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Leroy Jackson, III—Working Hard For Family Sake By : Judith Brown With a desire to feed his family, provide for their needs and live up to the father figure he never had, this husband, father and friend is a shining example to Black entrepreneurs everywhere (NOTE: One need not wear a suit to be a true entrepreneur Thinking Positive Vs Thinking Right By : Nathan Scheer Thinking positive and thinking right are two different things, thinking positive can still get you nowhere although you arrive there being mentally happier and ready to go Positive thinking is not bad it helps us cope with the day’s events in a manner that most people would find relaxing and laid back Hypnosis Script - Coming Back Home By : Nathan Scheer I want you to try something with me, close your eyes and get comfortable relax your face muscles down to your toes, sense the bodies awareness of itself, pull yourself deep into that sense of body awareness feel the here and now, be present to your energy, your heart pumping to your breath and your movement of your chest The Alchemist & The Sandy People By : Nathan Scheer “I was walking so far, so far I walked I felt as if I was crawling across the ashes of a burnt world But it wasn’t that, it was the burning sun glaring down from the sky…” The sky was a bright blue, there was not a cloud in the sky but abruptly a roar came from the east, there had been some strange noises in the desert this day A Split Second Decision With Lifelong Consequences By : N Glover Sometimes it only takes a split second to transform someone’s life A moment’s distraction, a bad decision – and a life is irrevocably changed Talking in the Dark By : Ted Holcomb The other night there was a full moon, the temperature was 55 degrees, and the fire pit was roaring A group of us had just sat down to enjoy this fall tradition, a fireside chat A Tragic Infinity Jewelry Story By : Shelley Thompson Like any other numbskull of a man who has a zero perception of what jewelry is, I never thought that I would be able to find a unique piece of jewelry that would be fitting for the girl I was then courting It took me around a week of searching and I had to be discreet about it The Cat Who Came to Dinner By : Susan Hawkins Until this three-month odyssey, I wasn’t much of a cat fan It’s not that I disliked them Pick of the Litter By : Jenn Landers As John watched from the car, he saw his one and only son being bullied at the bus stop Two larger kids were pointing and laughing; making faces and holding up Coke Bottles in front of their eyes A Walk to Recovery By : Mike Lang A friend of mine, Carla, lost her boyfriend of ten years in a very tragic accident, a very sad ending it was for a love that has stood the test of time A love so true, a love that has not lost its meaning even through the years The Poker Game By : John Patrick Lamont The late night poker game at Felix Hurdsman’s suite was a very prestigious high-stakes affair The potential for substantial losses was great for poor players, and even greater for the better ones Recovering Charles - Chapter 3 Excerpt By : Jason F. Wright Six o’clock am The TV was on again Recovering Charles - Chapter 2 Excerpt By : Jason F. Wright I was fourteen and certainly not the most popular kid in Mrs Ingham’s eighth grade music class THE OTHER LODGERS By : philip loud "In order to take that train," shouted Colonel Levering, sitting in the Waldorf-Astoria hotel, "you will have to remain nearly all night in Atlanta. The Spook House By : philip loud On the side road leading north from Manchester, in eastern Kentucky, to Booneville, twenty miles away, stood, in 1862, a wooden plantation dwelling of a somewhat better excellence than most of the dwellings in that region. A ghost story called AT OLD MAN ECKERT's By : philip loud Philip Eckert lived for several years in an old, weather-stained wood dwelling about three miles from the little town of Marion, in Vermont. There must be quite a number of persons living who remember him, not unkindly, I trust, and know something of the narrative that I am about to declare. Excerpt From Life Is Like A Line, Part One By : Cynthia M. Sabotka I was born September 18, 1953, in Harper Hospital in Detroit My mother reports that I must have been anxious for my arrival because her easy forceps delivery went well, which was a blessing for her, given that she was thirty-five when I arrived Playing Piano: The Core of My Life By : Simon West As I stare down at my very fresh piece of music lit by my lamp, the piano lamp that was given to me by my grandmother, I reflected what I went through with my life years back Back then, when I was young, music and arts have always been my interest In Hot Water By : Matt Crosson I was a 30-year-old journalist, who, like many professional scribes in the current market, found myself out of a job Freelance work in San Diego was keeping me busy, but wasn’t quite paying the bills I Have a Girlfriend Who is Called by Many as “Prostitute” (True Story) By : Aimmy Witakon The story is a true one that had happened to me, I swear I want to let all know and think again that what is real love The Legends of Christmas Flowers By : Trine Madsen Special days like Christmas should be well-adorn by beautiful and fragrant flowers of every kind and color There are a lot of florists who do custom-made flower arrangements for all occasions Classics For Kids on Christmas Holidays By : Melanie Smith Reading should always be an integral part of growing up It should always start in the home and parents should provide them with optimism to continue enhancing their reading and comprehension skills even until they are already grown up Healing