Selina is in lust with Matt, the good-looking young man that her stepmother Miranda wasted no time in replacing her father shortly with after his premature death. When Miranda has to visit the US for three weeks, Selina hatches a plot to seduce Matt.
Words of wisdom from an experienced father to a youthful son... As his father smiles, he turns to Josiah to say, "Son, the heart is very tricky. A marriage that lasts the test of time needs to start out with a substance that is based on so much more than feelings. Just remember these words: Marriage to the right person takes on a form that is as natural as breathing. In time, you will enjoy inhaling and exhaling it as it encompasses your entire life."
Two people had waited a lifetime to meet in their sunset years for what seemed like an act of providence, instead of a chance encounter. However, it took courage to repeat a 2nd time the vow, "I take thee to be my wedded spouse." In doing so, however, they accepted that the brevity of life that was once experienced thru the loss of a prior spouse, could and would happen a 2nd time. As life would have it, once again a partner was lost thru the twinge of death. Yet, this time around, they learned how to love and gently let go. Upon the burial, however, the surviving spouse felt a warmth from relishing the good years they had together. As they lay a flower on the grave of their deceased loved one, the living spouse contemplated what could have been lost between the two of them had they not taken the step towards remarriage. Leaning in over the grave, you could hear the faint words being spoken, "I could live a lifetime off of the memory of you."
Don't waste your retirement years, because your new life is waiting to be lived. Instead, get out there and work your dreams; they are just a step away from becoming your reality. Do the things you would have done had you been wise enough to appreciate them in your youth. Take that vacation. Go back to college. Start a business. Make meaningful friendships. Pursue a hobby. Have sincere talks with your children. Write the story of your life. Now (more than ever) is the time to try the curious and satisfy the urge. Don't go thru the rest of your life wandering how something tastes. Instead, eat it and move on. Time is of the essence, so be the new you by beginning something... today
What you have learned from older family members are lessons of life. In the coming years, you will often be reminded of what they said, did or taught you as their quieted voices gently speak thru far away memories and say: "Remember what I taught you. I may not be there to touch the lives of generations to come after you, but carry my spirit to them and matter to someone else. Then, touch their lives with your own lessons to carry your spirit into the future, as well."
A professional in any field can trace his roots back to the formative years of hard work. It was the early time in his career when the foundation was being laid on which future success would rest upon its shoulders. It was in the early years of my career that I worked as a stenographer. When I was in school learning the skill, my instructor taught us that typing and transcription might someday be the bread and butter from which we could fall back on to earn a living. Although it took years to perfect that ability, her prophecy proved true. What started out as a talent for an entry level position, opened doors that eventually blossomed into a full-blown career; a career which led to me being a professional in my field of work. Begin now to elevate whatever your hands have found to do. Then, practice to perfect it into what some are referred to whenever you hear the phrase uttered, "I'm a Professional".
Are you wondering what is the right thing to do? Well, each decision that you make builds upon a platform of honesty. Even upon stumbling, we can correct ourselves by making sound choices. Some might be made from lessons we learned while growing up at home. Others are made based upon encounters we have with everyday life. When a scenario arises where we are faced with a moment of decision, the practice of honesty leads to a stronger character that helps us to figure out what is that right thing. However, it all starts with being honest with yourself.
So, you are quite young and asking why be so cautious with making day to day decisions. After all, isn't it the norm to ignore old fashioned advice? However, is good advice ever outdated? Think back. What was said could have been something useful, but THE PERSON giving you guidance seemed so out of touch with modern thinking. Trust me. They are not out of touch, but are sharing with you an experience that life taught them... the hard way. Thus, before jumping into something that may take a lot of time to get out of, remember that it DOES NOT take a prophet to predict the outcome of a bad decision.
