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A Rose Within

Posted by Christina Scovone on Wednesday, July 27, 2011, In : Being An Example To Others 

A certain man planted a rose and watered it faithfully, and before it blossomed, he examined it. He saw the bud that would soon blossom and also the thorns. And he thought, "How can any beautiful flower come from a plant burdened with so many sharp thorns?" Saddened by this thought, he neglected to water the rose, and before it was ready to bloom, it died.

So it is with many people. Within every soul there is a rose, budding, ready to flourish. The God like qualities planted in us a birth g...


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LEADING BY EXAMPLE

Posted by on Tuesday, March 15, 2011, In : Being An Example To Others 
 
At the beginning of my 8:00 a.m. class one Monday at UNLV, I cheerfully
asked my students how their weekend had been.  One young man said that his
weekend had not been very good.  He’d had his wisdom teeth extracted.  The
young man then proceeded to ask me why I always seemed to be so cheerful.
 
His question reminded me of something I'd read somewhere before:  “Every
morning when you get up, you have a choice about how you want to approach
life that day,” I said to the young m...

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