Story #6 - Indigo Blue By : Jason Wilson THE CLIMB up the canyon was steep at times; he envisioned the wall of water the Orator had talked about He thought he heard in the distance a deep, deep rumbling Healing Story #8 - Tremon By : Jason Wilson THE YOUNG MAN reached over and rubbed the belly of Buddha as he pushed the door of his father’s cabin open At his desk his father was writing in his journal Healing Stories - #4 Green By : Jason Wilson 4Karü-Green ZIGGY HEARD a small child’s laughter as he approached the next house on the river A small boy was running through the yard, chasing a large blue butterfly that floated just out of his reach Healing Story #5 - Turquoise By : Jason Wilson Chapter 5 Turquoise (Turqos) DOO-DOO-DOO-DOO, DOO-doo-doo-doo, DOO-doo-doo-doo” … it sounded to Ziggy like an old Indian chant as he came down the path Then he saw its origin―beside the river sat an elderly Mapuche man playing something like a Jew’s-harp Healing Story #3 - Yellow By : Jason Wilson 3 Chod-Yellow If you are joining this story for the first time please go to red and work yourself forward it will flow a lot better that way, God Bless you and good luck with discovering your color NOT ONLY WAS the straw of the hut yellow, but the rows of sunflowers and the large patches of herbs planted throughout the front yard all seemed to have yellow flowers Story of Healing #2 - Orange By : Jason Wilson 2 - Keluchod THE SMELL OF JASMINE was heavy as they approached the little cabin It sat on the river’s edge not more than 500 yards from Teddy’s Healing Story - Birth and Death By : Jason Wilson This lesson was not a part of my original earth hearers class but in light of my mothers passing I decided it was appreciate to add to the class I know you will see the lessons I learned in it prepared me for understanding a son and a mothers love just a little deeper Halloween is Coming; Do You Know of a Haunted Place? By : Michael DeVries A friend recently told me about a friend of hers who sent her an instant message that said, “the ghost is back” Not having been aware that her friend had ever had a ghost, my friend inquired further and learned that about six months ago things had started appearing in different places in her home than where she’d left them Be a Clown By : Kurt Hartman My hands clutched the door handle tightly I was angry with my relatives, and frustrated with the fact that my parents weren't taking a stand for her The Story Of Albert Burman (Synopsis): Computer AI Who Found Gold On Saturn! By : Dilip Dahanukar Albert Burman married Jane on his graduation from the NYU in computer science They went on honeymoon to San Jose, where he found a job with a software company Hoody the Computer Feels Pain! By : Dilip Dahanukar Hoody Crimson a computer artificial intelligence emerged on the computer of Tejan Ali Hoody was always curious and searched the meaning of words spoken by Tejan on the search engines on the internet A Glass or Three By : Peter Boxall On one of our first journeys to Boshan, we went with our friends from the glass bottle and Storage jar factory We flew into Qingdao Airport, not the nice new one, the original one very small and quaint where you carried you own luggage from the plane through the single customs gate The Story of Hoody Crimson (Synopsis): The Computer AI Who Loved Food and Drink! By : Dilip Dahanukar Tejan Ali was a salesman in a furniture shop in Atlantic City He had a computer to email his girlfriend The Story of Albert Burman (Synopsis): Computer AI Who Found Gold on Saturn! By : Dilip Dahanukar Albert Burman married Jane on his graduation from the NYU in computer science They went on honeymoon to San Jose, where he found a job with a software company The Mythology of Fairies: An Irish Legend By : John Hill Many years ago in ancient times, as children played on the dew kissed emerald hills of Ireland, a great dark shadow fell upon the earth As the villagers ceased in their daily labors to peer up into the sky their very hearts also ceased to beat in their chests Cufflinks For Gas By : Elizabeth Johnson The style gurus - and the resume and career gurus - have always told us to "dress for success" The plain truth is that we only get one chance to make a good first impression Discovering Gnome Town USA By : Lawrence Ticotin The Paulinskill Trail run was only 2 weeks away and I knew that I needed to get in at least 40 miles a day to stay in shape This event drew hundreds of bicyclists from around the state each year A Character Analysis Of Hawthorne's Young Goodman Brown By : John Schlismann What created Goodman Brown A man so tormented by what even he considered to be a dream that it changed his life in a profound negative way forever The Percherons New Home By : Edna X Wilson Second in size only to Colonial Williamsburg, Old World Wisconsin in Eagle, WI offers a trip into Wisconsin history Built in the tradition of Europe’s outdoor museums, Old World Wisconsin represents the material and cultural history of twelve ethnic groups on ten farmsteads An Analysis of the Birth-Mark by Nathaniel Hawthorne By : John Schlismann As in all of Hawthorne’s writings when one finishes reading his stories you come up with more questions than answers No other writer makes you question like Hawthorne The Strangest Breakfast By : Patricia A. Jones I woke up groaning, drum beating painfully inside my head Tongue thick and dry, body drained - not unusual for a Saturday morning The Christmas Angels And The Sheppard’s By : Joe Will A Story of Angels Visiting the Sheppard’s After Jesus was born in Bethlehem an angel of Christmas appeared to the shepherds telling them of the Christ Childs birth

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