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Bush would choose Cheney successor
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© St. Petersburg Times, published November 23, 2000
WASHINGTON -- If a vice presidential candidate must be replaced, the presidential candidate chooses a successor who must be ratified by his party before the Dec. 18 meeting of the Electoral College.
Republican vice presidential nominee Dick Cheney was taken to a Washington hospital Wednesday because of chest pains and was undergoing tests. Cheney, 59, suffered three heart attacks more than a decade ago. Doctors had given him a clean bill of health when he became George W. Bush's running mate.
If it becomes necessary to replace Cheney as Bush's running mate, Bush would choose the successor. The Republican National Committee would gather to ratify his choice. Because he is not president or president-elect, it is the prerogative of the party to approve a replacement.
Because the Electoral College has not yet met, Bush and Cheney are still only candidates. Not until after the electors act on Dec. 18 would either Bush or Al Gore become president-elect which would require adherence to the 25th Amendment in case of death.
If a vice president, or vice president-elect dies after the electors act, the 25th Amendment kicks in. It requires that president or president-elect must nominate a new vice president who must be confirmed by both the House of Representatives and the Senate.
There is precedent of a running mate dying before the meeting of the presidential electors.
In 1912, Republican William Howard Taft chose James S. Sherman to be his running mate for a second term. But on Oct. 30, just days before the election, Sherman died. Taft named Nicholas Murray Butler, the president of Columbia University as his replacement.
The Republican National Committee, however, did not have time to meet prior to the election. But the members gathered afterward and ratified Butler's selection, even though Taft had lost to Democrat Woodrow Wilson.
Butler became heir to Sherman's electoral votes, although it was a purely symbolic gesture.
There has also been a resignation of a vice presidential candidate.
In 1972, Sargent Shriver was chosen to take the place of Thomas Eagleton on the Democratic ticket with George McGovern after Eagleton's resignation before the election. The party ratified McGovern's choice.
McGovern lost to Richard Nixon and Spiro T. Agnew.
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- 0 peopleVote A
- 1-5 peopleVote B
- 6-10 peopleVote C
- 11-15 peopleVote D
- 16-20 peopleVote E
- 21+ peopleVote F
Most Helpful Girl
Finally someone intelligent who adds a "0 people" option in the poll.
Voted for that, obviously.11|00|1
Finally someone intelligent who adds a "0 people" option in the poll.
Voted for that, obviously.
I am turning 25 and never kissed or had a romantic/intimate hug. Do feel down at times but I'm fine.
Been here for a long time. That's what GAG calls users who have been active for a long time.
Have an opinion?
Just the one so far.
i am in japan for a reason.
that reason is: cute boys exist
if i wanted to practice abstinence i would've stayed in america.
Voted for F. Oops
Two -_- ...
Zerooooooo, lol
Fill in the blank with the number you believe is correct.
I don't think any number is "correct", but I'll admit it'd bother me if my SO had slept with more people than i have, and I've slept with 3
Lol bad choice of words. I meant or u to guess my number. Anywho... Its a big fat zero :D
Ohhh haha sorry, i thought you were trying to accuse me of slut shaming or something (i expected at least one comment like that).
It's ok. With how much of it we see going around, we already have our guards up.
Zero. 0000000
the big 0 .-.
So far 7 guys.
I had three, all were my bfs.
4. 4 different girls too. I've cheated on my current girlfriend with her cousin. Long may it continue and be kept hidden.
And here I thought that I'll have to feel ashamed for typing in 0 again but looks like there are more virgins here than experienced people. yipee
Aaahahahahha so many zeroes :D
Either they're trolling, or they're proving that people on the internet are hopeless when it comes to this kind of stuff :D
Wow i can't fucking believe that virgins are more common here on the poll? why so i think that those girls are lying? LOL
By the way even i am a virgin
Wow the amount of virgins is staggering
Zero. Virgins for the win! :P
Just 4 so far
3, but all 3 were relationships so that number has a compound attached.


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I applied online. The process took 4 days. I interviewed at J.P. Morgan in July 2013.
After I applied online I received a phone call from a recruiter had a short interview and scheduled a one one meeting with a hiring manager.
Very friendly and professional. direct questions about communication skills and how to handle certain situations.
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Pending counter offer reply.
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I applied online. The process took 4 days. I interviewed at J.P. Morgan (Coppell, TX) in July 2013.
Well I applied July 8th & got a call July 11th to have a phone interview & set up an in person interview for the follwing Monday, July 15th. Everyone was so nice & very friendly. I was asked normal interview behavioral questions & had to explain what kind of person I was. After my interview I some with the Asst Vice President who was also very friendly but really really intimidating. Got a call the nxt day with a offer. My start date isn't until August but there are a lot of steps you have to take before starting. Have drug testing, background & finger printing
Interview Questions
Didn't need to, pay was awesome
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at J.P. Morgan (Tempe, AZ) in December 2012.
2 interviews; first was a phone interview that lasted about 15min, it was a joke the person on the phone did not appear to have any interview experence and asked basic questions about previous employment.
second interview was a face-to-face with an AVP this was a behavioral and lets get to know one an other interview. Nothing difficult I would consider it a typical interview.
There was no negotiation it was a take it or leave it offer
The process took 6+ months. I interviewed at J.P. Morgan (Tempe, AZ) in August 2011.
I applied several times and was declined, I then contacted the recruiter and requested an interview and was scheduled for one, I then got the job. When I was hired they offered me 1 amount, then after they saw my performance and knowledge of the field, they gave me a salary increase.
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Nothing. It was a take it or leave it type deal.
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Many websites are planning to do this. Is GAG? Should they?
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The law is as vague as the PATRIOT act. Full of loop holes and room for interpretation. You let this Trojan Horse in and who knows what they government might block because 'they can'. I'm not for big brother and the more they step on our freedoms, the closer we come to a revolution.
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For some individuals real estate is a brief business. They begin in real estate, just to quit before long. Truth be told, a large portion of the real estate financial specialists I met in the start of my voyage surrendered quite a while back. Despite whether you are initially starting in real estate, or pondering quitting, it is basic to know why such an expansive number of people don't make it in real estate.
