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The Art of Being More Forgiving By Rosina S Khan Is it really possible to forgive others and let go of the past? It would be good if it were possible for you. As for me, I have faced serious challenges in the past and it has been hard for me to forgive anyone. So how am I still surviving and thriving? Read on to find out. When you find it hard to forgive others, especially those who have wronged you pretty bad, leave the entire matter to God, the Almighty. Don't be revengeful. But simply forgive yourself and forgive for being in that situation. In your prayers to God, ask for forgiveness from Him. That way you find peace both from your side and God's side. It cannot be easier than this. With time, you will flourish again, be on top of the world and soar high of course, with enough dedication, commitment, perseverance and hard work. Therefore, the art of being more forgiving has nothing to do with others. You can forget that. It's possible to thrive the way I mentioned...

Critical Thanking: Is Someone Self-Absorbed If They Are Always Outraged? By Oliver JR Cooper Nowadays, there are plenty of people who are offended just about every time they go online, and, the same thing can take place when they are in the real world. This can be because they have seen something has had an effect on them directly, or it might be due to another reason. Two Experiences When something has affected them directly, it could show that they have read or heard something that has caused them to experience a strong reaction. As a result of this, they can feel the need to do something about it. If it is due to another reason, it could show that one is offended on behalf of someone else or a group of people. One could see themselves as some kind of saviour and believe that it is their duty to stand up for certain people/groups. Virtue Signalling Here, one will have the opportunity to show the world how good they are, and this will allow them to receive positive feedback. Th...

Rhetoric/Promises Versus Actions: The Trump Dilemma - 5 Examples By Richard Brody The existing President of the United States, was, to a large degree, elected, not because he articulated viable solutions, but, rather, due to his combination of promises, rhetoric, personality, and vitriol. Donald Trump demonstrated, and has continued to demonstrate, whether one supports or opposes him, he's a fighter. The ultimate dilemma, and challenge, however, is how that behavior is exhibited and manifested, and the potential ramifications, of his reliance of being oppositional, rather than unifying, and often, resorting to a combination of lying, blaming and complaining, often without providing any viable solutions, for the better. With that in mind, this article will attempt to briefly consider, examine and discuss. 5 examples of the correlation and differences, between Mr. Trump's rhetoric, versus the most necessary actions. 1. Middle - class tax reform: Our President campaigned on, a...

Tips to Sell Your Used Car By Achal Mehrotra It is certainly a difficult job to sell out a used car at a good price. First of all, a lot of people suggest you different things and it becomes much complex. Secondly, the price is somewhat lesser than you expected which disappoints you. What you have to understand is that a lot of expectations can ruin a good deal for you. It is no way possible to get exact amount in return with profit. So, be a little considerate while talking to buyers. Don't get fixed at a price which no one is going to pay for a used car. Here are some basic tips to help you through: 1. Visit a mechanic: The very first thing to do after deciding on selling the car is indeed visiting a mechanic. Your car should look presentable for the customers. No one is going to pay for junk. Ask the mechanic to change the battery, fix the dents, change the tires, clean it thoroughly and if required, paint. The car should be in a good condition. 2. Set a price: As discuss...

What Is a Supercharger? By Morne Lourens You might be aware of the different types of forced induction systems, but do you know how they function? Superchargers are similar to turbochargers except for the fact that they have different power supplies. A supercharger is less efficient and uses power from the engine to give the car a massive amount of boost. This also means that more petrol is used. The upside to having a supercharger installed in your car is that you will not experience lag. The supercharger is connected to a belt or pulley that connects to the engine. This whole system is connected to the crankshaft. It forces air into the combustion chamber by compressing air using turbines and screws. There are two types of superchargers: Positive Displacement and Dynamic Compressor. Positive Displacement Roots Supercharger: this model uses a pair of meshing parts. Air gets trapped in the surrounding pockets so that it is forced from the intake side to the exhaust. Lysholm Sc...