Daily Devotional Guide Where do I go from here? What is the next move for me? In which direction should I turn? I'm confused and cannot see. I need help right now. I need for someone to guide my way. I need wisdom from on high. God, tell me what to say. I hear His voice, though dimly. He's crying "Come to the Altar to pray." Come to the Altar, my child. God has something to say. Be still and listen intently. Rest at the Altar right now. Bring all your burdens to the Altar. Come before me and bow. Bow from your heavy burdens. Bow from your trials and tests. Bow to release your hardships. At the Altar, your bowing brings rest. Come to the Altar, my child. Come to the Altar and pray. Come to the Altar, my child. God has something to say. www.wewriteit.net
Wendy Harris, Yankunytjatjara: Wendy Harris traces her life journey from her early years as a bush child in South Australia's north-west, from being separated from her beloved blind Kami - Grandmother - to her life in the home, to having her own children taken from her as she was forced out to work, to becoming the Pioneer Bus head waitress when she returned to the now thriving town of Coober Pedy. Wendy's story gives insight into something of the behind the scenes history of South Australia's outback.Totty (Harriet) Rankine, Ngarrindjeri: Born and raised on Ngarrindjeri land at Point McLeay/Raukkan on South Australia's Lake Alexandrina, Totty Rankine reminisces about an early idyllic way of life, eating bush food and being 'a comical kid at school'; about her working years in Woomera and Adelaide and the joys and sorrows of bringing up her own family 'on Raukkan' and in the rural town of Murray Bridge. The reader is struck with her humour and the indomitable spirit Aunty Totty inherited from her mother, Annie Rankine MBE.Audrey Wonga, Antikirinya/Yankunytjatjara: Taken away as a baby from her mother on the vast Anna Creek Station of north-eastern South Australia, Audrey was able to keep contact with her family and eventually move back to spend the rest of her life in her beloved outback. She describes life at Todmorden Station, Coober Pedy, Oodnadatta, Port Augusta and Indulkana (APY Lands) as she adjusted, learned to treasure her heritage, and became a qualified interpreter and eventually chairperson of Umoona Community. Brian Strangways, Kokatha: 'Born out in the open', Brian's early years were with his Kokatha family as they travelled seeking work on the South Australian northern cattle stations. As a teenager, he became Mr Mac's right-hand man on Umeewarra Mission in Port Augusta. As an adult, surviving 'somehow' included welding the railway lines in the heat of the Nullarbor and living in the rough and tumble of the SA bush camps. Another great, dry-humoured storyteller; a South Australian survivor indeed.
`This book has proved invaluable for my sex-gender paper in social anthropology and I recommend it for anybody studying gender theory. I picked it up quite randomly off a shelf, it was not on any of my reading lists, maybe you also have come across this book by chance, but it really should be recommended reading. Studying at university, trying to labour through books written by theorists such Strathern, Riley and Foucault for example, cause me to long for the relatively straight forward textbooks of A-level. This book is somewhere in between. It is extensive but spends most of its time going through theories on the relationship between sex and gender. The issues it discusses are generally quite complicated. For the subjects I have studied in some capacity before reading this book I find it the perfect level of complexity, condensing, ordering and expanding my knowledge' - Amazon.co.uk (Gender Studies Student) `Beyond Sex and Gender goes beyond most texts not simply in the range of authors discussed, but also in the way in which it makes a radical departure from the terminology of "sex" and "gender". This is a complex and challenging work, which goes beyond issues of gender to considerations of deeper mysteries of language, embodiment and social understanding. Wendy Cealey Harrison's treatment of an astonishingly varied range of authors is critical, in the best sense, and generous. The book is dedicated to its co-author, John Hood-Williams who was killed in a road accident in 1999; it is a worthy memorial' - David H J Morgan, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Manchester The central argument of this book is that the sex/gender distinction is invalid and must be transcended. To this end, the work of Foucault, Connell, Goffman, Garfinkel, Butler, Freud, Derrida, Saussure, Lacquer and Kessler and McKenna is woven into a rich and compelling set of arguments. The sex/gender distinction is attacked for producing a series of irresolvable traps. However much one tries to think one's way out of the dichotomy, one ends up being suckered back into its imponderables and blind alleys. The book attempts to comprehensively reorientate the field and redefine the terrain.
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