•Wrong Expectations
The primary reason people quit real estate is in light of the fact that they plan to see fast results. People expect a solid month of constant work to realize a tolerable arrangement and a significant measure of cash, and when it doesn't, they race to pick real estate must not be for them. The issue is, real estate is not a get rich rapid arrangement. 30 days is a fabulously short measure of time in real estate, and if you are initially starting, it can take months to get your first arrangement.
Real Estate is About Big Pay Days and Long Pay Delays
Viktor Frankl composed a book called "Man's Search for Meaning", which is about his time as an expert in a World War II concentration camp. In this book, he depicts his disclosure that many individuals in these camps really thought that they would have been released from the uncaring detainment by Christmas. In light of present circumstances, when Christmas would come and go countless people ended up passing away.
Other individuals who looked comparable situation without expectations ; yet rather had look for and goals after survival, are the ones that injury up making it.
The lesson you can pick up from this book, is to not have desires, yet rather, set goals.If you don't accomplish those destinations in the time distribution you've apportioned, you can consider the reasons you didn't fulfill your targets, and reveal any basic modifications and enhancements.
Having false longings in real estate can be deplorable. It is the fundamental inspiration driving why people quit the business. It is fundamental to keep a target mindset and to discard any wishes you may have. Have a target of what you have to accomplish, and if you don't arrive, reassess and understand what you need to do another way.
Thin Skin
Real estate is serious. It is a business of mental and energetic compel. People that get offended effortlessly, or let others push them around, won't win in real estate. You ought to will to grow an intense skin and get outrageous in life or administrators, financial pros, and title associations will push you around.
Seven days back I got a call from an approved administrator about a property I have put on the MLS. She instructed my accomplice that the property is not zoned as a tri-plex and that it is against the measures to show it as one. My partner shared that it was zoned as a multi-family meaning it can be a tri-plex.. The administrator then continued whimpering that the property was in the gathering redevelopment zone, which my associate knew was not legitimate. The specialist in the long run conceded she was recently attempting to get her client into the best arrangement.
The microcosm of this business incorporates an impressive measure of contention with different people in light of the way that everyone is endeavoring to get the best arrangement for themselves, or the client they are addressing. You can't consider it truly, you ought to have extreme skin, and make sense of how to manage people that are endeavoring to spook you.
When I at first started in real estate, I had thin skin, yet with time and experience, I built up a tough skin. This does not mean you ought to be discourteous. You can mind and respectful, however don't allow people to push you around. In the event that you don't allow individuals to push you around in real estate, they won't. They will realize that you are keen and move onto different people. People won't endeavor to play redirections with a man that obviously recognizes what they are doing.
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This issue tends to be the most clear reason people quit real estate. It is absolutely unsatisfactory to lose cash on an arrangement. Keep up a vital separation from mistakes, and just do extraordinary arrangements so you won't lose cash in real estate. In my book "Real Estate Investing Gone Bad" you can read 21 stories of what not to do in real estate.
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Another reason people don't make it in real estate is on the grounds that they expect huge advantages with no instruction or preparing. Exactly when a novice tries to get required in real estate with no prior instruction or experience, they race to charge the field when they are not benefitting after the key month. Truth be told real estate makes many individuals a huge amount of cash. Despite whether they're acquiring $25,000,000 commercial properties or they're flipping little houses in the most detectably terrible parts of town, people in each and every particular part of real estate are raking in immense benefits. Using the business as an explanation behind not benefitting, is never authentic. The real issue is nonappearance of training. People submit blunders that could have been adequately avoided, or can't execute an arrangement since they don't appreciate what they are doing.
Like I communicated some time as of late, Real Estate is about colossal paydays and long pay delays, yet when you make those gigantic paydays that is the time when it gets empowering! Some person can make $50,000 or $100,000 in one arrangement, which is more than a large number individuals obtain in an entire year. Cash can be a noteworthy driver, for why people quit, in any case it shouldn't be in light of the fact that the business bewildering.
In case you have to make sense of how to be a market driving, incomparable cash creation machine around here, consider applying for my disciple program. That is the place my gathering and I work with people very much requested, as an indistinguishable unit and hand them into out and out specialists over this business. You can be successful if you should be, the business is prepared for whoever arrives first.
If you can't get into my apprentice program here is an association with my video course, "Creative Real Estate Investing and Flipping Houses" This course is over ten hours of recordings on how we do this business.
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The Angelic Hosts came for Mr. McKenzie Jackson at his residence in Balch Springs, TX among loving family and devoted friends.
Viewing and a Prayer Service, with the family present, was held Friday, March 31, 2017.
Funeral Service were held Saturday, April 1st at the Grove Island AME Church located at 561 CR 901, Mexia, with Rev. Coby Shorter, III of Austin, TX Officiating and Rev. Stanley Johnson, pastor of Grove Island AME Church serving as Eulogist.
Interment was in the Grove Island Cemetery.
McKenzie was the first child born to the late Alfronzo and Vernada Carter Jackson. They welcomed in their new arrival on December 28, 1927 in the county of Limestone, city of Mexia, and the state of Texas.
Alfronzo and Vernada lived distantly from school, so the parents kept McKenzie home and did home schooling until his sister was older and they could send the two children to school together.
McKenzie was too little to walk that distance alone; consequently, McKenzie and his sister, Ervie, graduated together. He graduated from Furney Richardson High School in May of 1946, Teague, Texas.
At an early age, McKenzie accepted Christ and became a member of Grove Island AME Church. He served faithfully all of his childhood and adult life. He served as a member of the choir, superintendent of Sunday School, Class Leader, Steward and trustee. He sang with other church choirs also, but knowing that Grove Island came first.
McKenzie had a strong voice and he loved to sing. He participated in quitated singing and his strong baritone voice was strongly heard throughout the building.
Later McKinzie served in the community as president of Grove Island Cemetery. He kept the cemetery well attended as a free service to the community.
Not only was he a servant in his community, but he was also a servant to his country. He became U.S. private first class in the U.S. Army in the year of 1950. He was only there a few days prior to his father's death. But time does not stand still.
The Bible speaks of "man having a help-mate"—Genesis 2:18. He united in Holy Matrimony to Altha Lee Davis on October 6, 1951 who preceded him in death.
He later married Onita McClendon and through that marriage, he became step-father to two children: Keven and Nicchole McClendon. They were precious in his sight.
