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The Faith of a Child

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IdgieSharon’s Wonderful Idgie [1997-2010]

Here’s something different for you today.  My wonderful partner in Soulful Equine, Sharon Tousley, wanted to share this beautiful true story about faith during this holiday season.  To your enjoyment, and happy holidays, Stephanie.

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Are you familiar with that feeling of doubt – that feeling many of us have had when it comes to stepping outside the norm and learning not to care what other people think?

Some of us experience it more often than others, but I’d be willing to bet that all of us have felt it at least once in our lives. It’s such a different feeling from the feeling we get when we have confidence in ourselves or in our beliefs.

Isn’t it fantastic when you feel good about your convictions on a subject … when you know without a doubt that you’re right?
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The Fast Track to Getting Hurt With Horses

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warning sign
How do you define the word “luck”?

Luck defined by successful people is when preparation meets opportunity.  This is my favorite definition of that word.

Others may think of luck as a self-fulfilling prophecy, and I believe this has some truth to it.  For example, those who tend to have a more optimistic outlook, usually have much better life experiences.

Those are also the individuals who will seek out something good in a seemingly bad situation.

Then there are those who make it a habit to complain and to blame anything else instead of redirecting that energy and looking at themselves.

You can create your own luck to some degree. [Read more…]

When the Experts Fail Us

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Hippocrates
Many of us have been in a situation where we’ve relied on an “expert” for advice.  Maybe it was with your own health or the health of a loved one.

What type of outcome did you have?  Was it a success or a failure?  Nowadays when it comes to health care, it seems that people have been conditioned to believe that an improvement in symptoms should be considered a success.
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An Agnostic’s “Guide” to Believing

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Believing
“Santa Claus does too exist.”

“Does not!”

“Does too!”

Not too long ago I wrote about my overwhelming faith as a child that Santa Claus really did exist.  Back then, my belief was so strong that I never once questioned it, and I was ready to defend it by causing bodily harm to anyone who tried to tell me otherwise.

What a great feeling that is… having no doubt, no disbelief.  Knowing completely that it’s true.  Ahhhhh…  the comfort and feeling of peace.

That was my faith as a child.

Faith as an adult doesn’t always come quite so easily.  Not everything is black and white.
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Brown Recluses, Nudity and Guardian Angels (G-Rated)

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brown recluse with quarter
Few things strike fear into the hearts of people quite like spiders do.  The brown recluse, in particular, brings about visions of swelling flesh, open wounds and gangrene.

The brown recluse (also known as the Violin Spider and the Fiddleback Spider) is found only in North America.  North Americans are very fortunate in that there are only two native spiders that are considered extremely poisonous.  In addition to the brown recluse there is her distant cousin, the black widow.

The Brown Recluse Spider – A Nasty Little Creature

The brown recluse’s venom is different from that of the black widow in that it doesn’t affect the nervous system.  Instead, it is a necrotic toxin that acts directly on the skin and muscles to kill the tissues immediately surrounding the bite.  In addition to the dead tissue healing slowly, if at all, severe cases can result in toxic shock and kidney failure.  If you’ve ever seen pictures of human arms and legs that have been bitten, you completely understand how nasty this tiny creature can be.
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