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		<title>Don’t Potty Mouth Me!</title>
		<link>http://confidentfaith.com/blog/don%e2%80%99t-potty-mouth-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:38:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bette</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[marketing genius]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OMG]]></category>
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What’s up with the lamebrains who speak in the potty-mouth dialect without giving even a hint of a thought about how others will receive their message? 

Step this through with me:

Unless we’re speaking to ourselves (which is another topic for another day), when we speak or write, at least one other person gets involved by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Problem With Sheep</title>
		<link>http://confidentfaith.com/blog/the-problem-with-sheep-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 07:13:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bette</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[a life of purpose]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[need to be rescued]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[sheep are stupid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[we act like sheep]]></category>

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You want dumb as a brick? You want too dense to get out of their own way? Get yourself some sheep.

Quarry rocks have higher IQs than sheep. In any cavalcade of dumb things, sheep always lead the parade. 

Animal lovers argue about animal intelligence. Pigs, they say, are really intelligent. Horses, too. Dog lovers discuss [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Praising Strong-Willed Children</title>
		<link>http://confidentfaith.com/blog/praising-strong-willed-children/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 07:54:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bette</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BLOG: Meeting Life Head-On]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bette Dowdell]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[confidence]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[exceptional children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[make life happen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[optimism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strong willed  children]]></category>

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Cervantes said, &#8220;Faint heart ne&#8217;er won fair lady.&#8221; As a matter of fact, a faint heart never won much of anything. But put a little determination and will into that heart, and it can shoot the moon.

What you hear, though, is that parents should prefer the faint heart, that is, the passive heart. It’s promoted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When It&#8217;s Raining Lemons</title>
		<link>http://confidentfaith.com/blog/when-its-raining-lemons/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 07:47:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bette</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BLOG: Meeting Life Head-On]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bette Dowdell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dealing with problems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[handle problems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[love.somebody cares]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[overcome]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[problems in life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[struggles]]></category>

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We’ve all heard the old saying that goes, &#8220;When life hands you lemons, make lemonade.&#8221; Now there’s a thought. We surely have to do something with the lemons as they come along.

Sucking on lemons takes the enamel right off your teeth, so we don’t want to do that. Letting them stack up is even worse [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Emotions Need Muscle-Building, Too</title>
		<link>http://confidentfaith.com/blog/emotions-need-muscle-building-too/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 07:26:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bette</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BLOG: Meeting Life Head-On]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://confidentfaith.com/?p=1736</guid>
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It’s a much mourned fact of life that watching exercise videos doesn&#8217;t build muscles. Couch potatoes who can legitimately boast about six-pack abs don’t exist. 

Reading bodybuilding books doesn&#8217;t get the job done, either. Reading can take us on many wondrous journeys of the mind, but it won’t pump up the pecs. 

It takes sweat [...]]]></description>
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		<title>May I Still Say God If I’m Not Swearing?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:52:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bette</dc:creator>
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Nowadays, some people lack interest in the whole “love your neighbor” concept. None of that wussie stuff for them, thank you very much.

Let weaklings do the love stuff. These people want their own way. They want control.

Some control by bullying. Making others cringe with fear cuts down on the possibility the bullied will complain about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Downside of Fitting In</title>
		<link>http://confidentfaith.com/blog/the-downside-of-fitting-in/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bette</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BLOG: Meeting Life Head-On]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bette Dowdell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[God's plan for life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[only one life]]></category>
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Life comes one to a customer. We&#8217;re all in the middle of a one-time event. We get one shot to do it right. When it&#8217;s over, it&#8217;s over. No rehearsals, no retakes.

Why, then, do we so casually give our lives away?

Why do we give our lives away by living according to somebody else&#8217;s plan. 
Perhaps [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Separation of Church and State?</title>
		<link>http://confidentfaith.com/blog/what-separation-of-church-and-state/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bette</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bill of Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chaplains]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congressional Record]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://confidentfaith.com/?p=1644</guid>
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Most discussions opposing the role of Christianity in the United States arise from an abyss of ignorance so deep as to be unfathomable. You can endlessly drop boulders into this chasm of intellectual darkness without ever hearing one hit bottom.  

Speaking with certitude, people insist our Constitution established a separation of church and state. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mamas, Don&#8217;t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Infants</title>
		<link>http://confidentfaith.com/blog/mamas-dont-let-your-babies-grow-up-to-be-infants/</link>
		<comments>http://confidentfaith.com/blog/mamas-dont-let-your-babies-grow-up-to-be-infants/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:04:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bette</dc:creator>
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Babies show the world what selfish looks like. On a whim, they set up a wail loud enough to wake the dead–or at least it sounds that way at 2:00 a.m. No matter that others may be tired or sick or have to go to work. Babies want what they want when they want it. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beware of Job&#8217;s Comforters</title>
		<link>http://confidentfaith.com/blog/beware-of-jobs-comforters/</link>
		<comments>http://confidentfaith.com/blog/beware-of-jobs-comforters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:48:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bette</dc:creator>
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So there you are in the middle of one of life’s train-wrecks–dazed, wounded, wondering what shoe–or bomb–will drop next, and up walks Job’s comforter. 

You may remember Job from the Bible. A rich, powerful man, a great father and good in every way was Job (pronounced like Joe with a “b” on the end). Then, [...]]]></description>
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