My favorite question is how are you? It is the opening to just about any conversation and is always like opening a can of worms. Rarely do you ever get someone who actually honestly tells you how they are doing. More often then not the answer is, 'fine', yet the question is filled with endless possibilities and the natural desire to connect with someone other than ourselves. So,
How are you?
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It may sound incredibly corny, but Don't Worry Be Happy. I would teach everyone that happiness is a choice. You control your perceptions of any given situation and your reaction to it, choose to be happy.
I figured this out a while ago although I do struggle with its practice from time to time, but it has stood me in good stead.
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Absolutely. I believe that God is personally involved in my life. Having been close to death several times I know that God has purpose for my life. I know this beyond a shadow of any doubt.
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3 Days ago. I am lucky enough to live near my parents who still live in the house I grew up in. I go over there regularly because I have a close family. It is a very rare week when I don't see my parents or brother and sister. I am blessed indeed.
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If I had an extra day this week I would spend it with my daughter. We would go swimming and to a museum or show and just have fun.
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My greatest dream is to travel. I want to travel around the world and explore different cultures and ancient ruins. I want to learn the languages. Life as a single parent with a dead beat ex does not allow me to travel more than a couple hundred miles by car once or twice a year. none the less travel is my dream
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My father inspires me intellectually. My sister inspires me with her hospitality. My brother inspires me with is perseverence, My mom with her stability and my daughter with her sense of wonder. So in short, my family.
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If I could live another life I would be Angelina Jolie. The beginning of her life and her families strife may have made her exhibit some painful tendencies, but she has come through them to offer the gift of compassion to the world. I would love to travel as she does offering hope and love to those who so desperately need it. I would also love to have the ability to truly take care of many children including my own. She is talented and persevering and made of stern materials. She is beautiful in the true meaning of the word.
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When I am doing/learning something new with my daughter. Her wonder makes me feel more alive.
When I am pushing myself past my comfort boundaries I get a similar sensation.
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I would like to give up the fear of failing to take care of my daughter. I am always worried about whether I have enough money, time, whatever to take care of her, not only emotionally but physically as well. As a single parent I am the end of the line. Her father can't even truly take care of himself. He has never managed to live by himself with the exception of a few short months, so my biggest fear is that I would die and leave her with him to raise her. He loves her very much, he is just not a day to day responsible kind of guy.
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Exhibiting patience is my greatest challenge. I am always short on time and want everything to go smoothly. It rarely does. I need to be patient with myself and others. It is my greatests struggle.
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Once as a supervisor I had an associate steal my entire 500 (my recently cashed paycheck) out of my purse. It was to be my daughters first x-mas and we were supposed to have my family and inlaws over for dinner and now I had no money. Everyone was pretty sure who took it, but we couldn't prove it and I kind of just decided she must have needed it really badly to have stollen it from her boss. Anyways instead of blowing up I just let it go and prayed. I had 22 associates under neath me. The rest of my associates and some fellow managers took up a collection at the day before x-mas eve gave me a bag of groceries and about $400 that they had collected. They really took care of me and my family that year. I still tear up thinking about it. LOL
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If I lived a thousand years ago I would have been a weaver. First it is something I enjoy and find fascinating, secondly I am fairly creative. I would have loved making th dies out of plants and stones.
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The biggest transition in my life was the leaving my daughters father. There was a lot of pain involved and I had to learn how to stand on my own 2 feet emotionally and financially.
I took my daughter and left him and all my friends and had to move back home. It took me a year to pay off our separation and all of the bills I got stuck with, I let our house be foreclosed on, it was awful. Then I moved into an apartment made new friends. I recently just purchased my own place. It took about 6 years to get everything back on track, but it was worth every miserable moment
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I am most grateful for my daughter. Having her is what made me take a good hard look at myself and ask, "Am I good enough, is this what I want to teach her to be?" When the answer was no I had to change. Because of her a left an emotionally sick relationship and learned what love truly it, so in turn I can teach her that she is worth it. She has also taught me to look at the world from a childs point of you and that alone is priceless.
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I used to think that poverty was the cause of war, but it really isn't poverty it is greed. Even if everyone had everything they needed they would still fight, even if we all had the exact same thing, people would still steal, it is a sad truth of the human condition. For world peace we need less people. I think I would only let a certain number of people live in a geographical area. I would also have a no tolerance policy on violent crimes. You would not go to jail for a couple months for stealing you would be in jail working until you paid off the amount that you stole, plus paid the state for your room and board. Murderers would be put down and rapist would be castrated. As to world peace I can only pray.
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Becomming a mother is the biggest honor you will ever receive. Your child is a gift. There will be hard times, but they will be nothing compared to the joy that having this little person in your life will allow you to experience. Remember to really look at your child at least once a week. Watch them while they sleep and try to memorize the momment, because they grow so quickly that if you don't trully pay attention you will miss most of it. Becomming a mother made me want to be a better person, it is the best thing that ever happened to me.
As a side note I am a single mom and I believe everything I wrote here very strongly.
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Our culture is declining. It is being eaten up by people who run to our country because they cannot handle to problems in their own. It is being swallowed by secularism and political correctness. These are things that our country was made to stand against. By insuring that everyone has their say we are making sure that no one really has a say. We have pushed so far to the left that now it is wrong to disagree with each other. Our country was set up so that people would have the right to disagree with each other and with their government. These rights are quickly being stripped away from us. I believe that if we don't begin to stand for something we will shortly stand for nothing and our culture will disappear just like our backbone is currently doing.
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What I want right now is a relationship with an honest man. I guess I would have to find time to go out to meet said man though right? Well I am going out tonight so wish me luck world.
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Regardless of which religion or belief system you choose to follow they all offer comfort and consolation and a sense of community or belonging and these are valuable necessities for a happy life.
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I think the most noble profession is that of a teacher. Parents, counselors, pastors and teachers all fulfill the most important responsibility in the world, shaping the future. It doesn't pay well, but I believe that teaching is the best way to have the most profound effect on the world. Am I a teacher? No! I couldn't handle more than 6 kids at a time, but I am a mom, so I try to do my part, but my answer would definitely be teaching.
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January 2008 
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