McKenzie and Altha Lee showed their love and patience for other nieces and nephews in the family. They showed their concern, kindness and devotion for Althea and Andre. They lived with McKenzie and wife until God called Althea Lee home.
Not only did they show kindness to those children who lived with them in their home, but there was the loving nephew, Billye Earl who lived close by. He came daily with McKenzie's little younger siblings to watch T.V. because they didn't have one their home.
McKenzie showed his compassion for children in the surrounding communities by using his talents to coach "Little League" baseball. What a team he had! They practiced what a team he had! They practiced hard, played well and won their games. He also loved animals and he cherished his three pet racing dogs. Their names were Fly, Flapper and Pistol. Inasmuch as McKenzie loved, encouraged and appreciated, he also received kindness, love, sincere concern. Billye and Verna accepted McKenzie into their home 5 years.
McKenzie was preceded in death by his wife: Altha Lee, his parents: Alfronzo and Vernada Jackson and his siblings: Rev. Ervie Clemons, Clara Gillespie, Rachel Williams, Phyllis Jackson and his only brother: Rufus Jackson, Sr.
He leaves to cherish his precious memories and undying love: Loving niece and nephew: Billye and Verna Jackson, Balch Springs, TX; sisters: Mrs. Ruth Earlean Livingston, Stockton, CA; Mrs. Dorothy Cox, Dallas, TX; and Mrs. Cornetta Smith and husband, Rev. Dayton Smith, Vancover, WA; brother-in-law: Thomas Williams, Dallas, TX; numerous nephews, nieces, and other relatives and friends.
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The sexual health of a teenager can be can be affected by working too many hours in an adult environment, according to new research.
While having part-time employment has an overall positive effect, the study suggested that being overworked in an adult atmosphere could lead to teenagers having older sex partners.
One of the authors of the report, Jose Bauermeister, an assistant research professor at the University of Michigan, suggested a lack of supervision was what led to the exposure to adults, which could often lead to sexual activity.
He said: "It's OK to let kids work. We want to make sure they are spending time in an environment where it's safe to work."
Dr Bauermeister, co-investigator of the Flint Adolescent Study project, highlighted self esteem and use of alcohol as two pivotal factors in determining the age of teenagers' sexual partners, but said that working hours were also important.
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Flavor Flav was arrested once again, this time in Las Vegas. Flav was stopped by Las Vegas police officers who, wrote out tickets for multiple charges early Thursday morning.
Flavor Flav is facing charges for DUI, possession of marijuana, open container, speeding, bogus registration and driving with a suspended license.
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William Jonathan Drayton Jr. Flavor Flav's real name got his star as a member of Public Enemy before turning reality star. Flavor Flav has starred in three different VH1 reality series including "The Surreal Life," "Strange Love," and "Flavor of Love."
Rapper Flavor Flav busted in Las Vegas
The trouble rapper has a long history of troubles with the law. Flavor Fav's extensive arrest record includes a 16 time license suspension,which was discovered in 2014 after the rapper was stopped by police in NYC for speeding on the way to his mothers' funeral.
Flav's arrests records go back decades. He was first arrested when in high school in the 11th grade for burglary. Since then it has been a downward spiral of arrests and addiction for Flav, who has served jail time on countless occasion throughout his life. It is speculated that the judge will throw the book at the 56-year old celebrity based on his past convictions, and failure to comply.
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Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer-songwriter, entertainer, dancer, arranger, music producer, choreographer, actor, businessman, musician, and philanthropist. Often referred to as the "King of Pop", or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records. His contributions to music, dance, and fashion, along with his publicized personal life, made him a global figure in popular culture for over four decades.
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A couple years ago a customer asked me why I'm a defense contractor. He, a retired Marine, and I, a retired Sailor, often exchanged quips and sea stories laughing about shared past experiences - often feeling a bit aged. My serious quick response caught me off guard nearly as much as it did him. "I'm still serving." Pregnant pause, awkward. What did I mean by that? I've reflected on that moment several times since. And even more as I complete this year in my role as President of TASC (Tidewater Association of Service Contractors).
Why am I a contractor? Why spend the time in this small local group? TASC has been around for 30 years. When TASC was founded, in the late 80's, the Department of Defense made a conscience decision to outsource anything not determined to be inherently governmental. Personally I could be the attorney for the prosecution or the defense on the subject. Statistics could be manipulated to show which is a better cost savings, pay contractors now and avoid long term costs associated with retirement of government employees, or keep more government and active duty roles. Classic pay now or pay later. The TASC mission of promoting integrity and competition in contracts, facilitating communication between the government and contractors is a worthy cause - especially when you think of your current work as a mere continuation of service. Serving those who serve. Being good stewards of our tax dollars, and the precious Navy funding I once worked so hard to get programmed and budgeted.
Why do I spend time on this TASC activity anyway? The whole work-life balance equation means, like most everyone, juggling between work, family, raising children and managing carpools; staying current with professional education while also teaching Sunday School, being a wife, mother, manager, coach, golf mom; reading about foreign-policy, taking graduate classes, cleaning, washing, shopping--life is demanding. Overwhelming at times. So I'm always looking for that BOGO (Buy One Get One). Multitasking. A few years ago, after I attended a Regent University leadership luncheon and heard John Maxwell speak, I subscribed to the Maxwell bible--terrific: one email provides a bible verse and a leadership lesson. I realized TASC is like that. Where else can you spend a lunch with friends, colleagues, and others who view being a contractor as the opportunity to serve, while also doing business development or marketing for your day job, combined with professional development and collecting donations for the Virginia Wounded Warriors? Way more than a BOGO: meeting people with all different backgrounds--TASC board and membership includes not just contractors but lawyers, accountants, cleaning company owners, IT experts. TASC is comprised of a full spectrum of professionals.
TASC sponsors the Tidewater Government Industry Council (TGIC). TGIC is a unique forum providing a way for contractors and government customers to discuss current issues impacting services contracts including unintended consequences of policy decisions, providing written comments and inputs to DoD leaders.
TASC provides community service: Navy Seal Foundation fundraiser combined with special viewing of Lone Survivor, a social at a brewery while collecting donations for cribs for new struggling parents. Where else? TASC. Again, way more than a BOGO.
