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How can you take it, when the people that say they are close. That say they care about you lie to you and be deceitful? Route; Know that you are worth more than how they treat you. Know that with these characters, their face and identity may change. But they still fall into a default card. From the major arcana deck. Affirmation; Grieve and move on
Snow Liber Dionysus
If an inmate swears at a guard, fights, or hides contraband like cigarettes or candy [Sheriff Arpaio has banned coffee, cigarettes, hot lunches, girlie mags & TV], she's kicked out of the tents and sent to lockdown--a tiny cell 10x12 feet that houses 4 women, instead of the 2 it was built for. There's no tv, no phone, & no a/c. Even though most of these women have drug problems, programs like NA or AA are considered 'privileges' forbidden to those locked down. The only way to get out of lockdown is to volunteer for the chain gang--the first & only female chain gang in the United States (as of Aug 1997). Volunteers sign a paper that says they know & accept the conditions on the chain--cleaning Phoenix streets, painting the center strip of miles of highway, & burying AZ's indigent. The accusation of 'cruel & unusual punishment' is quashed by the argument that the chain gang is purely voluntary. After all, if you prefer, you can spend the whole year in lockdown.
Jane Evelyn Atwood (Too Much Time: Women in Prison)
But only if you swear not to tell them.” David nodded. “But my mom doesn’t let me swear. She said let my yes be yes and my no
A.C. Kret (12 Matchsticks)
Faith is like a muscle. If you didn’t use it, you lose it.
A.C. Kret (12 Matchsticks)
To me, that’s what’s important at Christmas. People. Family. Friends.
A.C. Kret (12 Matchsticks)
The prayers he’d prayed after the match stories. They came true.
A.C. Kret (12 Matchsticks)
David thought about it. There were many things that happened that seemed bad. But his mom said God only did the good stuff… even if it seemed bad at the time—in the end, it’s good. Like the yucky medicine that tastes bad, but in the end makes you better. He finally looked at Trevor and nodded. “I do believe God is good and true.
A.C. Kret (12 Matchsticks)
Keep a clear conscience. Contentment is the manna that is laid up in the ark of a good conscience: O take heed of indulging any sin! it is as natural for guilt to breed disquiet, as for putrid matter to breed vermin. Sin lies as Jonah in the ship, it raiseth a tempest. If dust or motes be gotten into the eye, they make the eye water, and cause a soreness in it; if the eye be clear, then it is free from that soreness; if sin be gotten into the conscience, which is as the eye of the soul, then grief and disquiet breed there; but keep the eye of conscience clear, and all is well. What Solomon saith of a good stomach, I may say of a good conscience, "to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet:"Pr. 27. 7 so to a good conscience every bitter thing is sweet; it can pick contentment out of the cross. A good conscience turns the waters of Marah into wine. Would you have a quiet heart? Get a smiling conscience. I wonder not to hear Paul say he was in every state content, when he could make that triumph, "I have lived in all good conscience to this day." When once a man's reckonings are clear, it must needs let in abundance of contentment into the heart. Good conscience can suck contentment out of the bitterest drug, under slanders; "our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience."2 Cor. 1. 12 In case of imprisonment, Paul had his prison songs, and could play the sweet lessons of contentment, when his feet were in the stocks.Ac. 16. 25 Augustine calls it "the paradise of a good conscience;" and if it be so, then in prison we may be in paradise. When the times are troublesome, a good conscience makes a calm. If conscience be clear, what though the days be cloudy? is it not a contentment to have a friend always by to speak a good word for us? Such a friend is conscience. A good conscience, as David's harp, drives away the evil spirit of discontent. When thoughts begin to arise, and the heart is disquieted, conscience saith to a man, as the king did to Nehemiah, "why is thy countenance sad?" so saith conscience, hast not thou the seed of God in thee? art not thou an heir of the promise? hast not thou a treasure that thou canst never be plundered of? why is thy countenance sad? O keep conscience clear, and you shall never want contentment! For a man to keep the pipes of his body, the veins and arteries, free from colds and obstructions, is the best way to maintain health: so, to keep conscience clear, and to preserve it from the obstructions of guilt, is the best way to maintain contentment. First, conscience is pure, and then peaceable.
