DIAL HEAVEN (A long distance call that's free)

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEND THIS BLOG TO A FRIEND GO TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS BLOG AND CLICK ON THE ENVELOPE. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ There are over 600 stories and commentaries on this blog that began Nov 24, 2009. It is added to daily. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ It helps when you pray to have a touch of forever in it. To think "In the beginning" and remind yourself with awe that you’re aiming at No. 1 in the Universe. That one who made it so all your cells could come together to form a person called you. Who hung the stars in their proper places in the sky. Who instigated gravity and color and...well, that should be enough to get you in the proper mood. Speaking of creation, think about the fact that the first prayers were between God and Adam. It was all new and bright and filled with Eden and they talked or better still God talked and Adam listened. It made perfect sense. There was a natural linkage since man was made in God's image. It's still that way. God asking "What are you doing?" and hopefully we replying "What do you want me to do?" Sometimes we are afraid as was Adam. Afraid of what is happening or about some good we are not making happen. Which is where discipline and commitment come in. Whether we just seek heavenly promises or also give some promises on our own. The world "inspiration" is Greek. It literally means "breathed out from God." When we pray, we reach out toward this heavenly tingle from the touch of our heavenly Father. Prayer? When you pray you stretch your soul, you find your soul, you use your soul, you do not forget you have a soul. If you do not pray you can too easily sell your soul. God's power for man's problems? Man's power for man's problems? Who could argue which is best? Plug into the power of the Universe. Nothing less makes sense. Cry a bucketful of tears or pray a bucketful of prayers. Give up and fall down or look up and stand tall. “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. —Philippians 4:6 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DO YOU HAVE A BLOG OR FACEBOOK? IF YOU ENJOY THESE WRITINGS COULD YOU CALL ATTENTION TO THIS BLOG? IF YOU DO, THANKS IN ADVANCE ************************************* Below…a quote from tomorrow’s One A Day blog…entitled…HOPE “The door of hope will never open if you have replaced it with a wall of despair. Hope is the centipede who never gives up on trying to pus his or her best foot forward. Hope stands in utter darkness and patiently persistently waits for dawn.” +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ STARTED SUNDAY on his other blog WYRICK’S WRITINGS…MARCH 5, 2011 Serialization of another of his books SIXTY PLUS AND NOT HOLDING To read this book CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com Each Sunday there is also a serialization of his novel RUST ON MY SOUL and serialization of another of his books 60 PLUS AND NOT HOLDING MANY OF THE IDEAS IN THIS BOOK FOR BETTER LIVING ARE GOOD FOR ANY AGE. (This book is about dealing positively with the challenges of getting older and fosters the belief that “If we would have new knowledge, we must get a world of new questions.” (Susanne K. Langer) TO VISIT T Neil’s other blog WYRICK’S WRITING (A variety of serializations; a novel on Sunday and Tuesday and Thursday varying subjects) (3 times a week added to) CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com **************************** To view his One Man Dramas on film (see by millions, live and on film and on video)(Martin Luther, Ben Franklin, Charles Wesley, Abraham Lincoln) CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING http://www.speakerneil.com/ ******************************** To access info his other book’s and get some great used book prices, go to Amazon.com (books) and type in Neil Wyrick. BOUNDARIES UNLIMITED, RUST ON MY SOUL, POOR RICHARD’S ALMANAC, I AM SIXTY PLUS AND NOT HOLDING, THE ABC’S OF PARENTING AND GRANDPARENTING, LETTERS TO AMERICA… ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ V. Neil Wyrick’s ninth book THE SPIRITUAL ABRAHAM LINCOLN and is available at MAGNUS PRESS. (For some unusual books visit their Web Site) THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE ON AMAZON.COM’S Kindle To visit their Web Page click on the URL below http://www.magnuspress.com/OurProducts2.html 25% off all books, buy 4 get 1 free and free shipping Winter Sale through March +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Phone Orders: 800-463-7818 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ To access his other book’s; BOUNDARIES UNLIMITED, RUST ON MY SOUL, POOR RICHARD’S ALMANAC, I AM SIXTY PLUS AND NOT HOLDING, THE ABC’S OF PARENTING AND GRANDPARENTING, LETTERS TO AMERICA…go to Amazon.com (books) and type in Neil Wyrick. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++

fourth IN LENTEN SERIES (From Dreams to Deeds)

