Delight

2534) There have been many times when I have stood back and observed people. I am particularly zeroed in on the delight and joy I can see in others’ faces. This delight might be a result of someone seeing their kids doing something endearing. It might be in response of someone playing with a pet.
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A Good Name

2533) Because I run two small businesses, I am subscribed to several marketing newsletters. If they are reputable and not just self-seeking, you will read that a person’s brand and reputation is vital. This vitality is of far more value than trendy advertising and hacks. If someone were to whisper your name and/or your brand,
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What the World Needs Now

2532) The definition of the word love takes on a myriad of meaning. For teens, it’s a passion of thrills, excitement, and hope. For a mother, it’s sacrificial in nature. Hollywood brands love with feelings that propels into a quick commitment without weighing the realities of life. Because of these definitions that bombard us every
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Small Things

2531) If you even just glance at the news each day, it’s clear many, as a nation and culture, have moved away from kindness and dignity and substituted bullying, selfishness and rage. Can one person help change the direction of our culture? Absolutely. It begins with how we treat others in the small, everyday moments
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Images

2530) There is so much revealed to us about other people without even speaking with them. If you take note of how they dress, what kind of haircut they have. How they speak and what vocabulary they use; all of these are images of where someone is from, what kind of house they grew up
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Refining

2529) I am definitely not an authority on precious metals, but I do know there are some specific procedures that need to be done to make sure you have a metal that is as pure as possible. Refining gold involves extreme heat that liquifies it, and the impurities float to the top. If I look
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Scales

2528) When you hear the word scales, what do you think of? Do you think of that small apparatus some have in the bathroom which tattles on you from time to time? Do you think of weighing the fresh fruit you put in a thin plastic bag which almost certainly will split and your fruit
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Gates

2527) We had a house once in my childhood that had a fenced-in yard and a gate right in front of the house. We used to put our feet in the bottom part of the gate and “swing” on it; therefore, this gate hung kind of crooked. As I think about gates, I ask myself,
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Nothing

2526) Relationships can be so tricky. Are we friends, strangers, or mere acquaintances? Are we critical, accepting, or blind? Are we obligated, lonely, or magnanimous? How to navigate all the different relationships we have is a trial and often error-filled journey, and because of this, it’s easy to assume our relationship with God follows these
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Work’s Effort

2525) It’s not always easy to teach kids that they will experience different things depending on how hard they work on something. Effort builds confidence, experience, and good self-esteem. The lack of effort builds a hole that can grow so deep and wide they fall into it. It brings experience, but in the negative realm,
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