Thomas Watson (The Art of Divine Contentment)
Llego, pues, a la conclusión de que un príncipe, cuando es apreciado por el pueblo, debe cuidarse muy poco de las conspiraciones; pero que debe temer todo y a todos cuando lo tienen por enemigo y es aborrecido por él. Los Estados bien organizados y los príncipes sabios siempre han procurado no exasperar a los nobles y, a la vez, tener satisfecho y contento al pueblo. Es este uno de los puntos a que más debe atender un príncipe. (p. 33) Sólo quien sea capaz de cortar, como suele decirse, un cabello en el aire, podrá hallar alguna diferencia entre “excusa” y “justificación”. (p. 50) Sucede lo que los médicos dicen del tísico: que al principio su mal es difícil de conocer, pero fácil de curar, mientras que, con el transcurso del tiempo, al no haber sido conocido ni atajado, se vuelve fácil de conocer, pero difícil de curar. (p. 4) Como quiera que haya sido, lo cierto es que nadie probablemente ha sido, tanto como Maquiavelo, signo de contradicción. Nadie ha tenido tan varia y tempestuosa fortuna, como suelen decir los italianos; y vale recordar algunas por lo menos de sus más sonadas peripecias. (p. 11) Maquiavelo puede pasar casi como un santo. Que una u otra vez sacrificó en los altares de Afrodita (de la Pandemia siempre, porque fue varón a carta cabal), parece ser lo más probable pero fueron pasiones o pasioncillas que no alteraron la paz de su hogar, ni sobrepusieron en modo alguno (la carta a Vettori lo está diciendo) a su labor intelectual. (p. 25) … y si no perseveró más en el género dramático -un entretenimiento para él, en fin de cuentas- fue por la simple razón de que lo que ante todo le absorbía era el homo politicus, o como él decía, el ragionar dello stato, y en esto hubo de consumirse lo mejor de su energía espiritual. (p. 11) En la concepción de Maquiavelo, el Príncipe es el Estado… En cuanto al pueblo, es algo que no ha podido definirse jamás. Como entidad política, es una entidad puramente abstracta. No se sabe exactamente ni dónde comienza ni dónde acaba. El adjetivo de soberano aplicado al pueblo es una farsa trágica… Al pueblo no le queda ni un monosílabo para afirmar y obedecer. (p. 15) En los Discursos sobre Tito Livio abundan declaraciones semejantes. “Hay que partir del presupuesto de que los hombres son todos perversos (tutti gli uomini rei), y que siempre que se les presente ocasión, harán uso de la malignidad de su ánimo… Los hombres no obran jamás el bien, a no ser por necesidad”. (p. 32) La libertad, por tanto, es para Maquiavelo el supremo bien a cuya consecución debe ordenarse la comunidad política, y por esta consideración censura severamente a Julio César, por haber sido el exterminador de las libertades públicas y, en suma, de la República romana. (p. 28) Ha de notarse, pues, que a los hombres hay que conquistarlos o eliminarlos, porque si se vengan de las ofensas leves, de las graves no pueden; así que la ofensa que se haga al hombre debe ser tal, que le resulte imposible vengarse. (p. 3) … no sin haberle colgado previamente una inscripción según la cual Maquiavelo habría sido un hombre astuto y pérfido, coadjutor de los demonios e incomparable artífice de maquinaciones diabólicas: “Homo vafer ac subdolus, diabolicarum cogitationum faber optimus, cacodaemonis auxiliator”. (p. 12) Quien confía en el pueblo edifica sobre arena. (se me olvidó colocar la página) Y Traiano Boccalini, por su parte, decía lo siguiente: “No vemos por qué ha de condenarse la lectura de Maquiavelo, cuando se recomienda la lectura de la Historia”. (p. 38) … en esto acabó por convertirse, según dice Macaulay, el odiado político florentino. (p. 13)
Niccolò Machiavelli (El Principe)
Because Matthew wrote in Greek, which dominated in Syria’s urban centers, rather than Aramaic, which dominated in rural areas, Matthew’s core audience might have been located in an urban setting. Many scholars thus suggest that Matthew writes especially for Antioch in Syria. Antioch had a large Jewish community, one of the few Jewish communities not devastated by the Judean war; it also was an early Christian center of mission to Gentiles (Ac 11:20; 13:1–3; Gal 2:11–12).