Often at work we're dealing with red tape, playing mother-may-I with corporate HQ, complying with the FAR. Not so with TASC, totally local run and lead, governed by our all-volunteer board and guided by our by laws. Again unique.
Join us. Let's start a new 30 years. firstname.lastname@example.com or on our linkedin site TASC-TGIC.
Join us for the 2017 TASC annual meeting where we will recap the past year, preview the 2017 Industry Day schedule and spend a social hour with members. This free event is open to members plus 1 guest, so bring a friend!
Voting instructions will be promulgated soon with voting in person, by proxy or electronically.
Results will be announced and new officers introduced.
Thank you General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) and Aermor for the Gold sponsorship of the industry day event with CDSA Dam Neck Oct 19.
Klett Consulting is sponsoring the CDSA Dam Neck Industry Day event 19 Oct. Established in 2002 as a service disabled, veteran owned small business (SDVOSB) and headquartered in Virginia Beach, Virginia, Klett Consulting Group, Inc provides innovative operational systems engineering services and professional consulting services by harnessing the synergy of a vast array of Subject Matter Expertise (SME) from a variety of business and technological fields. Their business philosophy, "Creating the Future," is the foundation of a client-centered approach.
WR Systems is sponsoring the Oct 19 Industry Day featuring CDSA Dam Neck and NSWC Dahlgren.
TASC is hosting a CDSA Dam Neck / NSWC Dahlgren Industry Day Oct 19th. Registration is now open. Sponsorships are available on the Registration page. Event is limited to 250 and is expected to sell out - register early!
Location: Norfolk Airport Doubletree Hotel
Check-in Starts at 1100 am
TASC is opening registration to the $25 exhibit hall lunch during the ASNE Fleet Maintenance and Modernization Symposium (FMMS) 2016 13 & 14 September. This will be open shortly and close at noon Friday Sep 9. Same price as registering via the link below, simpler for TASC members. Attendance to Afternoon Keynote Sep 13th VADM Thomas Moore, Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command, symposia speakers and agenda via the link below. Hampton Roads Convention Center, Hampton VA http://www.navalengineers.org/Symposia/FMMS-2016
Through the company's three core operations – Maritime Technologies, Healthcare Technologies, and Government Business Solutions – WR Systems has, since 1983, supported some of the world's most well-known and demanding customers by providing mission-critical technical solutions. Off-shore energy companies and children's hospitals. Cruise lines and departments of state. The world's largest shipyards and 17 navies. Just a sampling of the repeat customers who choose WR Systems for the company's renowned customer support, deep technical expertise, and dedication to developing, deploying, and maintaining systems cost effectively, anywhere in the world. http://www.wrsystems.com/wr-systems/
Insight is an ISO 9001:2008, ISO 20000-1:2011 Woman Owned Small Business specializing in providing business, infrastructure and engineering support services to the federal government. Since 1999, Insight has established a reputation for providing superior quality, innovative and on time delivery of services in the areas of Business Management and Program Support, Infrastructure Management and Support, Systems Development and Integration , Communications Support, Logistics and Engineering and Information Assurance and Security. http://www.insighttsi.com/
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Even before my first child, Hannah, was born I was praying over her and making great plans on how I would care for her precious life. I was obsessed as any soon to be new mom is with reading baby books and educating myself on the best way to care for her.
I had it all figured out too, I knew just how I wanted to hold her and how and when to nurse her. I knew how to properly secure her into the burrito wrap of a warm receiving blanket and just the way to lay her down so she would sleep safely and soundly. These are but a few of the many, unending ways that I would care for my little angel.
Seven years later I am still joyfully caring for Hannah's every need, along with her brother, Robbie and sister, Isabelle. God has carefully placed the responsibility to care for these children into my hands and I am blessed every day by it.
It's really no surprise that they have come to expect things from me. Every day I change them, bathe them, dress them, feed them and teach them. I define their daily schedules, when they will wake and sleep, eat and drink and play and learn. I am not the only one they expect to care for them. They also have expectations in their dad, family members and even friends.
Why? Because that's all they've ever known, from the moment they were breathed into existence people have been caring for their needs, wants and desires. Oh, sure we teach them that God provides all of their needs, but do they really get it?
A bigger question is do "we" really get it?
Who are you holding responsible right now to meet the expectations in your life?
Psalm 62:5 in the New Living Translation says "Let all that I am wait quietly before God, for my hope is in him." Webster's defines the word hope as to cherish a desire with anticipation, to desire with expectation of obtainment, to expect with confidence, to trust.
The King James Version of Psalm 62:5 says "My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation [is] from him." Hope and expectation are used interchangeably in the two versions, they mean the same thing. To put your hope in God also means that you place your expectations in Him too.
We saw how easy it was from birth to naturally come to expect things from the people that love and care for us, so as Christians we must be diligent to never forget that it is and always will be God who fulfills all of our hopes and expectations. The people in our lives are only the vessel by which He chooses to use to perform the act of fulfilling all that we need and desire.
Dangerous things can happen when we expect people to meet our needs. We will more then likely find ourselves drowning in a sea of disappointment. Over time that disappointment will spill over into our hearts and a bitter root will spring to life and resentment rolls right in after it.
Bitter roots can be destructive to any relationship, but especially a marriage, often times bringing it to a slow and painful death from the inside out. Bitterness and resentment are rapidly growing weeds in our hearts that cover and strangle the fruits of the Spirit, they will literally snuff out love. Hebrews 12:15 tells us to "See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble, and by it many are defiled." By placing our hope and expectations in the people we love we literally risk the health and life of our relationships. It's careless and often costly.
If we rightly place our hope and expectations in the hands of our creator there is no one left to blame when they are unmet. By doing this we hold no person responsible for fulfilling our needs, we bypass anger, bitterness, resentment and our relationships are saved, love is allowed to live. That is good news! This is a great battle plan against the flesh and the devil.
The only way we can truly place our hopes and expectations in Gods hands is through prayer. God clearly asks us to "… not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your request to God." (Phil. 4:6) He's not only waiting, but wanting to hear our every concern, our every desire our deepest needs. We can trust Him with our hopes and we can expect His very best plans for us.
