IT'S ALL IN HOW YOU VIEW IT David, a second-grader, was bumped while getting on the school bus and suffered a two-inch cut on his cheek. At recess he collided with another boy and two…
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SERVICE THE ACCOUNT Christopher Columbus made one great mistake. He landed the most profitable sales call in history. But he forgot to service the account. Competition will court your customers. In Columbus' case, the competition…
FORMULA FOR SUCCESS I recently heard a story about a man who was honored as his city's leading citizen. Called on to tell the story of his life, he said, "Friends and neighbors, when I…
PERSISTENCE Someone asked James Corbett, the heavyweight boxing champion at the time, what it took to be a heavyweight champion, and he said, "Fight one more round?"When asked how he had been so successful in…
ON SECOND THOUGHT Four year old Billy had grown tired of blowing soap bubbles, so he asked his mother to read him the Bible story about the golden streets. "Very well, dear?" she said, "but…
INFLUENCE The serene, silent beauty of a holy life is the most powerful influence in the world, next to the might of God. Blaise Pascal
PARENTAL GOALS I 've just finished reading the delightful autobiography of Beverly Sills. It is full of fascinating and entertaining stories of her life from childhood up until recent days. She shares many stories of…
BEVERLY SILLS: MEDIA PANHANDLER In the meantime, I was going great guns with Major Bowes. He worked with me the same way Uncle Bob had: We talked, and then I sang. For my first appearance,…
PRAYER It was 1945. The U. S. Army's 35th Infantry Division, 137th Infantry, Company I, of which 24- year-old Spencer January was a member, along with several other companies of American troops, was pushing through…
DIFFERING PERSPECTIVES A young married couple who were spending a week at a famous spa had nothing but a run of bad luck and on the sixth day were down to their last two dollars…
TO LIVE BY WORRY I see that I am inwardly fashioned for faith and not for fear. Fear is not my native land; faith is. I am so made that worry and anxiety are sand…
THE POWER DELUSION No one should be ashamed of assuming a servant role. Too many times women are made to feel that they should apologize for being mothers and housewives. In reality, such roles can…
FAITH With only one Protestant church in the city of Moscow and a handful of registered churches scattered across the rest of a country so vast that it encompasses eleven time zones, shortwave radio provides…
COUNTERFEITS It is interesting to know that the American Banking Association has a training program to help bank tellers detect counterfeit bills. There is a two week training program in Washington, D.C. No one touches…
THE WRONG QUESTIONS Why do people have to ask, "Did you lose your ball?" or, "Did you find it yet?" when you're out in the rough looking for it? What do they think you're doing…
AS IF The great Harvard psychologist, William James, announced his program for getting possession of an attribute in his famous "as if" principle when he said, "If you wish to possess a qualification or an…
MOTHER THE COOK The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found. Calvin Trillin
TODAY'S THE DAY TO DO IT I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me…
THE POWER OF TELEVISION In promoting an upcoming mid-week visit of an important speaker I presented her credentials and stressed the timeliness of her subject. Knowing that television was becoming a formidable barrier to a…
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