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Words are the elements of a language that also serve as a mirror reflecting the cultural history and development of a people. Tracing words to their origins will open a unique window to human civilization and help us understand the roots of some of our present social trends and attitudes. The primary motivation for writing this book is the hope that it may foster a greater appreciation of the variances among different languages and cultures, and ultimately nurture a greater understanding among those who speak apparently different languages. The words and their documented derivations in this dictionary are displayed in "family tree" charts to make it easier to see the ties between cognate words like siblings and cousins in the same family.
The alarm goes off! You have to get up and face the day! A day filled with known and unknown pleasures and pains, challenges and conquests. I'm sure you'll have a good cuppa coffee. But doesn't your soul also need some coffee ?Here is a soul charger for you! Something which charges you up. It challenges and feeds soul-food like a good coffee. Helps you "meditate on His word day and night" as David says. (Psalm 1:2)It's like a cuppa coffee or tea which sets the tone for your morning.Read the scripture portion at the beginning. Then read the thoughts put down for you. Pray the prayer at the end of every devotion. Think through the catchy title of each day, meditate on the theme.So off you go! Get set and go on, face the day, charged by God, and His Word.
Jelline Smith lives with her husband in Decatur, Illinois. The couple has one son and seven grandchildren. She loves the Midwest but longs for her home state of Mississippi. She always said that someday she would return to Mississippi to live, but there was always something to stop her such as a better paying job or a better way of living. The main reason for staying is her family, parents and siblings, living in Decatur. She simply couldn't bear the thought of leaving them. The author believes in and loves her family, but her love for God is greater. She gives God the glory for the writing of this book. Although she knows God has brought her a long way, she tries to refrain from the phrase and points to personal motivation. Jelline always knew she wanted to be a writer ever since she was a little girl. She was always making up songs and poems, but nothing ever came of them. Someday, she told herself, she would see her name in print. I will see my dream come true, and people enjoying it as much as I enjoyed writing it, Jelline said. A friend once told her if she ever wrote a book to make sure it was about something she knew because it takes more to write about something you don t know about than it takes to write about what you know. Jelline said her childhood was what she knew best.
In this autobiography, the author, using the pen name Tenacity, admits he made many mistakes, but he never stopped living. In TWSC, he shares the experiences of his first twenty-five years of life--which he likens to a Ferris wheel with all of its ups and downs.TWSC explores the many different and intimate views of Tenacity's early years, including childhood highs and lows, his education, puppy love, incarcerations, drug experimentation, and service in Vietnam. A man who traveled in many circles and experienced a plethora of adventures, he tells how he overcame obstacles and how in the darkest of times humor became the weapon of choice for survival. Discussing education, relationship, family, death, drugs, marriage, and the military, this memoir offers insights into a man who doesn't always seek safety in ominous moments. Tenacity touches on core values and directions that will set him up for his own family, divorce, wars, and true love over the next forty years of his life, explored in his next book.
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