The only right way to receive our unmet expectations is as an answer from God. Maybe it's not the "Yes" that we hoped for, but it could simply mean "not now." Sometimes it just means "no", but because as Isaiah reminds us… "my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways… as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts." (Isaiah 55:8-9) we can accept His answer and know "the peace of God, which transcends all understanding…" (Phil. 4:7) The assurance of answered prayer brings about precious longed-for peace.
Father, you are the awesome fulfiller of all that we need and desire. It is so easy to get off track by expecting others in this world to meet our needs. Forgive me for allowing any bitterness to take root in my heart, for risking the very relationships that you have handed to me as a gift. Help me to wait quietly and only upon you, my hope is in you and only you. Faithful God continue to allow me to veer off path so that you can keep rescuing me and revealing to me your precious and Holy Truth.
God is in pursuit of me; He chooses me (see Hos. 11:7-1). He is the One who initiates a love relationship that is both personal and sincere (see John 1:12). He desires to develop my character through my absolute dependence on Him and complete surrender to Him.
Jesus spoke about how intimacy is lost with the Father and described this in Luke chapter 15. In versus 3-7, Jesus made reference to lost sheep. How do sheep lose their way and become disconnected with the shepherd? Sometimes, as sheep travel along with the flock, temptations creep up like thieves, stealing their attention away from the leader. They are robbed of their focus and therefore, tend to investigate and pursue whatever catches their eye at the moment. It was never their intention to wander off, but curiosity seduces them down unfamiliar paths. Gradually, after one glimmering distraction and then another, the sheep realizes that it has wandered so far, that the rest of the flock is no longer visible. Now the sheep has entered uncharted territory and is vulnerable to imminent danger. The sheep loses all sense of direction. The security of knowing the shepherd is nearby for protection and instruction has vanished. Without its guide, the sheep will stumble and surely perish.
Maybe you have set aside prayer and conversation with God because you have become overly engaged with daily concerns. We saturate our calendars with worthy activities but later feel prisoner to them. We, like the sheep, sometimes drift out from underneath the protection of our Shepherd causing us to stumble into the bushes of temptation. Unfortunately, one day, we may wake up to discover we do not hear from God anymore. We may have lost treasured intimacy with our heavenly Father. We may realize we are no longer spiritually victorious. We are ordinary sheep if we stand alone, but if we remain under the guidance of the Good Shepherd we become extraordinary.
As our little sheep hooves trudge across the narrow path, we may encounter prickly vines of evil and treacherous paths of temptation but we will remain unscathed. "Let God guide your way of wisdom and make your path straight" (Prov. 4:11). It is good to be near our heavenly Father (Ps. 74:28). He is my refuge, He sustains me, lifts my head and delivers me (see Ps. 3:3,5,7).
When the Good Shepherd locks eyes with yours and asks, will you spend time with me, get to know me and love me? How will this sheep respond? Will you be still, refuse self-imposed busyness and reverently honor Him? Can you make the proper adjustments in your life and in your heart that require total dependence on Him? I am willing to deny myself, take up His cross daily, exalt Him and follow Him (see Luke 9:23-24).
Will you be the sheep who's preoccupation gets her into a steep mountain of trouble or will you be the sheep who consistently relies upon the limitless strength and guidance of her Good Shepherd?
Have you ever been given the well meaning, meant to be encouraging advice that God will give you the desires of your heart? I have. Being an encourager myself, I am sure I've even said it.
Unfortunately, I discovered a long time ago that much of the time this portion of scripture is taken completely out of context.
Let's think about this out of context for a second. If God gave us all the desires our hearts then we'd have everything we wanted, even when it's not necessarily the best for us. And, we ultimately would not need God if all we wanted in our flesh was ours to be had.
As an exercise, let's take a look back into our past and think of something that we once wanted so desperately.
Got it?
I'm thinking of a man that I once loved and wanted to marry. I was in my early 20's and was not yet a Christian. I thought I loved Scott, but it was a bad relationship; he did not easily return my feelings. He cared about me, endured me, he gave me the least of him, he used me if you really want to know the truth and he didn't love me. However, despite all of that if he would have asked me to marry him, I would have sadly said yes. At that time of my life I had the wrong idea of what it meant to love someone and obviously I had no idea what it was to truly be loved.
Can you imagine what my life would have been like had I been given the desires of my heart for that relationship?
Can you imagine what your life would have been like if God had given you the desires of your
heart for what you wanted so desperately back then?
My point is that sometimes the desires of our heart are based on wrong thinking or emotions which can be deceiving and they can ultimately lead us down the wrong path. Remember, what Jeremiah 29:7 says, "The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure."
Now, let's look at Psalm 34: 7 says in full context… "delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart." In Strongs the word delight also means to be delicate or soft, to be glad in. That means to be delicate or soft towards God and to be glad in Him only. So, if we are soft towards God's ways and glad in Him at all times then our desires will be His desires which He will faithfully give to us.
I like what Beth Moore from Living Proof Ministries says…
"Anyone who truly delights in the Lord will one day realize that God has become the desire of her heart. When He is our delight, we begin to want what He wants. We come to trust His best for us. When we struggle with self-seeking desires, we hit our knees in prayer. We become wise enough to ask Him to overrule any desire that would ultimately betray us. We no longer want anything that lacks His approval."
When I think of Psalm 37:4 I like to also remember Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
So, today I'm going to delight myself in the Lord and expect the desires of my heart to be met.
Join me?
Father, we know if our hearts are softened towards your ways then the desires of our hearts will be your desires and you will be faithful to deliver. Thank you that you see the whole picture of our lives and that you have it perfectly planned out. Help us to not be led by our feelings and emotions especially when they are not lined up with your Holy word. Give us wisdom in your Word, patience to wait for your leading and courage to say no to what is not of you.
God spoke to my heart, "How would you feel if the blessings I have given you, a loving husband and children, were suddenly taken away? What if you were alone and had prayed for years to have a family, then one day you woke up blessed with all those precious gifts?" Gasping for my own breath, I reviewed over the past several days and thought, the very people who sometimes, "drain the living life out of me," are the very ones who supply the oxygen to my soul. Without them, I would be a stranger to good night kisses from the truest of loves, roller coaster rushes, overwhelming happiness, winks and smiles, giggles to go around and spaghetti kisses. These are blessings as sweet as a honeysuckle vine in summertime! "They are more precious than gold, and are sweeter than honey" (Psalms 19:10).