************************** IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEND THIS BLOG TO A FRIEND GO TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS BLOG AND CLICK ON THE ENVELOPE. ************************* There are over 600 stories and commentaries on this blog that began Nov 24, 2009. It is added to daily. ************************* He was walking along the beach and every little bit he would stop, pick up a star fish and throw it into the ocean. Another man passed and said, “Why waste your time? There are thousands of star fish caught up this area between the surf’s edge and the beach. There are thousands. You are wasting your time. You can’t possibly make a difference.” As the man chastised him for such foolishness, the man knelt down, picked up yet another starfish and sent it flying toward life again in the ocean. As he did so he looked at his antagonist and said, “It sure made a difference to that one.” Lent forces us to focus on how much we really do believe in the power of God and how that power can make us better folk in this world of His creation. And how we can, yes, make a difference. Remember Joshua, successor to Moses, survivor of forty years of wandering in the wilderness. Weary and worried, more than willing to forget the whole thing, but God sitting him up straight with the words, Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go. (Joshua 1:9) Lent challenges us to be strong and courageous…not to kill our dreams and certainly not turn them into nightmares. Lent challenges us to chase our best rather than giving in to our worst. Lent shouts at the defeatist’s mantra It can’t be done! You’re expecting too much! with the response YOU WANNA BET! The spirit of Lent refuses to be paralyzed by pernicious paranoia but rather, by prayer, accepts forgiveness, learns from sins committed and gets on with a self-improvement programs. Lent is positive thinking, backed by the promise of God to help us to be more of light and less of darkness. “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” (Phillipians 4:13) The Apostle Paul said it and I agree. It is a top-notch statement that deserves a first class approval rating. Followed by words carried on the back of deeds. We all hope for longer periods of peace, for the ability to live with pain, to cope with problems and have a better understanding of our God. And if this hope is to be fulfilled, we all must present the signed blank check of our souls and ask that God’s printing press impress on it such Bible-stamina-thinking as: Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest. (Matthew 11:28) Be of good courage and He shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord. (Psalm 31:24) We all want these Bible truths to make inroads on our thinking. Lent says, get on with it. And if doubt raises its misshapen head to make fun of commitment, the Apostle Paul also reminds us, “If God be for you, who can be against you?” The Christian does not say, “I will never grow sick or die. I will have everything I want and be everything I desire.” No. Echoing the Psalmist words, In God I have put my trust, the believer warns, “Watch out world, I'm a giant. I can move mountains. And if and when I stumble and fall, I will have the greatest giant of all, my Almighty God to help me back up again and again.” “It can’t be done,” laments a man; and buries his dreams, forgets the power of his Heavenly Father, lets his talents go to waste and his life go to nothing. And yet another person says, “Maybe it can’t be done, but I’ll never know without trying.” And so by faith and hope people like Nobel prize winner Jane Adams began Hull House in Chicago, Albert Schweitzer moved through and into the wilderness of Africa, and Martin Luther King, Jr. courageously fought for Civil Rights. Lent is a reminder that will not let us forget that when God guides a person’s steps, guards a person’s dreams and controls a person’s fears, the world had best watch out. Because, give me a person whose hopes are grounded in God and I’ve got a tiger on my hands. *********************** DO YOU HAVE A BLOG OR FACEBOOK? IF YOU ENJOY THESE WRITINGS COULD YOU CALL ATTENTION TO THIS BLOG? IF YOU DO, THANKS IN ADVANCE ************************************* A QUOTE FROM TOMORROW’S BLOG … DIAL HEAVEN …A long distance call that’s free “Speaking of creation, think about the fact that the first prayers were between God and Adam. “ It was all new and bright and filled with Eden and they talked or better still God talked and Adam listened. It made perfect sense. There was a natural linkage since man was made in God's image. It's still that way. God asking "What are you doing?" and hopefully we replying "What do you want me to do?" “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.” —Philippians 4:6 STARTED SUNDAY on his other blog WYRICK’S WRITINGS…MARCH 5, 2011 Serialization of another of his books SIXTY PLUS AND NOT HOLDING To read this book CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Each Sunday there is also a serialization of his novel RUST ON MY SOUL and serialization of another of his books 60 PLUS AND NOT HOLDING MANY OF THE IDEAS IN THIS BOOK FOR BETTER LIVING ARE GOOD FOR ANY AGE. (This book is about dealing positively with the challenges of getting older and fosters the belief that “If we would have new knowledge, we must get a world of new questions.” (Susanne K. Langer) TO VISIT T Neil’s other blog WYRICK’S WRITING (A variety of serializations; a novel on Sunday and Tuesday and Thursday varying subjects) (3 times a week added to) CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com **************************** To view his One Man Dramas on film (see by millions, live and on film and on video)(Martin Luther, Ben Franklin, Charles Wesley, Abraham Lincoln) CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING http://www.speakerneil.com/ ******************************** To access info his other book’s and get some great used book prices, go to Amazon.com (books) and type in Neil Wyrick. BOUNDARIES UNLIMITED, RUST ON MY SOUL, POOR RICHARD’S ALMANAC, I AM SIXTY PLUS AND NOT HOLDING, THE ABC’S OF PARENTING AND GRANDPARENTING, LETTERS TO AMERICA… ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ V. Neil Wyrick’s ninth book THE SPIRITUAL ABRAHAM LINCOLN and is available at MAGNUS PRESS. (For some unusual books visit their Web Site) THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE ON AMAZON.COM’S Kindle To visit their Web Page click on the URL below http://www.magnuspress.com/OurProducts2.html 25% off all books, buy 4 get 1 free and free shipping Winter Sale through March Phone Orders: 800-463-7818 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ To access his other book’s; BOUNDARIES UNLIMITED, RUST ON MY SOUL, POOR RICHARD’S ALMANAC, I AM SIXTY PLUS AND NOT HOLDING, THE ABC’S OF PARENTING AND GRANDPARENTING, LETTERS TO AMERICA…go to Amazon.com (books) and type in Neil Wyrick. +++++++++++++++++++++++

THE TRIP

************************************* IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEND THIS BLOG TO A FRIEND GO TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS BLOG AND CLICK ON THE ENVELOPE. ************************************** There are over 600 stories and commentaries on this blog that began Nov 24, 2009. It is added to daily. ************************************* Prejudice never seems to let man go and thinking about it one day I wrote the following short story. I first wrote this for the Presbyterian Survey magazine over 40 years ago…for yes, prejudice was alive and well in those days too. He reached down and picked up the strange looking mechanism that kept trying to roll away from his grasp. It was some kind of flying machine. It was still warm from having entered their 237 degree atmosphere. The three suns in the sky seemed always to be doing battle with each other. “What is it?” his companion asked with the trace of what might have been called a smile of anticipation. “It is from earth.” Both of them raised their eyebrow. “And you have been to earth.” It was not the first missle to fall from out their sky. They both knew lots about earth. All those messages coming more and more and three of their kind had visited, but never again. He paused before replying, “Yes, I was one of “THE THREE” It was most depressing.” “Really? They couldn’t see you, of course.” “Of course not. I wore my invisibility shield.” “They are obviously of an inferior race.” They expressed their agreement in the way such agreements had been expressed for centuries. It was almost a litany as together they repeated “ The color of their skin is very pale, anemic to the eye. Others of them are quite lack without luster. Some even have a tinge of yellow. Some black. All kind of different shades. They can’t seem to agree on a common color.” A younger member of the community had just arrived. It spoke “Heavens! No green skin? Then of course they must be inferior. And their customs?” “Barbaric!” “How so?” “They talk.” “Talk? How uncouth! I thought all advanced races communicated by thought waves in this day and age.” Their antennas glowed bright. “These do not, and such dialects and myriad of languages! They transmit hardly any distance at all and one nation cannot understand the other.” “They are always angry and trying to gain more and more power.” “Very archaic; no wonder they still have wars.” “And …polution is everywhere.” “Oh yes, I remember that from our own ancient history. You mean they still have it?” “It makes them ill.” Another younger it had arrived. He wrinkled his glock. “Well, naturally, from everything you’ve told me, it couldn’t be any other way. By the way, are there any exceptions in these…now what would you call them?” “Exceptions? Oh, yes…a few; but then you know how it is, once an earthling always an earthling” “We might be able to use the exceptions.” “Tell them they’re equal but treat them as if they aren’t?” “OF COURSE!” “We could give them equal opportunities and they might produce.” “Possibly.” “Not too many. We wouldn’t want them to get delusions of grandeur.” They had not moved for several time sequences. It was always like this at a time like this. “It is too bad, isn’t it?” “Tragic!” “But I guess that’s the way God wanted it.” “Yes, I certainly am glad He made me like I am.” “You have the most beautiful tentacles I’ve ever seen.” “Well now, your claws are nothing to be ashamed of.” “Come on, let’s slither over to the cone. I’ll buy you an atomic soda.” “Thanks, don’t mind if I do. This discussion has upset me!” +++++++++++++++++++++ DO YOU HAVE A BLOG OR FACEBOOK? IF YOU ENJOY THESE WRITINGS COULD YOU CALL ATTENTION TO THIS BLOG? IF YOU DO, THANKS IN ADVANCE ************************************* STARTED SUNDAY on his other blog WYRICK’S WRITINGS…MARCH 5, 2011 Serialization of another of his books SIXTY PLUS AND NOT HOLDING To read this book CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com Each Sunday there is also a serialization of his novel RUST ON MY SOUL and serialization of another of his books 60 PLUS AND NOT HOLDING MANY OF THE IDEAS IN THIS BOOK FOR BETTER LIVING ARE GOOD FOR ANY AGE. (This book is about dealing positively with the challenges of getting older and fosters the belief that “If we would have new knowledge, we must get a world of new questions.” (Susanne K. Langer) TO VISIT T Neil’s other blog WYRICK’S WRITING (A variety of serializations; a novel on Sunday and Tuesday and Thursday varying subjects) (3 times a week added to) CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com **************************** To view his One Man Dramas on film (see by millions, live and on film and on video)(Martin Luther, Ben Franklin, Charles Wesley, Abraham Lincoln) CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING http://www.speakerneil.com/ ******************************** To access info his other book’s and get some great used book prices, go to Amazon.com (books) and type in Neil Wyrick. BOUNDARIES UNLIMITED, RUST ON MY SOUL, POOR RICHARD’S ALMANAC, I AM SIXTY PLUS AND NOT HOLDING, THE ABC’S OF PARENTING AND GRANDPARENTING, LETTERS TO AMERICA… ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ A quote below from ONE A DAY blog entitled FROM DREAMS TO DEEDS “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” (Phillipians 4:13) The Apostle Paul said it and I agree. It is a top-notch statement that deserves a first class approval rating. ********************** V. Neil Wyrick’s ninth book THE SPIRITUAL ABRAHAM LINCOLN and is available at MAGNUS PRESS. (For some unusual books visit their Web Site) THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE ON AMAZON.COM’S Kindle To visit their Web Page click on the URL below http://www.magnuspress.com/OurProducts2.html 25% off all books, buy 4 get 1 free and free shipping Winter Sale through March Phone Orders: 800-463-7818 ***************************** To access info on his other book’s; BOUNDARIES UNLIMITED, RUST ON MY SOUL, POOR RICHARD’S ALMANAC, I AM SIXTY PLUS AND NOT HOLDING, THE ABC’S OF PARENTING AND GRANDPARENTING, LETTERS TO AMERICA…go to Amazon.com (books) and type in Neil Wyrick. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++