Anonymous (NIV, Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible: Bringing to Life the Ancient World of Scripture)
Out of luck Even this bold idea failed to work. At first the batteries were too heavy for the trio to carry. Then when they brought the radio from the crash site to the tail, they found that the electrical systems were incompatible: the plane used AC, the batteries supplied DC. Sewing for survival It was now apparent that the only way out was to climb over the mountains to the west. They also realized that unless they found a way to survive the freezing nights, they would die attempting the journey. So the survivors came up with an ingenious solution. They tore out large sections of fabric from clothing, gathered padding from the plane’s upholstery and got to work with a needle and thread from an emergency pack. Eventually they created a passable sleeping bag. It would fit three men inside, but would carry the lives of all sixteen of the remaining survivors. Hiking with hope On 12 December 1972, Parrado, Canessa and Vizintín set out to climb the mountain to the west. It was two months since the crash. As they climbed over the first peak their bodies struggled in the thinning oxygen. It was savagely cold at night, but the homemade sleeping bag kept them alive. After three days of trekking they met with a major disappointment. Cresting the shoulder of the mountain they expected to see the green countryside of Chile. Instead there was a sea of snow-bound peaks stretching out to the horizon. They were deeper in the mountains than they thought. They had tens of kilometres of high altitude hiking still to go. After the initial rush of despair the men again found hope, and through that, a positive plan of action. They had further to go, so they must be stricter with their
Collins Maps (Extreme Survivors: 60 of the World’s Most Extreme Survival Stories)
And the third very stupid thing is Mr. Druff’s store phone. Are we in the stone-age? Who still has a rotary phone? Ohhhh, I am on a roll,
A.C. Kret (12 Matchsticks)
And just because presents were big didn’t mean they were good. It could be a trashcan or… a broom, like his mom got once from the neighbor. To David, that was like getting a hundred vocabulary words to write.
A.C. Kret (12 Matchsticks)
These matches… they wouldn’t be… the story telling kind of matches, would they?
A.C. Kret (12 Matchsticks)
A Motown Christmas CD began
A.C. Arthur (Wrapped In A Donovan (The Donovans #12))
When Mr. Trevor came out of the bathroom, Sarah gasped, “Look mom, he looks like a real man!
A.C. Kret (12 Matchsticks)
Have a seat,” David said, trying to help her out a little. “Mom’s head is in the cookie clouds I think.
A.C. Kret (12 Matchsticks)
He’d probably get a bag of cow jewels, as Mr. Druff called them. Which was ground up cow innards stuffed into its own stomach skin until it looked like innocent links of sausage. It was pure evil if you asked David.
A.C. Kret (12 Matchsticks)
come. But then he remembered the hope part. Faith, his mom also called it. Believing in something good even when it was nowhere around to be seen.
A.C. Kret (12 Matchsticks)
The angel laughed and stretched his staff out, touching the paper star at the top of the Christmas tree. "As long as you have the star of David in your heart...
A.C. Kret (12 Matchsticks)
Anything could happen to change the destiny of a man. Whether it be something that raises him up to royal heights or lowers him to the slums of the forgotten street.
A.C. Kret (12 Matchsticks)
Just kick him in the shin,” David said, opening the curtain that served as a wall for his part of the bedroom. “I can’t do that! He’ll cut me up into pieces and wrap me in paper and sell me for Christmas.
A.C. Kret (12 Matchsticks)
The comforter on this bed was a dark burgundy and Jenise’s lighter toned skin was enticing against it.
A.C. Arthur (Wrapped In A Donovan (The Donovans #12))
David ran off before he could tell the man what was on his mind. “If you paid the least attention, you’d know we don’t own a television much less a video game, Mr. Poo- Poo-Brown-Pants Scrooge.
A.C. Kret (12 Matchsticks)
Son!” he went on in a shrill voice. “Do you realize what you have there?” No, David didn’t and he wanted very much to know. Were they like the beans in Jack and the Bean Stalk or what? “Those—are Christmas matches!
A.C. Kret (12 Matchsticks)
His body knew he was in a place that meant home.
A.C. Kret (12 Matchsticks)
Every year they made something to add to the collection. So far they had popcorn garland, meat paper chains, and snowflakes.
