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Welcome to the Blaising View blog, where I share treasures I find to enrich your life now.

How Easter turns your mess into your greatest message

The worst mess in our lives can be reversed into our greatest victory.

Disgraced Civil War general, Lew Wallace, turned a surprise encounter with the leading atheist of the 19th century into a best selling novel and inspired the greatest Easter movie ever.

Transform mess into message
Lew Wallace survived the mess of Shiloh to advance his message in Ben-Hur/Wikipedia
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How Easter turns your mess into your greatest message

Don’t Overthink It! Three Keys to Simplify Your Life

Simplify your life today and skip the ad attacks from hell.

  • Mail
  • Email
  • Texts
  • TV

Instead of being sucked into “you’re not good enough” or “you don’t have enough,” simplify by not overthinking anything.

Start with three common obsessions.

  • Cars
  • Clothes
  • Money
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How Patrick Mahomes overcomes pain to succeed in life

Super Bowl 57 MVP Patrick Mahomes wraps the secret of success in one word.

Abundance.

Most folks see the world through scarcity or abundance.

Patrick sees abundance.

Even in pain.

On paper, the Eagles were superior on both sides of the ball.

They dominated the Chiefs 24-14 in the first half of Super Bowl 57.

But, in the second half, Mahomes played lights-out in pain.

Endurance by Patrick Mahomes
Patrick Mahomes plays through pain in Super Bowl 57/AP

His formula for success revolves around three principles of abundance.

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Cross this bridge and thrive over troubled waters

Bridge Over Troubled Water, the celebrated song by Simon & Garfunkel, is a compass.

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Whatever you’re trying to find, look for . . .

  • loyalty . . . I’m on your side
  • compassion . . . I will comfort you
  • encouragement . . . Sail on silver girl
  • vision . . . All your dreams are on their way
  • companionship . . . I’m sailing right behind

. . . and you will thrive over troubled water.

Untold millions recall the song’s August 1970 release as it inspires hope.

Last Christmas, our family watched the CBS special, Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon.

We found three treasures in what Stevie Wonder calls “one of the most beautiful songs ever written.”

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