MORE ON THAT FRIEND CALLED COURAGE …

******************************* IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEND THIS BLOG TO A FRIEND GO TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS BLOG AND CLICK ON THE ENVELOPE. ********************************* There are over 600 stories and commentaries on this blog that began Nov 24, 2009. It is added to daily. ************************************* I have spoken thousands of times before audiences as large as 5000 and I hark back to that time when as a lad of 12 I actually preached a full fledged sermon in church. My knees shook so badly I thought they would come lose from my legs…but I kept on speaking every chance I got…and my legs finally stopped shaking…and after many years one day I wasn’t nervous anymore. I rid myself of this fear by acting as if I had rid myself of this fear…until it finally became a self-fulfilling prophecy. Patience. None of us get over a fear overnight. Some parts of a fear can linger for what seems forever. But if we cannot completely rid ourselves of this emotional wound we can gain the ability to live with it and be the better for the courage to do even that. Don’t hold fear in your hands. Don’t give it that kind of respect. Push it away again and again and again…and again and again…never make it welcome… by default. Fear is a bully. Remember that. Fear is a bully. And bullies lose their power when you ignore them or at least try to ignore them. It was a Broadway musical written in 1978, the composer Jerry Herman. Here are his words. May they serve as a reminder of the power of hope and trust in the face of fear and danger. Hope "I'll be here tomorrow, alive and well and thriving. I'll be here tomorrow, it's simply called surviving. If before the dawn this fragile world might crack, someone's got to try to put the pieces back. So, from beneath the rubble you'll hear a little voice say, 'Life is worth the trouble, have you a better choice?' So let the skeptics say tonight we're dead and gone, I'll be here tomorrow simply going on." ******************************* DO YOU HAVE A BLOG OR FACEBOOK? IF YOU ENJOY THESE WRITINGS COULD YOU CALL ATTENTION TO THIS BLOG? IF YOU DO, THANKS IN ADVANCE ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ STARTED SUNDAY on his other blog WYRICK’S WRITINGS…MARCH 5, 2011 Serialization of another of his books SIXTY PLUS AND NOT HOLDING To read this book CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com MANY OF THE IDEAS IN THIS BOOK FOR BETTER LIVING ARE GOOD FOR ANY AGE. This book is about dealing positively with the challenges of getting older and fosters the belief that “If we would have new knowledge, we must get a world of new questions.” (Susanne K. Langer) Some quotes from the book. Keep both eyes on life, and not on the calendar. Admit your age, but don’t admit to the fallacy that you have to act like it. Saying, “I’m 39 and holding,” is more tragic than humorous because it argues that age has no attributes. “Be like the farmer who, when asked what he was building, replied, “if I can rent it, it’s a rustic cottage. If I can’t, it’s a cow shed.” It’s called attitude and it can make us prematurely old or longer young. For truly, things aren’t just what they are, but rather how we choose to see them.” ******************************* A quote below from tomorrow’s ONE A DAY blog entitled THE TRIP “He reached down and picked up the strange looking mechanism that kept trying to roll away from his grasp. It was some kind of flying machine. It was still warm from having entered their 237 degree atmosphere. The three suns in the sky seemed always to be doing battle with each other. “What is it?” his companion asked with the trace of what might have been called a smile of anticipation. “It is from earth.” Both of them raised their eyebrow. “Have you ever been to Earth? It is not the first. " They both knew lots about earth. All those messages coming more and more and three of their kind had visited, but never again.” …” ************************* To access info about his other book’s; BOUNDARIES UNLIMITED, RUST ON MY SOUL, POOR RICHARD’S ALMANAC, I AM SIXTY PLUS AND NOT HOLDING, THE ABC’S OF PARENTING AND GRANDPARENTING, LETTERS TO AMERICA…go to Amazon.com (books) and type in Neil Wyrick. ************************ TO VISIT T Neil’s other blog WYRICK’S WRITING (A variety of serializations; a novel on Sunday and Tuesday and Thursday varying subjects) (3 times a week added to) CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com **************************** CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING http://www.speakerneil.com/ **************************************** V. Neil Wyrick’s ninth book THE SPIRITUAL ABRAHAM LINCOLN and is available at MAGNUS PRESS. THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE ON AMAZON.COM’S Kindle To visit their Web Page click on the URL below http://www.magnuspress.com/OurProducts2.html 25% off all books, buy 4 get 1 free and free shipping Winter Sale through March Phone Orders: 800-463-7818 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++

