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Do not let anyone downplay your win, no matter how small it is.... It is your own victory. It is your own song. It is your own achievement.

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101 Wisdom for Success in Life - #19

Stay faithful and committed in your relationship. Take good advice from those who have gone ahead of you. Have a teachable spirit and stay humble.
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Former US President, Ronald Reagan’s Letter to his Son Days before his Marriage.

In June of 1971, just days before his 26-year-old son, Michael, got married, future-U.S. President Ronald Reagan sent him the following letter of advice. It really is quite stunning.
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Michael Reagan
Manhattan Beach, California
June 1971

Dear Mike:

Enclosed is the item I mentioned (with which goes a torn up IOU). I could stop here but I won’t.

You’ve heard all the jokes that have been rousted around by all the “unhappy marrieds” and cynics. Now, in case no one has suggested it, there is another viewpoint. You have entered into the most meaningful relationship there is in all human life. It can be whatever you decide to make it.

Some men feel their masculinity can only be proven if they play out in their own life all the locker-room stories, smugly confident that what a wife doesn’t know won’t hurt her. The truth is, somehow, way down inside, without her ever finding lipstick on the collar or catching a man in the flimsy excuse of where he was till three A.M., a wife does know, and with that knowing, some of the magic of this relationship disappears. There are more men griping about marriage who kicked the whole thing away themselves than there can ever be wives deserving of blame. There is an old law of physics that you can only get out of a thing as much as you put in it.

The man who puts into the marriage only half of what he owns will get that out. Sure, there will be moments when you will see someone or think back to an earlier time and you will be challenged to see if you can still make the grade, but let me tell you how really great is the challenge of proving your masculinity and charm with one woman for the rest of your life.

Any man can find a twerp here and there who will go along with cheating, and it doesn’t take all that much manhood.It does take quite a man to remain attractive and to be loved by a woman who has heard him snore, seen him unshaven, tended him while he was sick and washed his dirty underwear. Do that and keep her still feeling a warm glow and you will know some very beautiful music.

If you truly love a girl, you shouldn’t ever want her to feel, when she sees you greet a secretary or a girl you both know, that humiliation of wondering if she was someone who caused you to be late coming home, nor should you want any other woman to be able to meet your wife and know she was smiling behind her eyes as she looked at her, the woman you love, remembering this was the woman you rejected even momentarily for her favors.

Mike, you know better than many what an unhappy home is and what it can do to others. Now you have a chance to make it come out the way it should. There is no greater happiness for a man than approaching a door at the end of a day knowing someone on the other side of that door is waiting for the sound of his footsteps.

Love,
Dad

P.S. You’ll never get in trouble if you say “I love you” at least once a day.

(Source: Reagan - A Life In Letters)

Go and conquer territories....

In 2016, Kirk Franklin posted this:

"Can I take my time?!
Get past the jacket, the shoulder pads, and the grill before retainers! Today I celebrate 20 years with this woman! We were young, I was dumb, she came from a good family, I had NO family, but she was patient; not stupid.

A prime example of how a good woman can change a man without breaking him down. My past was sketchy...she knew that. She didn't compromise her standard but helped me reach it. Every song you've heard over the last 20 years, she wrote it. She was every lyric, every key change spelled her name. We've seen dark days together, but we saw them, TOGETHER.

Men can be dumb at times, and want what's newer, fresher, or what our other "head" thinks is better... But to fail Tammy, is to fail God. To cheat on tammy is to cheat on the kingdom, my children, and even you...Those who trust me to chase Christ with everything I got.

I'm not perfect, but I'm still in love...with Tammy.

Happy 20th anniversary baby! (See bae I did it without saying something nasty!😋)"

Now, when you find that special someone, hold him/her tight, appreciate him/her, see him/her as a blessing from God....not a doormat to tread upon.

Stay lifted and have a wonderful day. Please feel free to share.

