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Attitude
03:51 Mar 29 2009
Times Read: 512

by Charles Swindoll

 

"The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life.

Attitude, to me, is more important than facts.

It is more important than the past, than education, than money,

than circumstances, than failures, than successes,

than what other people think or say or do.

It is more important than

appearance, giftedness, or skill.

It will make or break

a company... a church... a home.

The remarkable thing is we have a choice

every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day.

We cannot change the inevitable.

The only thing we can do

is play on the one string we have,

and that is our attitude...

I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me,

and 90% how I react to it.

And so it is with you...

we are in charge of our Attitudes."

second favorite Edgar Allen Poe poem...A Valentine
01:48 Mar 06 2009
Times Read: 516






For her this rhyme is penned, whose luminous eyes,

Brightly expressive as the twins of Leda,

Shall find her own sweet name, that nestling lies

Upon the page, enwrapped from every reader.

Search narrowly the lines!- they hold a treasure

Divine- a talisman- an amulet

That must be worn at heart. Search well the measure-

The words- the syllables! Do not forget

The trivialest point, or you may lose your labor

And yet there is in this no Gordian knot

Which one might not undo without a sabre,

If one could merely comprehend the plot.

Enwritten upon the leaf where now are peering

Eyes scintillating soul, there lie perdus

Three eloquent words oft uttered in the hearing

Of poets, by poets- as the name is a poet's, too,

Its letters, although naturally lying

Like the knight Pinto- Mendez Ferdinando-

Still form a synonym for Truth- Cease trying!

You will not read the riddle, though you do the best you can do.