OF COURSE YOU CAN BE MORE COURAGEOUS

*************************** IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEND THIS BLOG TO A FRIEND GO TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS BLOG AND CLICK ON THE ENVELOPE. ************************ There are over 600 stories and commentaries on this blog that began Nov 24, 2009. It is added to daily. +++++++++++++++++++ During his years as premier of the Soviet Union, Nikita Khrushchev denounced many of the policies and atrocities of the late Joseph Stalin. Once, as he censured Stalin in a public meeting, Khrushchev was interrupted by a shout from a heckler in the audience. "You were one of Stalin's colleagues. Why didn't you stop him?" "Who said that?" roared Khrushchev. An agonizing silence followed as nobody in the room dared move a muscle. Then Khrushchev replied quietly, "Now you know why." Fear is paralysis dressed in many different garments while all the time courage is the garment we want to wear. A challenge! Will you live a half lived life? Will you chase challenges at high noon or let fear drive you into the shadows? Will you drive with your foot constantly on the brake and your vision aimed at no horizon higher than the rut in the road? Will you put wings on your dreams and give them free reign to fly? Will you place yourself at risk so you can be proud to have shown courage when at the moment you did not have as much as you just showed? Will you at least sometimes seek to grow on the side of a rocky mountain slope so that even if you fail you will have had the exhileration of knowing you tried? We all have differfent areas where courage lifts us or leaves us. And there is no reason to list them, for they are as varied as each star hanging in the sky and as much alike as well. And how to handle fear rather than letting it handle us is pretty much the same no matter what the fear is. So, let’s begin. First thing to do. Start a Fear journal. Write down all the things you are afraid of and the last time that particular fear challenged you and what was your response and how much did it defeat you and how much did you defeat it. And why? And what should you have done? And what will you do next time? Start making a road map and put together an emotional, practical pragmatic, spiritual construction company to begin actually working on improving your fear factor. We learn from doing rather than undoing. "Nothing in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord." That’s on the first page of my Fear journal. There is such a freedom from not always being afraid or at least lessening the number of items of which we are afraid. Courage is a virtue. Think on this. By way of example; without the virtue of courage we cannot exhibit of the courage of tolerance. And be patient I tell myself. I did not pick up bad emotional habits in a moment. I, even with God’s help, be rid of them in a moment. Do the best you can. That is the beginning of winning the war again fear. Two steps forward and one step backwards. Holding even so the fear gets no worse. Do the best you can and keep on praying for courage pays no attention to the calendar…and yesterday’s fear can be conquered until it no longer chases us into our tomorrows. And if our progress is slow or next to nothing, we have the satisfaction of knowing we are fighting against it all the way. And praying for it’s removal all the way. And anxiety over something that is a living reality. I remember looking down at my paralyzed left arm and doing so for two whole months before one day I moved my little finger. And how it came back, not completely, but enough that it functions (with some adaptations required) to make me daily sing a song of praise. And when it all was happening, a prayer to not let fear make matters worse. It has been often told that Louis Pasteur had such an irrational fear of dirt and infection he refused to shake hands even of friends. President and Mrs. Benjamin Harrison were so intimidated by the newfangled electricity installed in the White House they refused to touch the switches. If there were no servants around to turn off the lights when the Harrisons went to bed, they slept with them on. Remember when you were a little boy or girl and you were afraid of the dark. Nothing was different about the room you were afraid of except that you could only imagine what might be there. Mother had just asked her little boy to go to the basement and bring her a can of tomato soup. The light bulb had gone out and after a brief bit of light made it’s way down the stairs it was very dark down there. “I can’t " said the little boy. It’s dark down there. I’m scared.” She persisted and he just kept saying, “I can’t mother. I can’t.” Finally, she said, “Son, It’s OK..Jesus will be down there with you.” John walked to the basement door, looked down into the darkness and called out, “Jesus, if you’re in there, will you hand me that can of tomato soup?’ Yes, that is you and me. Asking for the hand of Jesus on our shoulder to quiet our trembling heart when a fear or fears are paralyzing us. And yes, this is when we need to pray and then walk down into the darkness repeating all the way “The peace that passeth understanding Lord, please. And here I go.” *********************** STARTED SUNDAY MARCH 5, 2011 Serialization of another book SIXTY PLUS AND NOT HOLDING This book, SIXTY PLUS AND NOT HOLDING, is about dealing positively with the challenges of getting older and fosters the belief that “If we would have new knowledge, we must get a world of new questions.” (Susanne K. Langer) MANY OF THE IDEAS IN THIS BOOK FOR BETTER LIVING ARE GOOD FOR ANY AGE. “I am come that they (you) may have life and have it to the full. (John 10:10) Anyone who lives long enough gets older. There are no other options. How we handle the adventure is filled with options. Keep both eyes on life, and not on the calendar. Admit your age, but don’t admit to the fallacy that you have to act like it. Saying, “I’m 39 and holding,” is more tragic than humorous because it argues that age has no attributes. V. Neil Wyrick Below a quote from it… “Be like the farmer who, when asked what he was building, replied, “if I can rent it, it’s a rustic cottage. If I can’t, it’s a cow shed.” It’s called attitude and it can make us prematurely old or longer young. For truly, things aren’t just what they are, but rather how we choose to see them.” ******************************* DO YOU HAVE A BLOG OR FACEBOOK? IF YOU ENJOY THESE WRITINGS COULD YOU CALL ATTENTION TO THIS BLOG? IF YOU DO, THANKS IN ADVANCE ************************************* A quote below from tomorrow’s ONE A DAY blog entitled HOW TO CONQUER YOUR OWN CONFUSION (4) “An ongoing revolution taking place in the living room of the heart. Not locking in sins. Not locking out God. Believing that God can take a pig of a person and turn him or her into a pearl of great price. “ ************************************** To access his other book’s; BOUNDARIES UNLIMITED, RUST ON MY SOUL, POOR RICHARD’S ALMANAC, I AM SIXTY PLUS AND NOT HOLDING, THE ABC’S OF PARENTING AND GRANDPARENTING, LETTERS TO AMERICA…go to Amazon.com (books) and type in Neil Wyrick. ************************ TO VISIT T Neil’s other blog WYRICK’S WRITING (A variety of serializations; a novel on Sunday and Tuesday and Thursday varying subjects) (3 times a week added to) CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com **************************** TO WATCH NEIL WYRICK IN HIS ONE MAN DRAMAS (Presented to millions all around the world) (Ben Franiklin, Martin Luther, Charles Wesley and Abraham Lincoln (this Lincoln film takes 11 seconds to download but is worth the wait) CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING http://www.speakerneil.com/ **************************************** V. Neil Wyrick’s ninth book THE SPIRITUAL ABRAHAM LINCOLN and is available at MAGNUS PRESS. THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE ON AMAZON.COM’S Kindle To visit their Web Page click on the URL below http://www.magnuspress.com/OurProducts2.html 25% off all books, buy 4 get 1 free and free shipping Winter Sale through March ***************************** Phone Orders: 800-463-7818 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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For some reason, the other day I got to thinking about my grandfather, which is perhaps not that unusual since I am now a grandfather myself, many times over.

