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		<title>Determination and Persistence</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:04:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a real life story of engineer John Roebling building the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, USA back in 1870. The bridge was completed in 1883, after 13 years. In 1883, a creative engineer named John Roebling was inspired by an idea to build a spectacular bridge connecting New York with the Long Island. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Remember those who serve</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:03:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the days when an ice cream sundae cost much less, a 10 year-old boy entered a hotel coffee shop and sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in front of him. &#8220;How much is an ice cream sundae?&#8221; he asked. &#8220;50¢,&#8221; replied the waitress. The little boy pulled his hand [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Giving when it counts</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:02:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many years ago, when I worked as a volunteer at a hospital, I got to know a little girl named Liz who was suffering from a rare and serious disease. Her only chance of recovery appeared to be a blood transfusion from her 5-year-old brother, who had miraculously survived the same disease and had developed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help others win</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2008 17:22:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few years ago at the Seattle Special Olympics, nine contestants, all physically or mentally disabled, assembled at the starting line for the 100 yard dash. At the gun, they all started out, not exactly in a dash, but with a relish to run the race to the finish and win. All, that is, except [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Juggle Balls</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 20:34:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the air. You name them &#8211; work, family, health, friends and spirit and you&#8217;re keeping all of these in the air. You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. But the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Never Quits</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 20:15:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Abraham Lincoln never quits. Born into poverty, Lincoln was faced with defeat throughout his life. He lost eight elections, twice failed in business and suffered a nervous breakdown. He could have quit many times &#8211; but he didn&#8217;t and because he didn&#8217;t quit, he became one of the greatest presidents in the United States history. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Live and Work</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:31:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Father was a hardworking man who delivered bread as a living to support his wife and three children. He spent all his evenings after work attending classes, hoping to improve himself so that he could one day find a better paying job. Except for Sundays, Father hardly ate a meal together with his family. He [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Believe in Yourself</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 14:04:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There may be days when you get up in the morning and things aren&#8217;t the way you had hoped they would be. That&#8217;s when you have to tell yourself that things will get better. There are times when people disappoint you and let you down. But those are the times when you must remind yourself [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To Let Go</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 05:52:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To let go does not mean to stop caring, it means I can&#8217;t do it for someone else. To let go is not to cut myself off, it&#8217;s the realization that I can&#8217;t control another. To let go is not to enable, but to allow learning from natural consequences. To let go is to admit [...]]]></description>
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