When I was young, the fairy tale image of meeting "prince charming," and riding off into the sunset while the phrase, "happily ever after," danced across the sky was burned into my memory. Some days I feel as if my big fuzzy house shoe slipped into the fairy tale, only I became one of the seven dwarfs or worse, the wicked queen, not the beautiful damsel in distress who wins the heart of the handsome prince. Wait, I have already won the heart of the only prince that truly matters, my "Prince of Peace!" By Jesus' death and resurrection, I have been adopted into His royal family and have received the golden ticket to eternal life.
Sometimes, when we feel our life does not "sparkle and shine," quite the way Cinderella's did, we must reach up our hands to Jesus and allow His righteousness and wisdom to sprinkle over us. We are His precious jewels…His unique treasures! We must shake out the cobwebs and allow our godly light to shine and sparkle from the inside out. We must make the conscious decision not to allow ourselves to be swept away by the world's standards of what our lives should look like from the outside. "Be strong and put on the full armor of God so that you will be able to stand firm against schemes of the devil" (Ephesians 6:10-12). We have to keep our eyes fixed on Him and His perfect will for us, his cherished children. If we do this, all will be well with our soul and we will be satisfied. "Give thanks to the God of heaven; His love will endure forever" (Psalm 136:6).
How do we honor and please God when we feel overwhelmed, dusty and less than sparkly? Psalms 91:15 tells us, "We can honor Him by calling on Him, making communication part of our daily relationship with Him, by reading His Holy Word and obeying what it says (see John 14:23-24). "Blessed are those who hear the word of God and obey it" (Luke 11:28). "Do not merely listen to the Word, but do what it says" (James 1:22); you will be blessed if you do these things (see John 13:17). I believe what honors God most is when we engage in a love relationship with Him, surrender to Him, and allow His sparkling power to shine through us.
We cannot be the wives and mothers God intended without experiencing His presence, seeking His counsel and requesting His portion everyday. We can only catch a brief glimpse of that Proverbs 31 woman when we have a continuous and daily relationship with the lover of our soul, our heavenly father. He desires to be the "Prince of Peace," in our homes, lives and hearts. When there is a knock at our door, all we have to do, is let Him in (eg, Matthew 7:7-8).
Isn't it funny how we have to reach that infamous "last straw," before reaching the end of ourselves? I feel when I reach the end of myself, I find myself. I find the woman, wife and mother that I want to be. The me who puts the needs of other first, the me who steps faithfully out of her comfort zone to serve her heavenly Father and the me who surrenders her overwhelming circumstances to God so that He can turn them into fruitful opportunities.
Even after all of the heart wrenching mistakes that I have made in my life, He not only forgave me and wiped my slate clean but He entrusted this family, his precious treasure to me. God laid this realization on my heart and as a result, He used His heavenly brush to paint a joyful smile back on my face. I answered, "Yes, Lord, this is and will always be my greatest day ever. I am so thankful for all your blessings!" I threw myself at the feet of my creator asking forgiveness for shifting my focus away from His beautiful face and "spotlighting," my wants, my needs and my selfish desires. Help me to always be mindful of your power that is always at work in my home and in my heart. Lord, please help me to say "no," to self and pick up the cross just like I pick up the dirty laundry and toys. I know when I do these things with humility those I want to impact the most (my family) will notice. Lord, please pour your gracious living and merciful water into me so that it will rush through me and spill over into my home making it a place where lives are impacted, encouraged and shaped into your perfect and masterful design.


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Yes yes, I know it's like eighteen minutes past midnight and it's not really Saturday anymore. But the Pens are playing the Sharks and this has been kind of an intense game. Mostly in the way of me becoming incredibly angry as the Sharks continue to score. And then there's that crafty Nabokov. But we'll get to him later.
Firstly, Caturday. A friend of mine on Twitter recently came across some kittens who would have been left to freeze in the Pittsburgh cold. When their mother became pregnant, the owners kicked her out. I want nothing more than to take in one of the kittens or at least donate to help her out, but I'm still on the job hunt and trying to survive on like $5 a week. Not to mention my moody elder kitty and frisky younger kitty. They just wouldn't have it. So go to her site and at least donate to help her cover the expenses of getting the kittens their shots, and if you can take one, TAKE ONE. You would be giving a kitty a warm lap to lay on instead of the cold ground, and I think anyone who can should jump at that opportunity.
So back to this Nabokov thing. He's a kickass goalie for the San Jose Sharks, and I kind of love him. Firstly, I don't pronounce his name right on purpose. I have no idea why. It's correctly pronounced "Na-BAW-kov" but I pronounce it "NA-bu-kov." Anyway, he's some sort of demigod in this game right now. Unreal goalie. And I want his triple woven jacquard blanket. That's right folks, I could sleep with Nabokov. When I first saw this I had sort of a "WTF" reaction, but then I realized that I must have it. Too bad it's $50 and I'd have to not eat at school or buy gas for ten weeks to get that much money. Anyway, that is all. I'm off to watch the Pens continue to get destroyed by the Sharks. Ah well. You win some you lose some. I still love them <3


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NEW ORLEANS - Hurricane Rita's wind-driven storm surge topped one of New Orleans' battered levees and poked holes in another Friday, sending water gushing into already-devastated neighborhoods just days after they had been pumped dry.
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An initial surge of water cascaded over a patched levee protecting the impoverished Ninth Ward, flooding the abandoned neighborhood with at least 6 feet of water.
"Our worst fears came true," said Maj. Barry Guidry, a National Guardsman on duty at the broken levee.
Leaks beneath another levee that was repaired with rock and gravel after Hurricane Katrina flooded homes with at least a half-foot of water. Meanwhile, wind-whipped waves pushed water from Lake Pontchartrain over a seawall and rain runoff with no outlet pooled in city streets.
Evacuees from the misery-stricken city learned of the new flooding with despair.
"It's like looking at a murder," Quentrell Jefferson of the Ninth Ward said as he watched the news at a church in Lafayette, 125 miles west of New Orleans. "The first time is bad. After that, you numb up."