At any rate, I got to thinking about what brought him happiness in his time as against what brings me happiness in the world in which I live.

My grandfather was a farmer in the latter part of the 19th century and the first part of the 20th. He met God every morning as he began his chores and gave thanksgiving for the dawn of yet another day.

There were no superhighways to bisect his land, nor a nearby chemical plant to pollute the cool mountain stream that rippled along the bottom of the hill on which his house stood.

In the mountains of southwest Virginia where he lived, he might have appreciated a little global warming during the cold winters, but not for long for he was an intelligent man and would have understood how bad a thing it is.

There was no internet to constantly keep him informed in intimate detail that the world seemed to be falling apart. In fact, he lived so far out from civilization he never did get so he could even raise a radio station.

His was a simple life.

All this reminiscing about his yesterdays got me to thinking of me and mine and how we live.

I don’t drink thick, rich milk straight from the cows as I used to when I visited my grandfather’s farm. Milk so thick it could stand all day and never got tired. Instead I drink pasteurized, homogenized, skinny low fat milk because my cholesterol is too high. I conveniently get water from a faucet instead of a well.

And my vegetables come from the supermarket, not a garden I have planted and tended.

I sometimes, move slower in our motorized traffic jams than my grandfather did when he would simply take the shorter distance between two points on his horse.

So, are we happier in our 21st century abundance or was he happier? Perhaps the underlying question is, What is happiness?

I’ve long found inspiration in the life of Abraham Lincoln and one of his quotes hits what I’m aiming at right between the eyes, “Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.”

Using these questions and Abe’s observation to ratchet up my thinking a little bit, I decided to increase my application of the following ideas for improving my opportunities for happiness.

Be a good mathematician. Learn how to count your blessings. Some days a blessing may be hard to find, but even the smallest one will help put a little sunshine into your attitude. Get a gratitude attitude and hold on to it with might and main.

Try to be persistently patient; otherwise you will have too many negative google-moments. (You know what I mean - the last time it took 1.4 seconds to boot up an answer to one of your questions and you were instantly impatient).

My grandfathers philosophy keeps coming back to under gird my present way of thinking. “Focus on today to make it your best, learn from yesterday and don’t waste your tomorrows by worrying about problems, most of which will never happen.”

And as I wrote these thoughts I got to thinking. My grandfather’s time of living and mine are years apart but a gratitude attitude is timeless.

I was a very young lad but I still remember him telling me, “Son” (he called me what my mother called me) “Son, pleasure is something that comes from outside yourself. Happiness is something that comes from within.”

It took me a few years to fully grasp his meaning, but I’m grateful he talked to me as if I had enough intelligence to understand.

There is an old Chinese proverb that sums it all up quite well, “If you want happiness for an hour – take a nap. If you want happiness for a day – go fishing. If you want happiness for a year – inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime – help someone else.”

I don’t remember who said it but it is a phrase that has a glow to it, “Happiness is having something to do, something to love and something to hope for.”

Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord and has made the Lord his hope and confidence.- Jeremiah 17:7

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STARTED SUNDAY MARCH 5, 2011 Serialization of another book SIXTY PLUS AND NOT HOLDING

This book, SIXTY PLUS AND NOT HOLDING, is about dealing positively with the challenges of getting older and fosters the belief that “If we would have new knowledge, we must get a world of new questions.” (Susanne K. Langer)

MANY OF THE IDEAS IN THIS BOOK FOR BETTER LIVING ARE GOOD FOR ANY AGE.

“I am come that they (you) may have life and have it to the full. (John 10:10)

Anyone who lives long enough gets older. There are no other options. How we handle the adventure is filled with options.

Keep both eyes on life, and not on the calendar. Admit your age, but don’t admit to the fallacy that you have to act like it. Saying, “I’m 39 and holding,” is more tragic than humorous because it argues that age has no attributes.

V. Neil Wyrick


Below a quote from it…

“Be like the farmer who, when asked what he was building, replied, “if I can rent it, it’s a rustic cottage. If I can’t, it’s a cow shed.”

It’s called attitude and it can make us prematurely old or longer young. For truly, things aren’t just what they are, but rather how we choose to see them.”

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A quote below from tomorrow’s ONE A DAY blog entitled OF COURSE YOU CAN BE MORE COURAGEOUS

“Will you live a half lived life?
Will you chase challenges at high noon or let fear drive you into the shadows?
Will you drive with your foot constantly on the brake and your vision aimed at no horizon higher than the rut in the road?
Will you put wings on your dreams and give them free reign to fly?
Will you place yourself at risk so you can be proud to have shown courage when at the moment you did not have as much as you just showed?
Will you at least sometimes seek to grow on the side of a rocky mountain slope so that even if you fail you will have had the exhileration of knowing you tried?”

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AVAILABLE ON AMAZON’S Kindle.

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HOW TO BE A HAPPY CAMPER IN A SOMETIMES UNHAPPY WORLD

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Are you in love with a rainbow or a cloud burst crying tears? It is far too easy to give our loyalties to attitudes that don’t deserve it and thereby reap the only harvest such wayward thinking can give.

“Keep calm and carry on.”

During World War II these words were on thousands of posters all over Great Britain.

When first put up there seemed a real possibility that Germany would invade.

Therefore, the first thing on everyone’s agenda was the need for a purpose which in this case was not to give up but to “Keep calm and carry on.”

It’s a pretty good purpose for you and me and our everyday lives.

It is after all what Jesus told the disciples on a regular basis, “Pray always and don’t lose heart.”

“Pray always.” What crosses your mind when you inwardly or outwardly utter these words?

Are you sending God a memo to remind him of what you want and how you want it or are you underlining your prayer with proper restraint, “Thy will be done, dear Lord. Thy will be done.”

Should part of your prayer be a prayer for the possibility of a changed purpose if the purpose behind your prayer needs changing?

And in the process of changing your purpose changing you/us.

How we pray determines what community of prayer we have joined.

Think on that.

Choose the right community and we become greater than we could ever could all by ourselves.

We become a part of a spiritual corporation that has by laws we then follow with joy and remember with less difficulty.

Outside a town in New Zealand there is a sign that reads, “Drive carefully. We have two cemeteries but no hospital.”