5 Parenting Goals for Parents By Vaaridhi Vairagi Being a mom or dad is one of the essential and fulfilling roles that you will ever play in your life. There is no vacation or weekend when you are a parent, it is a full-time job. Besides all the responsibilities and the initial infant stages, one thing is sure that you will enjoy being a parent a lot. So it's important for parents to set the parenting goal to help in the nourishment and development of the growing little ones. Let's discuss these parenting goals one by one. 1. Two-way communication In this era when both parents are working or busy performing other household chores. It is very important for them to talk to their kiddiewinks and build a healthy relationship with them by being honest with each other. You should not restrict your kids from sharing things with you. Rather, your focus should be on building a relationship with your little ones where they are comfortable discussing anything and everything with you...

We Have Other Options By Daniel Blanchard Are you struggling? Good! I am too! We all struggle. It's just the way life is. Believe it or not, it's good for us to struggle a little bit. Unfortunately though, some of us struggle too much because no one has ever told us the secrets on how to succeed in life. Basically, we are all born without an operator's manual. Could you imagine having a super computer without an operator's manual? What a waste of potential power, right? Well, that same wasted power and missed opportunities is what is happening to us humans too because we are born without an instructor's manual. Most of us have not been told the secrets of how to optimize our true super-computer-like capabilities. Nor has anyone invested in us the amount of time necessary to help us truly understand the options we have in this great big world outside of the world we already know. "What? We have other options?" you say. Yup. And they are different from t...

Bad Food Matters By Dale Phillip Who among us hasn't nibbled on Velveeta, grabbed a can of hash, scarfed down a baloney sandwich, or smuggled Spam into the pantry when no one was looking? A quick spin through the drive through, a nuked frozen entree, a bucket of fried chicken, or a sugary smoothie. Colored, candied breakfast cereals, fatty, salty luncheon meats, french fries, doughnuts, the assault is endless. And Americans keep coming back for more. After all, didn't Elvis nosh on fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches? Fit for a king. Bad foods fill a purpose for convenience, affordability and just plain hopeless cooks. Want pancakes? Fire up the microwave. Want muffins or donuts? Some shops even have drive-through windows. Coffee? Hey, we all know where we're headed for a tall mocha latte. Lunchtime. McDonald's here we come (burger, plastic cheese, large soda and fries, extra ketchup). Or worse, the company vending machines. Maybe they have those peanut butter...

Relationships: Why Do Some People Stay In Touch With Their Ex? By Oliver JR Cooper If one's relationship has just come to an end, they could decide to cut their ties and to move on with their life. As a result of this, they are not going to want to stay in touch with their ex. One Step Back Doing so could be seen as something that will stop them from being able to put the past firmly behind them. And, if one didn't really get on with the other person or if they simply grew apart, this is going to make perfect sense. In this case, staying in touch would be similar to keeping a car that no longer works - it wouldn't make sense. Their time with the other person has come to an end and it will be in their best interest to let go. A New Beginning Now that their relationship has come to end, they can focus more of their energy and attention on other areas of their life. They may decide that they want to spend some time in their own company. Through doing this, it will giv...

Characteristics of a Good Coach By Derek Parola I've had dozens and dozens of coaches in my sports career and each one has touched my life in more ways than one. As a child growing up, I looked up to my coaches and they were almost felt like second parents to me. The power of a coach can be similar to that of your parents. They can teach valuable life lessons like hard work, determination, teamwork, and leadership. From previous experience, a coach's impact can forever stay with a player until the day he dies. The more dedicated the player, the more likely the player can trust a coach. From what I've noticed, all good coaches have certain traits that they all contain. I'll share with you the three characteristics that I believe all good coaches have. The first and most important characteristic is being committed. A coach must show that he or she is willing to do just about anything for their players. As a player, nothing wants to make you want to win more than a coa...

How to Improve Team Culture and Attitude By Derek Parola The three musts that coaches must do to improve a team culture. Those three things are getting the players to buy in to the system, creating an accepting environment, and establishing a hard-working expectation. Getting players to buy into the coach's system can be a delicate process when it comes to college level athletics. This can be the case because players come from all around the country and have been coached by different coaches their entire life. We'll use baseball as example. Today, majority of baseball players are products of individual hitting coaches, infield coaches, or pitching coaches and these coaches believe their style is the best style. These players buy into these coach's philosophies because it got them to the college level. Now, college coaches want to change something about a player and the players are reluctant to change because their college coach's ideas are not the same as their hitti...

