Motivation Quote from Alice Walker
Don’t wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you’ve got to make yourself. - Alice Walker (Author)
Don’t wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you’ve got to make yourself. - Alice Walker (Author)
Christmas is my favorite season. The decorations, the songs, the love, and the giving all add to the warm feeling of spending valuable time with your loved ones. It is a time to appreciate all that God has done in our lives, his grace and loving-kindness. This Christmas, as you give and receive, remember the greatest gift given to humanity: Jesus Christ the Lord.
And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”
Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests.”
When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.”
So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told. (Luke 2:8-20, NIV)
I wish all our readers a Merry Christmas!
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Ladies and gentlemen it is Friday once again! Over the past two weeks I have been busy at work and in the matters of my business. I am a full-time employee and an entrepreneur. Why both? Until I can manage a system where I can derive all my income from my business, I have to keep a day job to pay the bills. Through the day job I get to broaden my experience and learn many new things. Once in a while I get a good, challenging task at work but those are not as easy to come by unless I look for them specifically. As an entrepreneur, every day is filled with challenging tasks, and the excitement level is mostly high.
My passion is my business so in this blog I will talk about it more than I will talk about my day job. For two weeks I have been busy reviewing business documents and restructuring plans. Over the years I authored many documents filled with ideas and strategies. The problem is that they are all over the place in different forms. Some are written, some are drawn, some are typed up under different file formats. The objective has been to bring all this information under one repository and merge the information to form active business plans.
I hope you have a terrific weekend. God bless.
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