But on the road to life we do have a heavenly hospital and a heavenly physician and we can be healthier and happier if we just…reach the point where we realize that when we sometimes wrestle with God we had better be praying that we lose.
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STARTED SUNDAY MARCH 5, 2011 Serialization of another book SIXTY PLUS AND NOT HOLDING

This book, SIXTY PLUS AND NOT HOLDING, is about dealing positively with the challenges of getting older and fosters the belief that “If we would have new knowledge, we must get a world of new questions.” (Susanne K. Langer)

MANY OF THE IDEAS IN THIS BOOK FOR BETTER LIVING ARE GOOD FOR ANY AGE.

“I am come that they (you) may have life and have it to the full. (John 10:10)

Anyone who lives long enough gets older. There are no other options. How we handle the adventure is filled with options.

Keep both eyes on life, and not on the calendar. Admit your age, but don’t admit to the fallacy that you have to act like it. Saying, “I’m 39 and holding,” is more tragic than humorous because it argues that age has no attributes.

V. Neil Wyrick


Below a quote from it…

“Be like the farmer who, when asked what he was building, replied, “if I can rent it, it’s a rustic cottage. If I can’t, it’s a cow shed.”

It’s called attitude and it can make us prematurely old or longer young. For truly, things aren’t just what they are, but rather how we choose to see them.”

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A quote below from tomorrow’s ONE A DAY blog entitled HOW TO CONQUER YOUR OWN CONFUSION (4)

“An ongoing revolution taking place in the living room of the heart.

Not locking in sins. Not locking out God.

Believing that God can take a pig of a person and turn him or her into a pearl of great price. “




To access his other book’s; BOUNDARIES UNLIMITED, RUST ON MY SOUL, POOR RICHARD’S ALMANAC, I AM SIXTY PLUS AND NOT HOLDING, THE ABC’S OF PARENTING AND GRANDPARENTING, LETTERS TO AMERICA…go to Amazon.com (books) and type in Neil Wyrick.
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TO VISIT T Neil’s other blog WYRICK’S WRITING (A variety of serializations; a novel on Sunday and Tuesday and Thursday varying subjects) (3 times a week added to)
CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL
http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com

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TO WATCH NEIL WYRICK IN HIS ONE MAN DRAMAS (Presented to millions all around the world) (Ben Franiklin, Martin Luther, Charles Wesley and Abraham Lincoln (this Lincoln film takes 11 seconds to download but is worth the wait)

CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING
http://www.speakerneil.com/

****************************************

V. Neil Wyrick’s ninth book THE SPIRITUAL ABRAHAM LINCOLN and is available
at MAGNUS PRESS.

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THE HIGH ROAD TO BETTER BEING for your Child

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Charles Francis Adams, 19th century political figure and diplomat, kept a diary. One day he entered: "Went fishing with my son today--a day wasted."

His son, Brook Adams, also kept a diary, which is still in existence.

On that same day, Brook Adams made this entry: "Went fishing with my father--the most wonderful day of my life!"

Togetherness. Observation. The child is watching and feeling and…

well...

Time with our children is a carving, a shaping, an opportunity that once gone cannot be retrieved.

So what parts of your child are you creating to improve…what lessons of love are you sharing and often enough to count? We all need to ask the question and God willing we will give the right answers.

Therefore, some questions to ask...

Are you raising a child with too much arrogance or too little self-esteem.

Certainly say the quote below and say it again to your child if they are prone to being a braggart.

“Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.” (Will Rodgers)

And then there is the question of affection and how to show it.

A quick hug. A note on a pillow that reads, “Thanks for being our son. Thanks for being our daughter. A spoken word, “I was so proud of you…I’m proud of the fine young man (or lady) you’re becoming…I’m proud of you for many reasons and I just had to tell you.” Little verbal prods for excellence embedded in words of praise.

And the list goes on.

And what we must all do as parents and grandparents...

Spread the art of admitting mistakes. “I was wrong.” Can you say it?

If not, your child probably can’t either. And a household filled with people who must always be right is a hearthstone filled with chaos.

Have you taught your child the sweet scent of otherness?

How inclined is the average child to give rather than take? To share a toy? Watch another television program to make someone else happy? Give up something to make another playmate glad?

I still remember one woman who had come to me for counseling.

Forty years later she still remembered being berated by her mother for sharing some cookies with a playmate. “I made those cookies for you and don’t you forget it!” her mother had screamed. And she didn’t forget it. And she grew up to be a very selfish, self-centered me first human being.

And speaking of feeding cookies...there is other kind of feeding going on and sometimes it is a feeding frenzy and the lessons being taught stain and stagger a child for a lifetime.

The height of mistaken teaching...

The height of arrogance... is the lowliness of prejudice. Even if you are stuck with prejudices because they have been with you too long, don’t use your child as a conduit to a new generation.

If only adults could shut up about their prejudices for a generation maybe prejudices could die.

And yes…

Don’t believe your child will automatically be a compassionate and considerate person. Kids can be cruel, unkind and sometimes plain sadistic.

Listen to any group of children playing and eventually one or more will show they’re past masters in the art of insult.

Don’t let your children fall into the trap.

Teach them that if they can’t say something nice to say nothing at all.

Tell them that as Christans they are held to a higher level of behavior.

Is your child a wonderful person? Good!

Let your child know you see it, recognize it and appreciate it.

And praise...such a wondrous instrument...

Then say something like, “You are cute (or handsome, smart, clever, talented, etc.) but don’t take (too much) pride in it. Rather give God credit for it.

Proverbs - Chapter 22:6
“Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it. "
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STARTED SUNDAY MARCH 5, 2011 Serialization of another book SIXTY PLUS AND NOT HOLDING

This book, SIXTY PLUS AND NOT HOLDING, is about dealing positively with the challenges of getting older and fosters the belief that “If we would have new knowledge, we must get a world of new questions.” (Susanne K. Langer)

MANY OF THE IDEAS IN THIS BOOK FOR BETTER LIVING ARE GOOD FOR ANY AGE.

“I am come that they (you) may have life and have it to the full. (John 10:10)

Anyone who lives long enough gets older. There are no other options. How we handle the adventure is filled with options.

Keep both eyes on life, and not on the calendar. Admit your age, but don’t admit to the fallacy that you have to act like it. Saying, “I’m 39 and holding,” is more tragic than humorous because it argues that age has no attributes.

V. Neil Wyrick

Below a quote from it…

“Be like the farmer who, when asked what he was building, replied, “if I can rent it, it’s a rustic cottage. If I can’t, it’s a cow shed.”

It’s called attitude and it can make us prematurely old or longer young. For truly, things aren’t just what they are, but rather how we choose to see them.”

