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· Critical Thinking

· Pearls of Wisdom: A Smart Dog's Tale

· Thoughts on Happiness

· 101 Super Success Secrets

· Reality Repair

· Reality Repair Rx: Knowing What's Up and What's Not

· Do What Matters Most

· P Point Management

· The Bow-Wow Secrets

· You Can Have Your Cheese & Eat It Too.


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· Young Bobby's Super-sized Success Quest

· Why I Should Be Parolled Now

· Accidental Friends

· We are all Prisoners In The Vicious Circle Tit For Tat Bullying Tag Game

· Doing What Matters Most:: Simplifying Your Overload

· Success by Default

· Finding a Title to Your Book

· Hannah's Christmas Wish

· The Dream


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· The Control Paradox

· Re-writing Your Story: Reversing Priority Inversions.

· When Will AI Learn EI?

· The Psychology of Resilience

· Twelve Illusions of Reality That Impede Self-actualization

· Spiritual Development

· Team Intelligence (TI)

· On Becoming a Great Counselor

· Barriers to Prosecuting Human Trafficking Cases

· Three Good Reasons for Not Trying to Argue Perspectives


Poetry
· The Tao of Love

· Conflicts, Choices & Consequences

· Resilience

· Which One?

· Which One?

· Who am I, Who are We?

· Becoming Who You Are

· My Life

· Control

· Heroes, Villains, Bystanders & Victims

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Three Great Gifts

by William S Cottringer — Read all 146 poems by William S Cottringer

God gave us three great gifts: Life, love and Free-will. The main challenge is to make the right choices in how we use these gifts in our life.

Sunday, December 31, 2006

THREE GREAT GIFTS

We all want the same thing:
A sense of joy and peace.
God gave us three great gifts
To receive this joy and peace:
Life, love and free-will.
All the problems in life
Come about by not knowing
What we really want,
Or what God wants from us;
From there we just get confused.
In the end we finally understand;
These wants are really the same:
To receive joy and peace
By wise use
Of our three great gifts:
Life, love and free will;
Enjoying life,
Loving freely,
And making good choices.
There are no rules,
Only lessons;
And the main lesson
Is to grow
In compassion,
Forgiveness,
And reconciliation;
Of what we want
And what God wants.
We can’t do this
Through our minds,
Only our hearts.
The Prosperity Zone



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Reviewed on April 28, 2007
Ahhhh... With him! WE can do and have EVERYThING!

WArmly, WArrior Lady Sheeeoox

Reviewed by Kimmy Van Kooten
Reviewed on December 31, 2006
It's so amazing how easy life really is?
Your words are wise and so well written...A nice flow, with a fabulous offering, through Him, with Him!
Amen to your thoughts~William
Love and Peace~
Kimmy~

Reviewed by Joyce Bowling
Reviewed on December 31, 2006
A beautiful write my friend, for if we live for Him we shall reap all three wonderful gifts.
Blessings,
Joyce Bowling

Reviewed by Tinka Boukes
Reviewed on December 31, 2006
A beautiful meaningful offering!!

Happy New Year to you and yours!!

love Tinka


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