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“I live in a vacuum that is as lonely as a radio tube when the batteries are dead, and there is no current to plug into.” that’s what Ernest Hemingway said of his life. How could that be? He was known for his tough-guy image and globe-trotting pilgrimages to exotic places. He was a big-game hunter, a…

Plutarch tells a pretty story of how an epidemic of suicide among the women of Miletus was suddenly and completely ended by an ordinance decreeing tht self-slain women should be carried naked through the marketplace to their burial. The Story of Civilization II, The Life of Greece, by Will Durant, page…

Every employee deserves to know they are unique and valuable to their boss. That's the message of Tim Sanders, leadership coach and former Chief Solutions Officer at Yahoo! who urges managers and supervisors to let their subordinates know how much they appreciate them. Sanders advocates leading through…

A surprising number of teenagers — nearly 15 percent — think they're going to die young, leading many to drug use, suicide attempts and other unsafe behavior, new research suggests. The study, based on a survey of more than 20,000 kids, challenges conventional wisdom that says teens engage in risky behavior…

Submitted by SHNS on Tue, 02/26/2008 - 13:00. * By PAUL F. CAMPOS, Scripps Howard News Service editorials and opinion A friend of mine committed suicide earlier this month. That's one way of describing what happened. Another way of describing the event would be to say she died from anorexia nervosa.…

Johnny Cash took his first pill – an amphetamine tablet called Benzedrine – in 1957. He was instantly hooked. “It increased my energy, it sharpened my wit, it banished my shyness, it improved my timing, it turned me on like electricity flowing through a light bulb,” Cash recalled. For the next ten years,…

EVER BEEN DEPRESSED? KNOW A COLLEAGUE WHO MIGHT BE? HAVE A SPOUSE THAT IS? When was the last time you read Psalm 88? I'm telling you — there was a man who was really going through some rough water. I was interviewing a physician recently for a future edition of Pastor to Pastor. She is a delightful lady…

Relationship Evangelism There is an old story told about a man by the name of Ali Facid. He had a small farm and a family. One day, the story goes, a Buddhist priest came by and said to Ali Facid: You know, there are valuable stones called diamonds, and if you get one of these you could be a wealthy…

Angelina Jolie Actress Angelina Jolie has often been viewed as a little off-centre. As famous for things like the vial of her husband's blood that she carried with her (before they split up!) as for her movies, in recent times she has become more settled. In an interview with the Sydney Morning Herald…

* 1 out of 4 kids is Bullied * Surveys Show That 77% of students are bullied mentally, verbally, & physically. * 8% of students miss 1 day of class per month for fear of Bullies. * Playground statistics - Every 7 minutes a child is bullied. *A recent study found that the most frequent reason cited by…