The "Experts" Are Getting Crypto All Wrong By Ted Bauman Bitcoin peaked about a month ago, on December 17, at a high of nearly $20,000. As I write, the cryptocurrency is under $11,000... a loss of about 45%. That's more than $150 billion in lost market cap. Cue much hand-wringing and gnashing of teeth in the crypto-commentariat. It's neck-and-neck, but I think the "I-told-you-so" crowd has the edge over the "excuse-makers." Here's the thing: Unless you just lost your shirt on bitcoin, this doesn't matter at all. And chances are, the "experts" you may see in the press aren't telling you why. In fact, bitcoin's crash is wonderful... because it means we can all just stop thinking about cryptocurrencies altogether. The Death of Bitcoin... In a year or so, people won't be talking about bitcoin in the line at the grocery store or on the bus, as they are now. Here's why. Bitcoin is the product of justified frustr...

Those Great Pumpkins By Dale Phillip Pumpkins have been present in North America since 7000 B.C. and probably had their beginnings in Mexico. A member of the squash family, the name means "large melon" in Greek (pepon), which the French called pompon. It is believed that early civilizations consumed only the seeds, which were roasted before eating. The flesh of the early pumpkins was bitter and more suitable for animal feed, but the pumpkins themselves made handy vessels and bowls after they were cleaned out. Although introduced to Europe by explorer Christopher Columbus, who brought back seeds from the Americas in the late 1400s, Europeans were slow to embrace the pumpkin for human consumption, relegating it to animal fodder and food for the lower classes, eschewed by elite. Some adventurous chefs created puddings and sweet desserts from the watery pulp, but overall, pumpkin pies were not showing up on the dining tables of French or British royalty. (After all, what did ...

The Different Kinds of General Surgeries Offered at Hospitals By Shalini Madhav General surgery is a specialty, which focuses on different abdominal contents like the bile ducts, the appendix, the gallbladder, the pancreas, liver, colon, small bowel, stomach, and esophagus. Most times, it involves the thyroid gland, but this mainly depends on the referral patterns. General surgery also deals with different diseases that affect hernias, peripheral vascular surgery, trauma, soft tissue, breast, as well as skin. Procedures like colonoscopy and gastroscopy are also included here. The scope Trauma surgery In many locations, the responsibility for trauma care usually falls under general surgery. There are surgeons who obtain more training to offer critical care. The general surgeons should be in a position to handle all sorts of surgical emergencies. They are often called so as to handle patients who are injured critically or those that are very ill. They are required to perform differe...

We Have to Safeguard the Health and Well Being of Future Generations By Kate Kaya In US there are government recognized agencies which certify the ecosystem safe buildings. Such certified buildings normally use up to 40% less energy compared to the accepted buildings. Keeping this concept in mind how best we can intend our future dream home is extremely considerable. The sustain-ability of this earth with the present reckless advancement is causing concern. So the people are looking for ecosystem friendly homes. This is typically known as natural living under natural buildings. When we adopt this attitude we can feel comfortable that we are in our own process adding less to the future damages to the earth. To come to a decision about the ecosystem friendly homes, you have to first assess yourself about your life style and your future requirements. If you are a person who is obtained to live under a roof where you are require a cool ecosystem during summers and lot of heat during p...

Relationships: Can Someone's Unmet Childhood Needs Cause Them To Expect Too Much From Others? By Oliver JR Cooper Before one gets into a relationship, they can have a rough idea about the kind of person who they want to be with. Along with this, there can be what they expect to receive when they are with them. If this is the case, there can be what they would like someone to look like and there can be how they would like to be treated by them. One might be willing to change their mind when it comes to the former, but this might not be an option when it comes to the latter. The Priority Now, this is not to say that they will be happy to end up with someone who they are not physically attracted to; what it means is that this is not going to be something that is fixed. For example, they might want to be with someone who has brown hair, but it doesn't mean that they won't go with someone who has blond. When it comes to what they expect in a relationship, this could be so...

Critical Thinking: Does A Woman Need To Seek Professional Help If She Believes That All Men Are Bad? By Oliver JR Cooper In today's world, it appears to be perfectly acceptable for a woman in the public eye to bash men. She can say all kinds of things that will basically amount to men being less-than human and worthless, and absolutely nothing will be done. Now, that's not to say that both men and women won't complain about this; what it means is that this kind of behaviour is tolerated by the media and the education system, for instance. If a man viewed women in the same way, there is a strong chance that he wouldn't be given a platform. One Big Illusion One of the things that a woman like this is likely to come out with is that all women are oppressed and all men are oppressive. Without even thinking critically or looking at the facts, the fact that a handful of women are allowed to portray men in this way and get away with it and the same 'privilege' is...