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DO YOU HAVE A BLOG OR FACEBOOK? IF YOU ENJOY THESE WRITINGS COULD YOU CALL ATTENTION TO THIS BLOG? IF YOU DO, THANKS IN ADVANCE

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A quote below from tomorrow’s ONE A DAY blog entitled HOW TO BE A HAPPY CAMPER IN A SOMETIMES UNHAPPY

“Outside a town in New Zealand there is a sign that reads, “Drive carefully. We have two cemeteries but no hospital.”

So it is on the road to life. We do have a heavenly hospital and a heavenly physician and we can be healthier and happier if we just…allow ourselves to reach that point where we admit that when we get in a wrestling match with God we should pray to lose. “


“An ongoing revolution taking place in the living room of the heart.

Not locking in sins. Not locking out God.

Believing that God can take a pig of a person and turn him or her into a pearl of great price. “

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To access his other book’s; BOUNDARIES UNLIMITED, RUST ON MY SOUL, POOR RICHARD’S ALMANAC, I AM SIXTY PLUS AND NOT HOLDING, THE ABC’S OF PARENTING AND GRANDPARENTING, LETTERS TO AMERICA…go to Amazon.com (books) and type in Neil Wyrick.
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TO VISIT T Neil’s other blog WYRICK’S WRITING (A variety of serializations; a novel on Sunday and Tuesday and Thursday varying subjects) (3 times a week added to)
CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL
http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com

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TO WATCH NEIL WYRICK IN HIS ONE MAN DRAMAS (Presented to millions all around the world) (Ben Franiklin, Martin Luther, Charles Wesley and Abraham Lincoln (this Lincoln film takes 11 seconds to download but is worth the wait)

CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING
http://www.speakerneil.com/

****************************************

V. Neil Wyrick’s ninth book THE SPIRITUAL ABRAHAM LINCOLN and is available
at MAGNUS PRESS.

To visit their Web Page click on the URL below

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FROM DREAMS TO DEEDS 3rd in Series

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Lent forces us to focus on how much we really do believe in the power of God.

Remember Joshua, successor to Moses, survivor of forty years of wandering in the wilderness. Weary and worried, more than willing to forget the whole thing, but God sitting him up straight with the words, "Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go. (Joshua 1:9)

Lent challenges us not to kill our dreams and certainly not turn them into nightmares.

Lent shouts at the defeatist’s mantra YOU SAY IT CAN'T BE DONE.
and replies
YOU WANNA BET!

The spirit of Lent refuses to be paralyzed by pernicious paranoia but rather, by prayer, accepts forgiveness, learns from sins committed and gets on with a self-improvement program.

Lent is positive thinking, backed by the promise of God to help us to be more of light and less of darkness

“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” (Phillipians 4:13) The Apostle Paul said it and I agree.

It is a top-notch statement that deserves a first class approval rating.

We all hope for longer periods of peace, for the ability to live with pain, to cope with problems and have a better understanding of our God. And if this hope is to be fulfilled, we all must present the signed blank check of our souls and ask that God’s printing press impress on it such Bible-stamina-thinking as:

Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest. (Matthew 11:28)
Be of good courage and He shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord. (Psalm 31:24)

We all want these Bible truths to make inroads on our thinking. Lent says, get on with it. And if doubt raises its misshapen head to make fun of commitment, the Apostle Paul also reminds us, “If God be for you, who can be against you?”

The Christian does not say, “I will never grow sick or die. I will have everything I want and be everything I desire.”

Rather, echoing the Psalmist words, In God I have put my trust, the believer warns, “Watch out world, I'm a giant. I can move mountains. And if and when I stumble and fall, I will have the greatest giant of all, my Almighty God to help me again and again.”

And so by faith and hope people like Nobel prize winner Jane Adams began Hull House in Chicago, Albert Schweitzer moved through and into the wilderness of Africa, and Martin Luther King, Jr. courageously fought for Civil Rights.

Lent is a reminder that that when God guides a person’s steps, guards a person’s dreams and controls a person’s fears, the world had best watch out.

Give me a person whose hopes are grounded in God and I’ve got a tiger on my hands.
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STARTED SUNDAY MARCH 5, 2011 Serialization of another book SIXTY PLUS AND NOT HOLDING

This book, SIXTY PLUS AND NOT HOLDING, is about dealing positively with the challenges of getting older and fosters the belief that “If we would have new knowledge, we must get a world of new questions.” (Susanne K. Langer)

MANY OF THE IDEAS IN THIS BOOK FOR BETTER LIVING ARE GOOD FOR ANY AGE.

“I am come that they (you) may have life and have it to the full. (John 10:10)

Anyone who lives long enough gets older. There are no other options. How we handle the adventure is filled with options.

Keep both eyes on life, and not on the calendar. Admit your age, but don’t admit to the fallacy that you have to act like it. Saying, “I’m 39 and holding,” is more tragic than humorous because it argues that age has no attributes.

V. Neil Wyrick
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TO VISIT T Neil’s other blog WYRICK’S WRITING (A variety of serializations; a novel on Sunday and Tuesday and Thursday varying subjects) (3 times a week added to)
CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL
http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com

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TO WATCH NEIL WYRICK IN HIS ONE MAN DRAMAS (Presented to millions all around the world) (Ben Franiklin, Martin Luther, Charles Wesley and Abraham Lincoln (this Lincoln film takes 11 seconds to download but is worth the wait)

CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING
http://www.speakerneil.com/

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HOW TO CONQUER YOUR OWN CONFUSIONS (4)

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It happens all the time.

Man’s not conquering his confusion and only making them worse.

And another man finding the kind of spiritual success for his soul that makes a miracle.

It has happened all through the ages. Take a man named Nero, Emperor of Rome.

He sat on his throne hating himself and everyone around him, while an apostle named Paul refused to hate Nero though rotting in his jail.

It all boils down to a belief system and what that belief system is all about. “All or nothing at all” cries out the gambler as the ivory dice go careening across the emerald table.

An ongoing revolution taking place in the living room of the heart.

Not locking in sins. Not locking out God.

Believing that God can take a pig of a person and turn him or her into a pearl of great price.

Belief that no one can be perfect but everyone can be better.

Belief that we are both body and soul.

Biological and psychological. Both materialistic and spiritual.

Belief that we have physical hungers and spiritual hungers and that when we deny either side of our total being, famine sets in.

People are failure in life most often, not because they are stupid, but because they spend their lives being lukewarm.

Because they spend their lives not on fire for anything.

Because they waste their lives on the worthless until one day they lose the ability to recognize the worthwhile.

