Forums: Self Improvement

“How do you become okay with yourself?” How would you answer this question? A young woman who is going through a difficult time posed this question to me recently. Before I set my eyes upon Jesus, I could not have answered her. Growing up during the 60s, I never felt I was okay, at least by society’s standards. According to the dictionary, the word okay has the following meanings: all right, satisfactory, acceptable and adequate. Even as an adult, I had a hard time accepting myself, faults and all. Things changed in my late 40s when I began searching for...

The U.S, department of homeland propaganda presents: A lesson on what it really means to be a citizen of the United States. Includes common sense things like: -Pay your taxes and be thankful that the "taxman" lets you keep some of your money. -Responsible people should be buying and spending not saving and investing. Spend it all! -Don't cause trouble by asking embarrassing questions or by not supporting your government.

EATONTON, Ga. -- Authorities say an Augusta businessman killed himself after being chased by police in Putnam County. Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills says a deputy tried to pull Jay Weinberger over early Saturday morning because he was towing a trailer with an expired tag. Sills says Weinberger eventually pulled over but took off when the deputy approached his car. The car left the road after a short distance, where the deputy found Weinberger dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Sills says the trailer was stolen and police later found several other stolen trailers in Weinberger's possession. Excerpt - more...

PANJSHIR, Afghanistan, April 6, 2009 – For more than eight years, the Afghan government has been building the country from the ground up, using millions of dollars in aid from foreign governments and private groups. Army Sgt. Ramon Guzman, member of the Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team, walks past villagers during a site visit in Afghanistan's Panjshir Valley in March 2009. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. James L. Harper Jr.  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. In northern Afghanistan’s Panjshir province, however, progress is not measured merely in dollar signs and projects completed, the members of the Panjshir...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6, 2009 – Coalition forces and members of the U.S. Agency for International Development are continuing their efforts to make Iraq self-sufficient. Amir Abdl al-Jabbar Ismael, left, Iraq’s deputy transportation minister, and Army Col. Todd McCaffrey, commander of the 25th Infantry Division’s 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, sign documents transferring control of Joint Security Station Salmiyat, northwest of Baghdad, to the Transportation Ministry, Feb. 5, 2009. U.S. Army photo by Capt. Cory Angell   (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Northwest of Baghdad yesterday, coalition forces transitioned control of Joint Security Station Salmiyat, an idle rail and...

RENO, Nev. – Democratic candidate Barack Obama began his closing argument for the presidency Saturday by asking voters to look to the future while Republican rival John McCain continued to attack Obama on taxes. Obama, a senator from Illinois, unveiled a two-minute TV ad that asks, "Will our country be better off four years from now?" "At this defining moment in our history, the question is not, 'Are you better off than you were four years ago?'" Obama says in the ad. "We all know the answer to that." Without mentioning McCain, the ad promotes Obama's economic policies while saying...

started at point of origin on Oct.1996

This is a video using the voices of my grandson, granddaughter and myself singing Soulija Boy, also this is an animated video of a rare Colombian Parakeets called, Perija.

PHOENIX - Sen. John McCain is finding out what the Republican presidential nomination is worth this week. Then he plans to buff his foreign policy credentials, remind the nation of his long military history and try to frame the issues for the November election — in three separate tours while his two Democratic opponents continue to struggle for their party's nomination. "Whenever you're the nominee of your party, I think people will want to re-examine the candidate," the senator said before leaving Arizona following a weekend at home. "I'd like to believe that all 300 million Americans know me, but...

A domestic dispute led to a shooting in Tulsa on Tuesday morning. Now, Tulsa police are investigating whether a woman shot her ex-boyfriend in self-defense. Officers were called to the scene near 1500 East 51st Place North around 8 a.m. Police say the woman said her ex-boyfriend had come by Monday night, slashed her tires, and then beat her. Police say when he came back today, she shot him four times with a .22-caliber handgun. The man drove himself to the hospital and is expected to recover. Police say the woman was also taken to the hospital for her injuries.