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YOU CAN MANAGE HIGH-MAINTENANCE RELATIONSHIPS   Difficult people -- the ones who fray your nerves and drain your energy – can be found anywhere. If you have high-maintenance relationships with people in your family or neighborhood , at work or at school , you don’t have to despair. There is a better plan for dealing with such relationships than simply trying to avoid difficult people.   Here are some ways you can cope with -- and even improve – high-maintenance relationships:   *  Rather than focusing on trying to change other    people , decide to change your own behavior    around them. Commit to building better    relationships with them by changing the    dynamics of how you interact with them.   *  Realize that all people are valuable and    loveable in God’s eyes , even with all their    faults , and ...

A great one , take your time to read it. It's worth it!!!   The Old Man and the Pastor   After a few of the usual Sunday evening hymns , the Church's pastor slowly stood up , walked over to the pulpit , and before he gave his sermon for the evening , briefly introduced a guest Minister who was in the service that evening. In the introduction , the Pastor told the congregation that the guest Minister was one of his dearest childhood friends and that he wanted him to have a few moments to greet the church and share whatever he felt would be appropriate for the service. With that the elderly man stepped up to the pulpit and began to speak.   “A father , his son and a friend of his son were sailing off the Pacific Coast , ” he began , “when a fast approaching storm blocked any attempt to get back to the shore. The waves were so high , that even though the father was an experienced sailor , he c...

From bTW , my Paper , 29 Feb 2008 edition By Anisa Hassan   Learning how to say ‘no’   Too often , small business owners – particularly women entrepreneurs – think their enterprise won’t progress to the next level unless they’re always around to steer the wheel. As a result , they don’t build in any alternatives for taking time away from work. This is especially true when everything is running smoothly. Monthly end reports – spectacular though the results may be – still need to be reconciled , quick decisions have to be made and no time is to be wasted on savouring the moment of success. The only pondering to be done would be to find an answer to that perennial question , “What next is there for me to do?”   But without time to recharge , both business and owner could potentially suffer in the long term. Taking on more than what we can manage is a rec...

Quick Inspiration for the Day   The more you give , the more you get. The more you do unselfishly The more you live abundantly. The more of everything you share , The more you laugh , the less you fret. The more you’ll always have to spare. The more you love , the more you’ll find that life is good and friends are kind. For only what we give away , enriches us from day to day.   II Cor 9:6-7 “Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly , and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to , not reluctantly or under compulsion , for God loves a cheerful giver.”

GOD’S WILL   What does God want for your life? Sometimes it’s clear; sometimes not. The better you know God , the better you can discover His will.   Here are some principles to guide you as you seek God’s will for both large and small decisions:   Know that God cares about all your decisions and wants the best for you. But He is more concerned about the kind of person you become than He is about any particular decision you might make. So seek His presence rather than just His plan for your life , because the most important part of His plan for you is to have a close relationship with Him.   In the Bible , God has revealed His general will for all His children. His specific will for you as an individual will never contradict the principles He mentions in Scripture. But to discover God’s specific will for your decisions , you need to consult Him with the understanding that God is will...

SINS OF THE SAINTS   “You [God] deserve honesty from the heart; yes utter sincerity and truthfulness. Oh , give me this wisdom.” (Psalm 51:6 , TLB)   A doctor friend of mine had a patient who was of a religious persuasion where the leaders taught (and the members believed) that one was never sick.   This patient had broken her arm rather badly and her husband and son had to literally drag her to the doctor’s office. Both had to hold her down while the doctor set her arm and put it in a plaster cast while all the while she protested , “There’s nothing wrong with my arm! There’s nothing wrong with my arm!”   Six weeks later when she was brought back to the doctor to have the cast removed , her arm had healed very well so the lady declared , “I told you so. There was nothing wrong with my arm!”   While we may laugh at this family’s predicament , se...

DEFUSING LANDMINES   “So get rid of [defuse] your feelings of hatred Don’t just pretend to be good!” (1 Peter 2:1 , TLB)   According to Run Hutchcraft in “A Word With You , ” it was one of the causes Princess Diana was most passionate about. A little-known organization that addresses this issue won the Nobel Peace Prize. It’s not an issue we think much about , but it’s one that costs countless lives every year -- land mines.   They are the deadly leftovers of old battles , and many innocent people are injured or killed by them. A land mine is , of course , not where you can see it coming. It’s buried. You’re just walking along and suddenly the ground beneath you explodes , maiming or destroying an innocent person.   While most of us will never (and hopefully never will) be in places where land mines still exist , many of us constantly walk among emotiona...