“The most importat single ingredient to success is knowing how to get along with people.” (Teddy Roosevelt)

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When Bob Feller, outstanding pitcher for the Cleveland Indians said this, I’m sure he didn’t recognize how far-reaching it was, or how it could encourage others.  Here’s what this pitcher from 1930-the 1950’s said: “The world is full of opportunities waiting to be seized.”

Every inventor knows this, whether he is striving to invent something spectacular, or he stumbles on his invention while attempting to do something else, perhaps totally unexpected.

It seems to me that the guiding principle here…..

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“The world is full of opportunities waiting to be seized.” Bob Feller

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Aren’t you glad at least one day of the year, besides one’s anniversary, is devoted to the concept of LOVE?  I am.  Although, Ev and I have for years refused to give in to the Hallmark moments.  We have, upon occasion, stood before their racks of pinks and reds and laces and ribbons and said to each other, “If I were going to buy a card for you, I’d buy this one.”  Then we gracefully put it back and leave.

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“Love is the fulfillment of the law.” Romans 13:10

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Today’s Daily Vitamin holds great promise for the day, if I can keep it!  Here’s what I Thessalonians 5: 16 says: “Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”

Wow! What an ideal. I can usually manage the joy for a while, until I hear the latest news broadcast or I feel ignored or rejected by those I love. I can feel confident that I am praying continually,…..

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1 Thessalonians 5:16 “Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”

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There’s a special poem, written by Ruth Bell Graham before her marriage to Christian evangelist, Billy Graham, that speaks to the longing of a woman’s heart to be led to the right marriage partner, should that be God’s plan for her life.  I included it in It’s a God Thing! (with permission) and share it with you as a special blessing.  I first read it in 1960, I believe it was, in Reader’s Digest. It has been later published in…..

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In the Acknowledgements section of It’s a God Thing! I paid tribute to my mom, to whom the book is dedicated, by writing this very true statement, which is, in essence, Robert Frost’s statement in today’s Daily Vitamin.

“When I say my mom first told this story, let me explain.  For her 79th birthday, I typed and loosely edited her manuscript, entitled A Thief in the Night. She was committed to the story, but had some parts she wanted to…..

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