The God Who Died by Ex*****on
Many years ago, when Pol Pot was the wicked communist leader of Cambodia, he began to execute everybody, in Cambodia, that were educated, had money, and/or were a Christian. Most of the educated, wealthy, and Christians had fled into the jungles and began living with the tribal people that were already in the jungles.
Pol Pot, then ordered his army to go out into the villages and kill everybody that they found. Not just the rich, or educated, or Christians - he ordered everybody, that was found in the villages,to be executed.
The evil soldiers went forth into the jungles and came to a village and began to round up, at gun point, everybody in the village. The soldiers dug a wide and deep pit, in the middle of the village, and then at gun point ordered everybody men, woman, and children to stand at the edge of the pit. Then a soldier with a hand gun, began to walk behind each villager and shoot them in the back of the head; and then each one, as they were shot dead, would fall forward into the pit.
Then, after shooting several people, as the soldier came to a woman and placed his gun on the back of her head, the little lady shouted aloud, "OH GOD! THE GOD WHO DIED BY EX*****ON!! PLEASE SAVE ME!!!" Suddenly, the soldier lifted his gun off of the little lady's head, put his gun in his holster, and ordered all of the other soldiers back into their vehicles and off they drove down the road, and never to be seen by these villagers again!
Those left standing at the pit, behind the little lady, who would have been killed next, just stood there in silence looking at the little lady who had just called on "The God who died by ex*****on". She had never heard the name of JESUS. She only heard, one time in her life, that somewhere there was a God who was the real and true God.....AND HE DIED BY EX*****ON.
These villagers served thousands of gods, and they had never heard of JESUS, except the little bit that this little lady had heard, and she did not know His name. ONLY that He was "The God who died by ex*****on".
Every one of those villagers, left standing at the edge of the pit, then got down on their knees and each and every one called on "The God who died by ex*****on".
Well, back up off their knees, they all began to gather up all of their gods and they destroyed them. Their Testimony became "We only serve The God who died by ex*****on". They still did not know His Name or any more about Him. All that they knew about Him was "The God who died by ex*****on" and that He had saved all of them from certain ex*****on!
After fourteen years, then came a Missionary at this very same village. He gathered all of the villagers into the centre of the village and preached to them a very short and simple message about JESUS!
When the Missionary got to the place where he told them about JESUS DYING ON THE CROSS, every last one of the villagers fell to the ground WEEPING, SHOUTING, AND CALLING OUT THE NAME OF JESUS!!! With tears gushing from their eyes, they shouted aloud, "Oh God who died by ex*****on!!! Now we know Your NAME!!!
My beloved friend, I put it to you today, do you even know this God who died by ex*****on? Do you have a real relationship with Him or your life is all about belonging to cool group of people who says they are Christians?
More than anything, Christ want to meet you today! He will reveal Himself to you if you can ask Him to come to you right where you are now. He will wash away your sins and write your name in the Book of Life.
All you need to do is to find a Bible believing Church to attend and learn more about Jesus. God bless you my friend.

If this does not break your heart, nothing else would do...😭😭😭😭😭.

Watch Your Happy Bird Songs
- Mike Olu. Akinlabi, PhD

I once heard a story about a bird in the tropics of West Africa. One day it told its friends, "I'm flying up north to wherever my course may lead. The bird whinged, "I'm getting too old, I have never had real adventure, or experience something different in my life". Other birds counselled, "don't go to an unknown destination. How are you sure things aren't going to be worse over there?"

Against its friends' advice, it left the known shore for the unknown. Wings a flutter, flying on the south winds, with frequent stops here and there to rest and scavenge for food, days gone by, and many beautiful sights to behold,.....

After ten days on it course, the weather changed: it started to rain and the bird was freezing to death. As it flew, ice form on its wings, its wings got frozen and it couldn't flap its wings anymore. Suddenly it crash-landed into a old barnyard in Norway, shivering and waiting for death..... Since it's not used to snow, being a tropical bird, adaptation was hard and death was imminent.

There in the barnyard was a old cow. The cow walked past and dropped a big plop of "manure" (sh*t) on the dying bird. The bird was furious and disgusted, "what the heck" it screamed. "If I must die, should it be in this terrible state?" While muttering profanity at the old cow, it suddenly realised the ice on its wings had melted and its body was beginning to warm up.

With a shout of excitement, without even removing the cow's plop of "manure", the bird began to shout and jubilate, singing a happy bird song, "I'm gonna live!" "I'm alive"....and it went on and on.

At that moment, a ferocious barnyard cat was passing by and it heard the happy bird songs. The cat moved closer, took off the cow's manure from the bird and ate the bird. Sad, right? There are morals to this story:

1. There's always a challenge in a new environment. Prepare ahead and do your research before heading to a new destination.
2. Not everyone who dropped a plop or a "sh*t" on you is your enemy.
3. Not everyone who took them off is your friend.
4. If someone drops a plop on you, keep your mouth shut, wash it off, and move on.
5. If a plop works for your good or make you warm, keep your mouth shut, because not everyone is happy with your blessings.