Life

A friend just told me her doctor’s son died in a tragic accident. He just graduated from Harvard with a Ph.D. and was hiking in South America. He was on malaria pills as it was recommended. They made him dizzy, hence he misstepped and fell off a cliff.

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Saying

“He lost every election, except for the one he won.” – Elliot

That was Elliot’s response when I told him how Abraham Lincoln lose every Senate and Congress election, and yet won the presidency.

You would never know what you could’ve done if you give up.

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Amy is memorizing the Beatitudes, Ten Commandments, Lord’s Prayer, Fruit of the Spirit, and I Corinthinian Chapter 13. She is motivated by a trophy from church for her success.

While helping her, I was struck by how the Beatitudes’ way to live is radically different from what we pursue in life. Who wants to be…

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my day

Things I found interesting yesterday:

The lady at the windows department at Lowe’s can mark anything down that she wants to to clearance and put any price she wants. A man came up to tell her he wanted 8-foot moldings, but they were not in stock. There were only 12-foot in stock. She said she…

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I am taking a XHTML “class” online from www.About.com
I am just learning the tags. It’s very tedious, but it’s a start. I have a mental block when it comes to computers. It seems like a big complex system. Everything is interwine such that if you know only a part of it, you can’t do much unless you keep learning more and more. But I have to start somewhere.

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Summer vacation started. I love having my kids home. Summer school for Elliot and Audrey is only half day. Amy is home with me all day. We have plenty of leisure time together.

Amy and I went to Lowe’s today. It was fun pulling on the blinds on display, opening doors and windows, and pretending…

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