you have to act to create change in your life.

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Information on Self Confidence

If lacking self-confidence, you are unable to act the way you would like (you become immobilized). If you feel you are lacking in self-confidence look at :
~~~Your Attitudes
~~~Your Beliefs
~~~You Behavior

Self-confidence is both the way you feel and the way you behave. Therefore, you CAN practice to improve it.

TO DEVELOP SELF-CONFIDENCE, REMEMBER:

Self Confidence begins with your own attitude, only you can determine how you think about a certain situation. It can be self-defeating or positive.

Self expectations and self confidence go hand-in-hand. Therefore, start expecting to be effective, succeed and not worry how others think of you.

Self confidence comes from the Self, not from others. Do not count on others for approval. If you do, your self confidence desire rests with others.

Competition is not a confidence builder. If you are constatntly comparing yourself to others, you will only lessen your feelings of strength.

All fear is internal. Youu may be thinking fearful thoughts.

People respect strength. If you become stricly a "yes" person, those who you are trying to please will find you weak.

The key to self-dconfidence is action. Get rid of onertia and replace it with action. This is the cornerstone of effective confidence building.

TO SUSTAIN SELF-CONFIDENCE, FOLLOW THESE GENERAL GUIDELINES:

1. Don't expect to be successful at every effort. If failure should occur, do not confuse lack of success with your worth as a human being.
2. You don't have to be perfect in order to have self-confidence.
3. Stop reviewing past for reeasons why you can't be effective today.
4. Give yourself rewards for mastering new self-confident behaviour.
5. Adopt confidence building behavior gradually by setting minimal achievable goals and then gradually increasing into more difficult tasks.
6. Stop asking permission when permission is npt necessary. (Instead of saying, "Is it all right if we plan to..." choose to say, "Let's plan to...")
7. Become a confronter in a firm but non-aggressive way.
8. Stop putting yourself down. Eliminate saying and thinking..."I can't...I'm not really smart enough...I don't know how."

DEVELOP CONFIDENCE IN YOURSELF, THE CHOICE IS YOURS!

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Are You Growing and Blooming Where You Are Planted? By Rev. Barbara McAdams-Wegner.

There was once a tiny raindrop hanging around in a small dark cloud waiting to come down to earth to water a plant and help it to grow. He knew he wasn't very big, but thought he could make a difference.

He looked down and saw a small withered flower that was in much need of water. He let go of the cloud and fell upon the drought stricken flower. He was so excited that he had the chance to help the little flower. However, the flower was not impressed. It needed more than one raindrop to water its roots. The flower asked the raindrop if he had more friends that could come down and help. The tiny raindrop sent out a cry for help, all of a sudden the sky seemed to open up and there was water everywhere. The withered flower was uprooted and swept down the hillside where it came to rest against some rocks at the edge of a stream. The flower became angry at the tiny raindrop and his friends for causing it to be uprooted and deposited in an unfamiliar place.

However, as time passed it began to flourish and grow bigger than it thought possible. Now the change didn't seem so traumatic and the flower began to think of the place it came from. It remembered how dry its roots were. Without water it would surely have died. It began it give thanks to God for the tiny raindrop and all the other raindrops and everything they did to help. Now it was able to grow and bloom as God had intended.

Are you growing and blooming where you are planted?