Dave Ramsey’s 3 steps to change the nation’s future

The people’s voice was heard yesterday when Congress failed to pass the $700 billion dollar financial bailout plan.  Lets continue to let our voices be heard.
We are at a crucial time in our country’s financial history.  We need everyone’s help!  Here are 3 steps you can take that will change our nation’s future: http://www.daveramsey.com/tdrs/index.cfm/2008/9/30/3-steps-to-change-the-nations-future

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Success and Rubber Bands

I’m sure by the title you are wondering what success and rubber bands have in common.  Well, these are titles to today’s articles of interest:
Starting – The First Step Toward Success
By John Maxwell
Unleashing The Power of Rubber Bands
Excerpts from Nancy Ortberg’s new book

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Dave Ramsey has a way to fix the bailout

If you don’t listen to the Dave Ramsey Show or visit Dave’s web site that often, you may have missed this.  Dave has a way to fix the bailout.  Dave details the plan that could really help to clean up a lot of the mess made by the government bailout.  Read Dave’s transcript here http://www.daveramsey.com/etc/fed_bailout/economic_cleanup_10887.htmlc

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Photo Friday – Southern Depot in Loudon, TN

Today’s photo is of a Southern Railway caboose that is sitting in front of the old Southern Depot in Loudon, TN.  With the advent of the railroad in 1848, Loudon rapidly began to grow.  Between the years of 1852 and 1856, a railroad bridge was built across the Tennessee River.  The bridge opened for traffic on [...]

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Blue Mountain Mist Country Inn

In the twelve years my wife and I have been married, we have always tried to stay at a bed & breakfast for our anniversary.  Well, our honeymoon and several anniversaries have been spent at the Blue Mountain Mist Country Inn.  The inn and it’s cottages sit on the sixty acre family farm just off Middle [...]

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Eight Cardinal Virtues

Throughout your life, many people will look to you as a role model.  You will influence those around you each and every day.  Your family, friends, co-workers, church members, and even strangers.  What sort of role model will you be?  How will you influence their life?
The famed scientist and inventor George Washington Carver once wrote down [...]

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Join the 10 Day Give Challenge

The 10 Day Give is a challenge being headed up by the author of the Christian Personal Finance blog that I read.  The challenge is designed to help us get our minds off of ourselves and start thinking about how we can help others.  This is a great opportunity for some of us to give back [...]

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Photo Friday – Gateway of Dreams

Today’s photo was taken last October on a weekend trip to Atlanta.  This is the Gateway of Dreams sculpture in Atlanta’s Centennial Olympic Park.

The Gateway of Dreams sculpture pays homage to the founder of the modern Olympics, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, and to the ideals of the games.  This monument features the Olympic rings as [...]

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What possibilities do you see?

This story came from an e-mail I received several years ago.  Would you have seen the same possibilities?
The sultan of Persia had sentenced two men to death. One of them, knowing how much the sultan loved his stallion, offered to teach the horse to fly within a year in return for his life. The sultan, [...]

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10 Steps to Setting Life Goals

I was going through some old notes and came across this list of steps to setting life goals.  I’m not sure when or how I came up with it, but these are easy to follow steps.

Start with Prayer
Check Your Motives
Get Ideas from Others
Think in Categories
Be Specific
Write them Down
Include Others
Celebrate along the Way
Think Big
Keep Dreaming

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