The flooding came as Rita began lashing the Gulf Coast with rain and wind, and up to 500,000 people in southwestern Louisiana headed north. Some who fought hours of gridlock to get out of Texas were frustrated to find they had to keep going to stay out of the storm, which was expected to make landfall early today.
Lake Charles, not far from Rita's predicted path along the Texas-Louisiana line, was a virtual ghost town, as were the coastal parishes. Before nightfall, squalls were flattening sugar cane fields and knocking over trees near New Iberia, about 110 miles west of New Orleans.
There were fears the storm would stall after coming ashore, dumping as much as 25 inches of rain over the next several days.
In New Orleans, water poured through gaps in the Industrial Canal levee, which engineers had tried to repair after Katrina's floodwaters left 80 percent of the city under water. The rushing water covered piles of rubble and mud-caked cars in the Ninth Ward, rising swiftly to the top of first-floor windows. It spilled east into St. Bernard Parish, where ducks swam down Judge Perez Drive.
The storm surge was both stronger and earlier than expected, apparently coming through waterways southeast of the city, said Col. Richard Wagenaar, the Army Corps of Engineers' district chief in New Orleans. Water poured over piles of gravel and sandbags in the damaged Industrial Canal levee despite efforts to build it up.
"We believed the 8-foot elevation was sufficient" to protect the Ninth Ward, Wagenaar said.
Farther north, water 6 to 8 inches deep was streaming into homes south of Lake Pontchartrain, spouting from beneath two gravel-and-rock patches on the London Avenue Canal levee. Corps engineers said they expected the leaks.
"It's a rock levee," said Richard Pinner, who is supervising the levee's repair for the corps.
Officials with the corps said other levees around the city appeared secure. The problems would set back repairs at least three weeks, Wagenaar said, but June is still the target for getting the levees back to pre-Katrina strength.
In New Orleans, forecasters said the hurricane could bring 4 to 8 inches of rain, enough to put the patched levees at more risk. An added fear was that another strong storm surge would push water through the walls in other places. Still, the city may have escaped worse damage because it was not in the direct path of Hurricane Rita, said Tim Destri of the National Weather Service in Slidell.
"It's a combination of wind-driven water and tides," he said. "It's not the sudden storm surge of the hurricane."
The water level in Lake Ponchartrain - about 4.5 above sea level on Friday afternoon - likely will not rise much more but will remain high enough to pose a continued danger to the "flimsy" repairs, said Paul Kemp, a storm-surge expert at Louisiana State University.
The additional flooding brought by Hurricane Rita also would complicate the search for the dead left by Hurricane Katrina.
The search-and-recovery effort was called off Friday morning as the storm approached. On Friday, Katrina's death toll stand at 841 in Louisiana and 1,078 across the Gulf Coast.
A mandatory evacuation order was in effect for the part of New Orleans on the east bank of the Mississippi River, including the Ninth Ward.
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A PERVERT who worked as a senior prosecutor has escaped jail despite being caught with nearly 15,000 child porn images.
Former fiscal Stuart MacFarlane came to court with a holdall of belongings for prison.
But Paisley sheriff James Spy gave him 300 hours of community service, saying he was bound by law not to jail him because there was an alternative available.
Sheriff Spy also noted that MacFarlane was a first offender.
He was once caught with his trousers round his ankles with a street prostitute, but the Crown dropped the case because it was "not in the public interest".
Child safety campaigners were dismayed by the sentence.
Anne Houston of Children 1st said: "This is not a victimless crime. Behind every image is a real child who has suffered."
Matt Forde of NSPCC Scotland stressed that sentences must reflect the risks offenders pose. But he said: "A jail term would have sent a stronger message."
Dad-of-two MacFarlane,45, kept his porn on two laptops and a hard drive in a shed at his home in Eaglesham, near Glasgow.
The shed had a plaque on it that said "Dad's Den".
Some of the images were of girls believed to be as young as three. Others featured animals.
MacFarlane admitted downloading the images between March and December last year.
In 2005, he tried to flee with his trousers down after police found him having a sex act performed on him by a prostitute.
At the time, MacFarlane, known as Roger Ramjet because of his resemblance to the kids' cartoon character, was a principal procurator fiscal depute in Glasgow.
He was part of a working party to tackle the vice trade, and had been at a function with police officers in the city that night.
The scandal cost MacFarlane his job and he was charged with indecency and resisting arrest.
But the case was dropped after prosecutors studied medical reports which said he suffered mental problems after serving as an Army reservist officer in Iraq.
Yesterday, Sheriff Spy gave MacFarlane a Community Payback Order and told him to complete 300 hours of unpaid work within 18 months. Social workers will supervise him for three years.
MacFarlane, now of Mount Florida, Glasgow, must attend a sex offenders' project and will be on the sex offenders register for three years. He must also keep a history of his internet activity.
Sheriff Spy noted that MacFarlane had been assessed as a low risk of reoffending. He had been having psychiatric treatment for nine months, and continuing with it would "minimise the risk of reoffending".
The sheriff added: "Under the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995, Section 204(2), a sentencer is not to impose custody unless there is no alternative."
MacFarlane had to run a gauntlet of youths on the court steps as he left, hiding his face and still clutching his holdall. He was driven away in a taxi.


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More importantly, with every free lunch, each worker is given two mini chocolate pies.
Cho Yong Bang, a South Korean student studying in Tokyo, says the pies are incredibly popular in South Korea and highly addictive. "I love them," he says. "They cost only 300 Won, which is less than 20 yen."
The North Korean staff at Kaesong has become addicted to them as well.
Soon after, the South Koreans' pies were used as work incentives. Extra pies were given to the workers who had achieved their work norms as rewards.
The North Koreans loved the pies because they smuggled them out of the industrial park to earn big bucks, selling them on the black market. While music may be the universal language, having a sweet tooth runs a close second behind it.
But it was too good to last.
North Korean workers exchanged information about who had the best chocolate mini pie work incentive bonuses, and greed, or as some call it, normal capitalist acquisitiveness, kicked in. If the bosses of their factory didn't pony up with the pies, the workers would slack off. So, South Korean companies got together and decided on a mini chocolate pie sliding scale of compensation.
