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Sometimes we have to inspire and encourage ourselves, through our personal narrative. And we start with what we know.
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Deborah L. Parker (For People of Strength, Soul, and Spirit: Seven Guidelines for Life & Career Success)
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Do you have a dream? Take it forward with the power to decide and deliver!
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Deborah L. Parker (For People of Strength, Soul, and Spirit: Seven Guidelines for Life & Career Success)
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I think we live two lives—the life we learn with and the life we live with after that.”
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Deborah Smith Parker (Humanus Astrologicus)
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Deborah Mercier couldn’t have looked more like a WASP if her coat had been striped with yellow and her eyes had been on the sides of her head. She
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John Connolly (The Killing Kind (Charlie Parker, #3))
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Let faith and hope be the cornerstones for all of your tomorrows.
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Deborah L. Parker
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I had to learn what my grandfather and mother knew about some of this journey’s problems. My job was to sit back and let the Lord work it out according to His will. That’s the best way —always!
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Deborah L. Parker (Navigating Life's Roadways: Stories of Insight from My Odyssey and Inspiration for Your Journey)
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It’s destiny; the stars have aligned perfectly to bring us together as friends. You cannot argue with what’s meant to be, once the stars have spoken, it is absolute,” he uttered, all smug and knowing.
Shocked that he used the word destiny, I cocked my head and shot him a look—for the first time actually seeing Parker. He was pretty…too pretty to be a guy; streaky blond hair—as if each streak had been strategically placed—dark eyes, pale skin, and a charming smile that dimpled in one cheek.
“Destiny has already found me, with a clearly marked path for my future,” I retorted.
“Then you are doubly fortunate, to have it find you twice.” Parker smiled again, his eyes eerily piercing into mine.
Parker and Danielle
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Deborah Ann
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A conquering force sustained the old folks and now centers us. Forming a collective of comeback saints, let us rally behind them and move forward. We’re called to a new awakening and application of what we’ve learned from those who’ve “looked over Jordan.
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Deborah L. Parker (For People of Strength, Soul, and Spirit: Seven Guidelines for Life & Career Success)
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Leadership is life-oriented in scope and transferable from one environment to another. Mainly, the goal for any leader should be to move past obstacles – to claim a triumph. Being in tune with the landscape of people, processes, and priorities can guarantee such an accomplishment. From this experience, a personal victory narrative can take shape, one that becomes solid and surefire.
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Deborah L. Parker (Hardcore Leadership: 11 Master Lessons from My Airborne Ranger Uncle's "Final Jump")
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It’s destiny; the stars have aligned perfectly to bring us together as friends. You cannot argue with what’s meant to be, once the stars have spoken, it is absolute,” he uttered, all smug and knowing.
Shocked that he used the word destiny, I cocked my head and shot him a look—for the first time actually seeing Parker. He was pretty…too pretty to be a guy; streaky blond hair—as if each streak had been strategically placed—dark eyes, pale skin, and a charming smile that dimpled in one cheek.
“Destiny has already found me, with a clearly marked path for my future,” I retorted.
“Then you are doubly fortunate, to have it find you twice.” Parker smiled again, his eyes eerily piercing into mine.
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Deborah Ann
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It’s destiny; the stars have aligned perfectly to bring us together as friends. You cannot argue with what’s meant to be, once the stars have spoken, it is absolute,” he uttered, all smug and knowing.
Shocked that he used the word destiny, I cocked my head and shot him a look—for the first time actually seeing Parker. He was pretty…too pretty to be a guy; streaky blond hair—as if each streak had been strategically placed—dark eyes, pale skin, and a charming smile that dimpled in one cheek.
“Destiny has already found me, with a clearly marked path for my future,” I retorted.
“Then you are doubly fortunate, to have it find you twice.” Parker smiled again, his eyes eerily piercing into mine.
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Deborah Ann
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Happy 3rd anniversary Navigating Life's Roadways!
This book is a charge and blessing from above.
Writing it has been on my radar for a while.
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Deborah L. Parker (Navigating Life's Roadways: Stories of Insight from My Odyssey and Inspiration for Your Journey)
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God has given us all our unique story. It's not one that flows easily or pretty, but the story is ours! Find it and treasure it...
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Deborah L. Parker (Navigating Life's Roadways: Stories of Insight from My Odyssey and Inspiration for Your Journey)
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Our stories are timeless and tested. They are about us, a people of tremendous strength.Our songs are full of love and life— and the ups and downs of both. They are soulful with the rhythms of a heart that is in sync with nature and wonderment. Our struggles are real and rugged. They beckon our memory to the highest callings of the spirit, to help us rejoice and to overcome.
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Deborah L. Parker (For People of Strength, Soul, and Spirit: Seven Guidelines for Life & Career Success)
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Somebody needs to be in charge! They may not always like what you’re doing,
but press on!
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Deborah L. Parker (Hardcore Leadership: 11 Master Lessons from My Airborne Ranger Uncle's "Final Jump")
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In this shifting landscape, we may tend to forget “what the old folks say.” Most of us probably now realize that our ancestors did indeed have it right! Their common-sense ways allowed them to get through the worst of conditions throughout history and still we thrive from their bold undertakings.
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Deborah L. Parker (For People of Strength, Soul, and Spirit: Seven Guidelines for Life & Career Success)
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Right ain't changed in all these years. From my maternal grandmother, Pearl C. Parker
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Deborah L. Parker (Tools to Cultivate the Promised Land: Working Wisdom From My Grandparents' Garden)
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Somebody needs to be in charge! They may not always like what you’re doing,
but press on!” My late uncle, CSM, US Army (Ret) Harris L. Parker, Airborne Ranger, aka Hardcore
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Deborah L. Parker (Hardcore Leadership: 11 Master Lessons from My Airborne Ranger Uncle's "Final Jump")
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Plus I have no doubt that their garden is also where my grandparents dreamed—for a better life of equality for their grandchildren and future generations. As people rooted in their faith, they probably did a lot of praying here as well, that God would deliver us all to prosperity and peace beyond this plot of land.
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Deborah L. Parker (Tools to Cultivate the Promised Land: Working Wisdom From My Grandparents' Garden)
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One’s own history can be the greatest educator
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Deborah L. Parker (Navigating Life's Roadways: Stories of Insight from My Odyssey and Inspiration for Your Journey)