A.C. Kret (12 Matchsticks)
In what ways can people experience God today? (4:8–10) In some respects, experiencing God is like experiencing air. We rarely think about air, yet our lives are fully dependent on its unseen presence. It’s the same with God: although we may ignore God (Isa 1:2–4; 17:10), deny his existence (Ps 14:1) or even be ignorant of who he is (Ac 17:22–23, 30), we remain as connected to God as a fish is connected to the water in which it thrives. However, people certainly do experience God on many different occasions and in many different ways: seeing the power of creation (Ps 29:1–11); experiencing the warmth of a caring community (Gal 6:2); being the recipient of specific acts of kindness (Eph 4:32); hearing the testimonies of others (Mt 5:13–16); observing God’s work in the lives of others (1Th 1:2–10); having dreams or visions (Da 7:1–8:27); reading the words of Scripture (Ps 119:1–176); observing miracles or mighty wonders (Jn 12:20–33); or having direct interaction with the divine presence of God (Ex 33:1–23). Some of these are fairly common experiences, while others happen only occasionally or under special circumstances.
Anonymous (Quest Study Bible: NIV)
Maybe it was a little childish to be that happy about getting one present, but David didn’t have best friends or even a close friend and so, little things meant a lot. His mom said he was easy to please. Maybe he got that talent from being poor. But
A.C. Kret (12 Matchsticks)
David really didn’t know the boy who’d pulled his name this year. Jerry Reed. He was one of the quiet ones. David tried his best to warm up to him, but it was like trying to be friends with a rock.
A.C. Kret (12 Matchsticks)
And he especially never told anybody that he didn’t have a dad. He never lied about it, but David found many clever ways to avoid answering that question when it was brought up. 
A.C. Kret (12 Matchsticks)
So did you have a good day?” Mr. Druff asked the question with anger, like he was not happy to. David never understood that about him. He often did nice things, but you could tell he wasn’t happy about doing it. Like he’d made some deal with God to be nice at least once a day, even if it killed him. It certainly seemed to cause him pain and annoyance. “Yes
A.C. Kret (12 Matchsticks)
With the average tenure of sales directors being three years, it’s not too great a stretch to conclude that they spend their first 12 months finding out what’s broken, the next 12 months papering over the cracks, and the final 12 months shopping their CV for a new job.
Nicholas A.C. Read (Selling to the C-Suite: What Every Executive Wants You to Know About Successfully Selling to the Top)
16:7Cumque invenisset eam angelus Domini juxta fontem aquae in solitudine qui est in via Sur in deserto 16:8dixit ad illam : Agar ancilla Sarai unde venis et quo vadis Quae respondit : A facie Sarai dominae meae ego fugio. 16:9Dixitque ei angelus Domini : Revertere ad dominam tuam et humiliare sub manu illius. 16:10Et rursum : Multiplicans inquit multiplicabo semen tuum et non numerabitur prae multitudine. 16:11Ac deinceps : Ecce ait concepisti et paries filium : vocabisque nomen ejus Ismael eo quod audierit Dominus afflictionem tuam. 16:12Hic erit ferus homo : manus ejus contra omnes et manus omnium contra eum : et e regione universorum fratrum suorum figet tabernacula. 16:13Vocavit autem nomen Domini qui loquebatur ad eam : Tu Deus qui vidisti me. Dixit enim : Profecto hic vidi posteriora videntis me. 16:14Propterea appellavit puteum illum Puteum viventis et videntis me. Ipse est inter Cades et Barad. 16:15Peperitque Agar Abrae filium : qui vocavit nomen ejus Ismael. 16:16Octoginta et sex annorum erat Abram quando peperit ei Agar Ismaelem.
J.F. O'Neill (The Clementine Vulgate)
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David McCullough (Truman)
By the end of the day, David’s mood had brightened. He didn’t like the yucky things inside him while joy waited to play and have fun with him. He decided to put the funky stuff in the back of his mind and think only of the good things. And
A.C. Kret (12 Matchsticks)
And the seventh stupid thing? Is an amazing, huge hearted young man named David, allowing any one thing to stand in his way of being happy, especially when happiness isn’t in what you get or where you go, but who you’re with and who you are.” Trevor touched David’s chest softly just as his tears spilled over, right onto his hand. “I
A.C. Kret (12 Matchsticks)
And the eighth stupid thing,” Trevor whispered, stroking David’s back, “was not realizing you needed this hug a lot sooner. My bad, little man.” “I
A.C. Kret (12 Matchsticks)
Our business is to take whatever comes our way in life and do the best we can with it. And God will see to it that we are duly rewarded.
A.C. Kret (12 Matchsticks)