The ancient Mexicans, who invented chocolate and gave us the word from the Aztec "chocolatl," used small bags of cocoa as a form of money. But this is probably the first time in modern history that mini chocolate pies in their baked form have ever made it to the status of substitute money. Economist Big Mac Index, take note.
Then, in September, representatives of the North Korean Worker's Party came down on the entire mini chocolate pie racket and demanded that the chocolate pie exchange rate be abolished and replaced by financial incentives. For a start, the state could take a cut of any money changing hands.
According to a North Korean police document that made its way to South Korea, "The continual spread of South Korean mini chocolate pies into the populace runs the danger of engendering favorable feelings toward South Korea."
So, for the time being, it was back to the iron rations of two mini chocolate pies a day and cash payments. Unless the North Korean regime collapses overnight, it looks like North Koreans with a sweet tooth will be going through severe withdrawal symptoms.
If it does, you can expect a swarm of North Koreans coming over the border and making a beeline straight for the mini chocolate pie shops.


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HTC Tweets March 17 for Thunderbolt's Release, Recants
Believe it or not, we haven't been just throwing darts at a calendar with all the estimations for when the HTC Thunderbolt will finally be available on Verizon LTE. While some of the sources providing these dates have seemed more reliable than others, so far none have panned out. That may have just changed, as an HTC sales manager let slip March 17 as the phone's release date, via Twitter.
HTC's Imran Shahid posted the tweet earlier today, but as is too often the case with these Twitter leaks, the tweet has been since deleted. Shahid appears to be doing damage control, as his tweets have now been made private. Once again, we're left wondering if this was a legitimate leak that he mistakenly revealed, or if he got some bad information and is now covering his tracks.
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Actress Kristen Renton, who has starred in the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives and the FX drama series Sons of Anarchy, recently helped to shine a spotlight on the achievements of dogs who act as emotional supper for those in need at Children's Hospital Los Angeles.
The TV star was among the group that gathered at the hospital's outdoor dining terrace on April 11th to celebrate the inaugural Dog Therapy Appreciation Day, which recognized The American Family Foundation Dog Therapy Program's 365 consecutive day commitment to providing cheer for patients, their families, and hospital staff.
Attendees had the chance to meet 20 of the program's tail-wagging participants, step into a photo booth with one of the kind-hearted canines for a souvenir snapshot, and collect therapy dog trading cards, while the four-legged honorees enjoyed special treats and went home with a Spot-themed swag bag.
Launched 15 years ago, today the American Family Foundation Dog Therapy Program has 117 volunteers and 107 therapy dogs who help to lighten the hospital stay of young patients like 13-year-old Erika Daniels.
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An average of four of the dog therapy program's pooches visit CHLA every day, and in the past year the dogs and their volunteers have spent one-on-one time with per 10,000 patients. Approximately half of the dogs in the program are rescues.
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Lords Of War Teases The Coming Of Templars & Undead
August 18, 2013 by brennon
Lords of War is one of my favourite card games from this year and they have got another expansion on the horizon. Hot on the heels of the Elves Versus Lizardman pack we have Templars Versus Undead teased with this piece of art…
These guys have been working very hard indeed without the aid of fundraisers to bring this to us. I've seen packs for this game popping up everywhere including my local gaming store. It really is a fun tactical experience and one I suggest you check out in more detail.
Elves Versus Lizardmen review is coming soon!
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I was in Ann Arbor, Michigan when everything changed. It was October, and I was like the trees of the college town—tall, proud and newly painted with the vibrant colors of transformation. I was a sight to behold—a woman with a heavy backpack and camera around her neck—proud, energized, and flush with the bright hues of an internal revolution. I glowed with happiness as the passing days brought life-altering change. I gave things up. I invited change. I stopped wasting time. I found a new way of writing. I found a new kind of love. I felt like a long-limbed Maple in full flush.
As pieces of my former-self scattered with the altering winds of November, I embraced the conversion. I begged for change. But by the end of December, I was stripped bare of all that I once was. I was as simple as a line drawing of a tree on a snowy hill.
In the austere simplicity of my new life, I realized I needed to live simply. Like a tree, all that I truly needed was food, water, and the all-powerful light from above. Without these things, I realized I could not thrive. And yet–before the Fall of change—I was living life on much less. Food, wine, and work was all that sustained me. Water and light were an occasional luxury. My roots were never tended.
But now, all of that has changed.
The most significant thing is how much light I have in my life now. And water. For what may be the first time, I seek out nourishment. Food fulfills me, rather than covers or mutes deeper problems. I've turned away from the numbing comforts of wine and cocktails and embraced being in the moment fully. I dedicate myself to plugging in, not checking out. I find inspiration everywhere. Now, I shy away from my blog's stats page and listen to the analytics of my muses.
According to the voices of inspiration, it's time I start writing about chocolate.
In the next few weeks, you'll start to see some of the changes I'm making happen here. Past the cosmetic changes that my incredible website designer has done, I will be adding to my usual content with a series of essays I am writing on the topic of chocolate. I'll explore history, science, personal stories, and will spend lots of time looking for the great flavored chocolate bars (and other chocolate-based foods) that make my head spin with flavor and inspiration.
I've been wanting to write about chocolate for a while. Ever since I read MFK Fisher's book, Consider the Oyster and saw Fisher's single subject blue print, I saw how she was able to tie together cultural and culinary histories and personal recollections in a collection of cohesive (and brief) narratives. I have to admit, however, that fear of measuring up to MFK or writing about a targeted subject matter outside of the hospitality business kept me from writing a single sentence. But the compelling need to write these essays reached an undeniable height this week when I realized that it was chocolate (the dark, rich food of the Gods) that sustained me–one small square at a time–through some of the most challenging moments of this winter.
So in the interest of being kept honest, I'm telling you now. I'm going to start writing a series of essays about chocolate. Rather than be scared and shut down, I'm going to push myself to do scary things that force me to be better. What's the worst thing that could happen?
I've already started work on my first chocolate essay. I can't wait to share with you what I've learned so far. My first essay will be about Shawn Askinosie, a former criminal lawyer who is now a specialty chocolate maker who is making a huge difference in the lives of kids in his Springfield, Missouri neighborhood and with cocoa bean farmers in small villages in Honduras, Tanzania, Ecuador and the Philippines.
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