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:: Thursday, November 13, 2003 ::

encouragement

God, I offer myself to Thee to build with me and to do with me as Thou wilt. Relieve me of the bondage of self that I may better do Thy Will. Take away my difficulties that victory over them may bear witness to those I would help of Thy Power, Thy Love, and Thy Way of Life. May I do Thy Will always.

Oh, that You would bless me indeed and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would always be with me, and that You would keep me from evil.

Thank You for keeping me sober today. Amen.

Property is the fruit of labor—property is desirable—is a positive good in the world. That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and hence is just encouragement to industry and enterprize. Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another; but let him labor diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built. -- President Abraham Lincoln, reply to New York Workingmen’s Democratic Republican Association, March 21, 1864

... there are persons who seem to have overcome obstacles and by character and perseverance to have risen to the top. But we have no record of the numbers of able persons who fall by the wayside, persons who, with enough encouragement and opportunity, might make great contributions. -- Mary Barnett Gilson, What’s Past is Prologue

We need to encourage members of this next generation to become all that they can become, not try to force them to become what we want them to become. . . . You and I can’t even begin to dream the dreams this next generation is going to dream, or answer the questions that will be put to them. -- Barbara Coloroso, Kids Are Worth It

Things seem to be getting better. I got a little frustrated yesterday because there after regenerating the data for the first and second quarters of 2003, my Unit Cost reports were getting overflow errors because they were trying to divide so many things by zero. I left work as I was updating the database, so hopefully everything will be corrected today and I can begin replicating the reports.

Class was good. I made a 96 on my homework from last week. I stayed after and talked to Professor Ho a while about his lecture and he told me about a supplementary book that might help with drawing conclusions from the statistics. He also encouraged me to enroll for an advanced degree and even offered to sponsor me for a PhD. That was sure nice.

Anyway, today will be a busy, busy day at work so I better get going. Thank You God. Things are looking up.

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