Author: GG@dmin_22

This morning I walked into the Food mart of a gas station and noticed a whole section of ‘lite’ stuff in the refrigerator, Bud light, Coors light, Miller Lite…etc (Don’t worry I wasn’t picking any of them, I was filling my coffee cup). Looks like LITE IS IN. We live in a world where anything…

It’s an irony that many of us are often surrounded by crowds, yet are very lonely inside. Peggy Noonan says “The biggest problem in America, the biggest problem in any modern, industrialized society, is loneliness”. Loneliness is a very common problem, almost everyone feels lonely one time or the other. It is important to distinguish…

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” said Ralph Emerson. It’s common for us to hear excuses and reasons why some people cannot achieve much in life. Too many people believe that their life is controlled by the circumstances that surround them. It is…

Is it true that “Some days are better than others”? I do not think a day in itself could be a good one or a bad one, because every day is a new day with lots of opportunities to learn, obstacles to overcome and blessings to enjoy. Some days are not better than the other…

A story is told of a man who invites his friend to go hunting with him and his dog. They stop at a pond and soon spot ducks flying overhead. The man aims, shoots, and down fell a duck. The dog runs across the surface of the pond, finds the bird, secures it in his…

We live in a world that advocates, advertises and glorifies “multi-tasking” (doing several things at the same time). Listening to music or radio while driving, watching TV and eating, business luncheons, browsing the internet while talking to someone on cell phone…etc are all so common in our daily lives. It may be a good thing…

Making a mistake is human; to blame the next guy for the mistake is even more human. Blaming others is an international pastime; most politicians spend more than half of their time and energy blaming others for their situation. Blaming is probably the only game which is universally played all over the planet. Almost everyone…

Did you know that the entire Encyclopedia Britannica was banned in Texas for some time because it contained a formula for making beer at home? Well, while you are still laughing at that law, let me share a few more interesting laws that were passed by some states in the USA, most of these laws…

William Miller a Baptist preacher played a vital role in the Second Great Awakening between 1831 and 1844 in the United States. Based on his study on the prophecy of Daniel and other prophetic portions of the Bible Miller calculated that Jesus would return to the earth sometime between March 1843 and March 1844. When…

“Lose up to two pounds daily without diet or exercise”, lose ten pounds in ten days, lose 20 pounds in ten days, lose 12 inches in one month…etc are very familiar commercials to many of us. By the way these are all taken from real commercials and websites. Hundreds of products like the diet patches,…