by DDI | Jun 6, 2024 | Inspiration, Archives, Featured
If I had only one more day to live, All love, praise, and glory to you I’d give. I’d try my best to put a smile on someone’s face To… If I had only one more day to live, All love, praise, and glory to you I’d give. I’d try my best to put a smile on someone’s face To share with them your saving grace. I’d remember things about my life The times you were there through fun and strife, And thank you then for all you’ve done. Without you no victories would have been won. If I have one more day before I die I would apologize to the kid I made cry. I would take back the harsh words said to everyone, And fill their hearts with laughter and fun. If I only had one more day I wouldn’t push anyone away. I wouldn’t try to hurt a friend Because I should love them to the very end. Why not live each day as if it were our last Looking towards our future and forgetting the past To be a Christian each day we live And most importantly to always give. – Carol Ann Meditation: So teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. – Psalm 90:12 You
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by DDI | May 25, 2024 | Archives, Featured, Inspiration
The Treasure in You A man was exploring caves by the seashore. In one of the caves, he found a canvas bag with a bunch of hardened clay balls. It… The Treasure in You A man was exploring caves by the seashore. In one of the caves, he found a canvas bag with a bunch of hardened clay balls. It was like someone had rolled clay balls and left them out in the sun to bake. They didn’t look like much, but they intrigued the man, so he took the bag out of the cave with him. As he strolled along the beach, he would throw the clay balls one at a time out into the ocean as far as he could. He thought little about it, until he dropped one of the clay balls and it cracked open on a rock. Inside was a beautiful, precious stone! Excited, the man started breaking open the remaining clay balls. Each contained a similar treasure. He found thousands of dollars worth of jewels in the 20 or so clay balls he had left. Then it struck him. He had been on the beach for a long time. He had thrown maybe 50 or 60 of the clay balls, with their hidden treasure, into the ocean waves. Instead of thousands of dollars in
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by DDI | May 12, 2024 | Archives, Family, Featured
Slow Dance
Have you ever watched kids on a merry-go-round
Or listened to the rain slapping on the ground?
Ever followed a butterfly’s erratic flight
Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?
by DDI | May 3, 2024 | Inspiration, Archives, Featured
A Lesson in Success and Self Preservation One day, a young soldier walked up to a much-decorated senior officer in the army and asked him, “Sir, what is the secret… A Lesson in Success and Self Preservation One day, a young soldier walked up to a much-decorated senior officer in the army and asked him, “Sir, what is the secret of your success in the army? I want to be successful too.” The officer looked at the young soldier steadily for about three minutes and gave him a threatening order. He gave the young soldier a cup full of water and told him to walk round the training field five times. He clearly told him that his life depended on it, and if a drop of waterfalls from the cup, another soldier would shoot him on the head. Four soldiers were strategically positioned to shoot him down once a drop of water falls from the cup. Seeing how serious the whole thing turned out, he took the cup full of water and went out to complete his assignment. The young soldier carefully walked round the training field five times without letting a drop fall from the cup. At the completion of the task, he returned the full cup to the senior officer. When the man saw his commitment to preserve
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by DDI | May 2, 2024 | Inspiration, Archives, Featured
Success Principles Accept Accept others for who they are and for the choices they have made even if you have difficulty understanding their beliefs, motives or actions. Break Away Break… Success Principles Accept Accept others for who they are and for the choices they have made even if you have difficulty understanding their beliefs, motives or actions. Break Away Break away from everything that stands in the way of what you hope to accomplish with your life. Create Create a family of friends whom you can share your hopes, dreams, sorrows, and happiness together. Decide Decide that you’ll be successful and happy, come what may, and good things will find you. The roadblocks are only minor obstacles along the way. Explore Explore and experiment. The world has much to offer, and you have much to give. And every time you try something new, you’ll learn more about yourself. Forgive Grudges only weigh you down and inspire unhappiness and grief. Soar above it, and remember that everyone makes mistakes. Grow Leave the childhood monsters behind. They can no longer hurt you or stand in your way. Hope Hope for the best and never forget that anything is possible as long as you remain dedicated to the task. Ignore Ignore the negative voice inside your head. Focus instead on your goals and
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by DDI | Apr 26, 2024 | Purpose, Archives, Featured
But when I turned to look at all that I had accomplished and all the hard work I had put into it, I saw that it was all pointless. It was like trying to catch the wind. I gained nothing from any of my accomplishments under the sun.