It is one thing to see through a glass darkly. It is something else to be totally, terribly, and uncomprehendingly blind.
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STARTED SUNDAY MARCH 5, 2011 Serialization of another book SIXTY PLUS AND NOT HOLDING

This book, SIXTY PLUS AND NOT HOLDING, is about dealing positively with the challenges of getting older and fosters the belief that “If we would have new knowledge, we must get a world of new questions.” (Susanne K. Langer)

MANY OF THE IDEAS IN THIS BOOK FOR BETTER LIVING ARE GOOD FOR ANY AGE.

“I am come that they (you) may have life and have it to the full. (John 10:10)

Anyone who lives long enough gets older. There are no other options. How we handle the adventure is filled with options.

Keep both eyes on life, and not on the calendar. Admit your age, but don’t admit to the fallacy that you have to act like it. Saying, “I’m 39 and holding,” is more tragic than humorous because it argues that age has no attributes.

V. Neil Wyrick

Below a quote from it…

“Be like the farmer who, when asked what he was building, replied, “if I can rent it, it’s a rustic cottage. If I can’t, it’s a cow shed.”

It’s called attitude and it can make us prematurely old or longer young. For truly, things aren’t just what they are, but rather how we choose to see them.”

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DO YOU HAVE A BLOG OR FACEBOOK? IF YOU ENJOY THESE WRITINGS COULD YOU CALL ATTENTION TO THIS BLOG? IF YOU DO, THANKS IN ADVANCE

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A quote below from tomorrow’s ONE A DAY blog entitled THE HIGH ROAD TO BETTER BEING for your Child

“Certainly say it once and say it again to your child if they are prone to being a braggart.

“Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.” (Will Rodgers) “

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To access his other book’s; BOUNDARIES UNLIMITED, RUST ON MY SOUL, POOR RICHARD’S ALMANAC, I AM SIXTY PLUS AND NOT HOLDING, THE ABC’S OF PARENTING AND GRANDPARENTING, LETTERS TO AMERICA…go to Amazon.com (books) and type in Neil Wyrick.
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TO VISIT T Neil’s other blog WYRICK’S WRITING (A variety of serializations; a novel on Sunday and Tuesday and Thursday varying subjects) (3 times a week added to)
CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL
http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com

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TO WATCH NEIL WYRICK IN HIS ONE MAN DRAMAS (Presented to millions all around the world) (Ben Franiklin, Martin Luther, Charles Wesley and Abraham Lincoln (this Lincoln film takes 11 seconds to download but is worth the wait)

CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING
http://www.speakerneil.com/

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V. Neil Wyrick’s ninth book THE SPIRITUAL ABRAHAM LINCOLN and is available
at MAGNUS PRESS.

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The wonder of God has such a wonderful aliveness.

Creation a constant force for amazement. Heaven a reality not only for what the Bible says but for what the reality of a doing place demands. The list of wonderment is endless.

Take the wonder of birth and all the years following called life.

You and I, standing and sitting and living, all because of the amalgamation of a tiny sperm and egg.

Physical, mental, emotional, spiritual soul-fed human beings living out our existence on a spinning globe in an unbelievably complicated and endless universe.

Fredrick Ruckert wrote, “In every man there lives an image of what he ought to be. As long as he is not that image, he ne’er at rest will be…”

Believing that the impossible is possible can be a self-fulfilling prophecy.

So can it’s negative opposite.

It takes a brave and unrelenting faith to climb more often than crawl.

But like Daniel Boone’s optimistic response to the question “Have you ever been lost?” “Nope, but I was once powerful confused for three whole days.” Sometimes we need to put tiny miracles in place until we have built a larger miracle.

An old French philosopher commented that he constantly worried about things, most of which never happened.

Worries can do that, drag us around so sometimes it really does make sense to do some simple but effective things such as take a cold shower or pray a warm prayer. To not flitter from one way of thinking to another at the drop of a philosophy.

And nothing disrupts the disrupted influence of worry like love.

The obscenity called hate certainly isn’t going to offer any solace in the middle of the night.

It is easy enough to join another jackasses and the two of you kick holes in the stable of life.

To be a spiritual serial killer with a machine gun mouth, walking down lovers lane holding our own hands. But there is no peace here.

What to do?

Reprogram the answering machine of your heart so that it is not guilty of drive by mouthings.

It is always good to seek out a best or better example when talking about improving the living process.

In this case, a man by the name of Methuselah will do quite well.

It is appropriate because he set a longevity record that has never been beaten. 969 years to be exact.

Filled his years with more helping than hating. More patience than anger. Was a good Samaritan more often than a self-centered egomaniac.
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STARTED SUNDAY MARCH 5, 2011 Serialization of another book SIXTY PLUS AND NOT HOLDING

This book, SIXTY PLUS AND NOT HOLDING, is about dealing positively with the challenges of getting older and fosters the belief that “If we would have new knowledge, we must get a world of new questions.” (Susanne K. Langer)

MANY OF THE IDEAS IN THIS BOOK FOR BETTER LIVING ARE GOOD FOR ANY AGE.

“I am come that they (you) may have life and have it to the full. (John 10:10)

Anyone who lives long enough gets older. There are no other options. How we handle the adventure is filled with options.

Keep both eyes on life, and not on the calendar. Admit your age, but don’t admit to the fallacy that you have to act like it. Saying, “I’m 39 and holding,” is more tragic than humorous because it argues that age has no attributes.

V. Neil Wyrick


Below a quote from it…

“Be like the farmer who, when asked what he was building, replied, “if I can rent it, it’s a rustic cottage. If I can’t, it’s a cow shed.”

It’s called attitude and it can make us prematurely old or longer young. For truly, things aren’t just what they are, but rather how we choose to see them.”

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A quote below from tomorrow’s ONE A DAY blog entitled HOW TO CONQUER YOUR OWN CONFUSION (4)

“An ongoing revolution taking place in the living room of the heart.

Not locking in sins. Not locking out God.

Believing that God can take a pig of a person and turn him or her into a pearl of great price. “

A love and trust in God that cast out fear.

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To access his other book’s; BOUNDARIES UNLIMITED, RUST ON MY SOUL, POOR RICHARD’S ALMANAC, I AM SIXTY PLUS AND NOT HOLDING, THE ABC’S OF PARENTING AND GRANDPARENTING, LETTERS TO AMERICA…go to Amazon.com (books) and type in Neil Wyrick.
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TO VISIT T Neil’s other blog WYRICK’S WRITING (A variety of serializations; a novel on Sunday and Tuesday and Thursday varying subjects) (3 times a week added to)

CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL
http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com

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TO WATCH NEIL WYRICK IN HIS ONE MAN DRAMAS (Presented to millions all around the world) (Ben Franiklin, Martin Luther, Charles Wesley and Abraham Lincoln (this Lincoln film takes 11 seconds to download but is worth the wait)

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V. Neil Wyrick’s ninth book THE SPIRITUAL ABRAHAM LINCOLN and is available
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