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No Matter What You Do, No Matter How Stupid, Dumb Or Damaging You Judge It To Be, There Is A Lesson To Be Learned From It. No Matter What Happens To You, No Matter How Unfair, Inequitable Or Wrong, There's Something You Can Take From The Situation And Use For Your Advancement.

Courage, Contrary To Popular Belief, Is Not The Absence Of Fear. Courage Is The Wisdom To Act In Spite Of Fear.

Nothing Adventured, Nothing Attained

Most Of What's Around Us We Take For Granted. We Ignore It. Appreciation-spending Time Looking For The Good-helps Us Overcome One Of The Primary Limitations To Enjoying The Wealth We Already Have: Ignoreance.

That The Religious Right Completely Took Over The Word Christian Is A Given. At One Time, Phrases Such As Christian Charity And Christian Tolerance Were Used To Denote Kindness And Compassion. To Perform A "christian" Act Meant An Act Of Giving, Of Acceptance, Of Toleration. Now, Christian Is Invariably Linked To Right-wing Conservative Political Thought -- Christian Nation, Christian Morality, Christian Values, Christian Family.