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A War Fitness Conference Some Time Ago Declared That The Highest Form Of Recreation Is To Go To Church. The Word Recreation Should Be Written Re-creation. More Real Rest Can Be Gained From An Hour And A Quarter Of Worship Under These Circumstances Than By Eighteen Holes Of Golf.

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A War Fitness Conference

Norman Vincent Peale

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A War Fitness Conference Some Time Ago Declared That The Highest Form Of Recreation Is To Go To Church. The Word Recreation Should Be Written Re-creation. More Real Rest Can Be Gained From An Hour And A Quarter Of Worship Under These Circumstances Than By Eighteen Holes Of Golf.

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. . . A Basic Law: The More You Practice The Art Of Thankfulness, The More You Have To Be Thankful For. This, Of Course, Is A Fact. Thankfulness Does Tend To Reproduce In Kind. The Attitude Of Gratitude Revitalizes The Entire Mental Process By Activating All Other Attitudes, Thus Stimulating Creativity.

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Forget The Mistakes Of The Past And Press On To The Greater Achievements Of The Future. Give Everyone A Smile. Spend So Much Time Improving Yourself That You Have No Time Left To Criticize Others. Be Too Big For Worry And Too Noble For Anger.

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Faced With The Election Of A Catholic, Our Culture Is At Stake.

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When You Discover The Wonder Of Giving, You Will Wonder How You Could Have Lived So Long In Any Other Way.

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Resentment Or Grudges Do No Harm To The Person Against Whom You Hold These Feelings But Every Day And Every Night Of Your Life, They Are Eating At You.

Do Not Exclusively Say Your Prayers In The Form Of Asking God For Something. The Prayer Of Thanksgiving Is Much More Powerful.

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