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How to Choose Joy When Your Past Says Shame

Rebekah Charleston was stuck in a life of shame and sex trafficking for ten years.

But, everything changed when she made a new decision.

Shame survivor Rebekah Charleston
Sex trafficking survivor Rebekah Charleston/Las Vegas Review Journal

You can take life in a beautiful direction at any moment.

Just answer three questions.

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How to Choose Joy When Your Past Says Shame

Discover Surprising Wealth in These Shortcuts to Fortune

The greatest lesson I ever learned about wealth was shared by Kurt Vonnegut at a hedge fund manager’s house party.

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The secret to wealth is not what you see in this Hampton’s house party

He was gazing at the lavish digs with his pal Joseph Heller, the author of one of the top 20 novels of all time, Catch-22.

Vonnegut mused over the fact that their host had made more money in a single day than Heller made in a lifetime of royalties from Catch-22.

Heller responded and said . . .

“Yes, but I have something he will never have: Enough.”  JH

Here are three shortcuts for a sure path to wealth.

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Discover Surprising Wealth in These Shortcuts to Fortune

Cancer Survivor Defies Diagnosis in Iron Man Triathlon

Isabella de la Houssaye was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer in 2018.

The disease took a big toll as she struggled to walk after chemo.

Nine months later, she completed the “world’s most difficult sporting event.”

Cancer survivor finishes race
Exceptional willingness to thrive months after cancer diagnosis/The Daily Advertiser

Here are three takeaways for your performance in big scary moments.

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Eye-Opening Buck Super-moon Recalls Three Astonishing Miracles

A Supermoon reminds us of three miracles about everyday life.

If the moon was smaller, bigger, closer or farther, we wouldn’t be alive.

Eye-opening supermoon
Supermoon /Doug Walters/Unsplash

Fire-up your spirit with these Moon miracles.

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Eye-Opening Buck Super-moon Recalls Three Astonishing Miracles

What God Has to Say About Your Great Loss

Loss is really painful in the holidays.

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Our family’s loss shadows the holiday season/Steve Blaising/Lake Athens

I was in a boat launching from shore this past summer when I got the call.

My brother-in-law died unexpectedly at 57 just months before we lost dad.

So, our family gathers this holiday season with two vacant chairs.

How do suffering folks cope in the holidays?

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What God Has to Say About Your Great Loss