I Was Full Of Self-Doubt By Oliver JR Cooper Before I started writing articles, I had been on the path for around seven years. During this time, I had put a lot of effort into trying to understand myself and why my life was the way it was. So, when I started writing, it wasn't as though I just woke up one day and thought that I would write about psychology. Ultimately, it was the result of the conclusions that I had come to over the years. Inner Conflict I believed that I had something to offer, and this was what allowed me to take the next step; to get what was taking place in my mind down onto paper, or onto word document and then out into the world. But while part of me had this outlook, another part of me didn't believe that I had anything to offer. This other part of me saw me as someone who did know what he was talking about and believed that other people would have the same view. There was also the fact that I didn't have a degree in psychology. Positive Feed...

What Can You Do With Pepper Jelly? By Amanda J Hales How would you like a nice bowl of creamy ice cream topped with pepper jelly? What? Wait! Pepper jelly on ice cream? Why, yes, as it gives you a sweet-heat treat neatly atop that cool and creamy dessert. Why go for chocolate sauce when you can try pepper jelly that comes in a vast array of flavours and gives most things a kick? Zesty, sweet, heat--that's what pepper jelly brings to the table, or the grill, or the frozen treats, or the finger foods, or the dips, or, well, you get the idea. Obviously the first thoughts about how to use pepper jelly will be all the ways you use regular jelly. Toast, bagels, peanut butter sandwiches, on crackers, on Melba toast, the list goes on and on. But this condiment isn't limited to breakfast anymore. Since it's not a new idea, people have had the time to experiment and come up with many, many uses for the stuff and they didn't stop at breakfast, not by a long shot! People have...

The One and Only Pepper Jelly By Amanda J Hales Remember when jam and jelly used to be sweet? It was, and still is made with fruits and people have come up with interesting combinations to put together in order for us to have a vast variety. Jelly is something most of us have had at one time or another, it's great on toast, it is a key ingredient in peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and it is a sweet treat any time of day or night. So what is the deal with pepper jelly? It is perhaps a step up in the condiment ideal, it takes something that is traditionally sweet and kicks it up a notch with the heat of the pepper. Mixing things together is always fun, though it doesn't always end up tasting good, but with this combination, they hit upon a real winner. People love their sweet tastes and they love their heat so it was only natural that somewhere along the line someone decided to try them together. Pepper jelly has been a popular condiment for decades now, and like with mos...

What Is Your Word for 2018? By Chris Atley A few weeks ago one of my teachers asked me what my word was for this year, and to be honest I was having a little trouble with it. I kept thinking the word slow. To slow things down. To truly tune into what I was saying both yes and no too. It didn't quite "feel" right though. She asked me what feeling I wanted the word slow to bring. Bingo! That was the missing link. The feeling I want with slowing down is inner peace. And thus inner peace is my word - my defiant side secretly loves that it's actually two words because who made up the rule that it has to be one anyway?! So my commitment to myself is to have more inner peace in 2018. We went on to think about what thoughts, words, actions and habits do I need to have in order to create more of this feeling. This is what I came up with, and I share this with you because I believe it will help you create yours too I should preface that this process first involves looking ...

I Wanted To Convert People By Oliver JR Cooper After I had been into self-development for a few years, in the middle of 2005, I learnt about the effect that our thoughts, emotions and beliefs have on how we experience life. I think the first time I had heard about his was when I read 'The Power of the Subconscious Mind', by Joseph Murphy. Shortly after this, I read a number of books by Dr Robert Anthony, followed by a CD program called 'The Secret of Deliberate Creation'. I was amazed by what I heard and wanted to tell other people about it. Inner Conflict Nevertheless, while part of me felt energised by what I was reading and listening to, another part of me was full of doubt. This was a time in my life when I felt powerless and as though I couldn't do anything to change my life. So, although part of me wanted to believe that I actually had an effect on my life and that I wasn't a victim, another part of me just wasn't having it. And the part of me t...