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Recently the world watched as the cruise ship Costa Concordia hit rocks and began to sink of the Italian coastline. In this fascinating yet tragic event, the captain of the ship fled the vessel as it was going down, despite being ordered to stay on board and help the passengers escape. Unlike the captain of …

The renowned artist of the 1800s Paul Gustave Dore lost his passport while traveling in Europe. When he came to a border crossing, he explained his predicament to one of the guards hoping he would be recognised and allowed to pass.  Dore insisted that he was the man he claimed to be.  The guard then …

In 1988, a failed effort at attaching two train cars left Polish railway worker Jan Grzebski with massive head injuries. The damage was so extensive that Grzebski slipped into a deep coma and doctors told his wife to expect the worst. Nineteen years later Grzebski finally woke up; but he did so to a changed …

The way in which you see your life will ultimately shape the kind of life you live. Last week we began to look at Jacob who lost his wife Rachel following the birth of their son.  Just before she died, Rachel named her son Ben-oni, meaning Son of my Sorrow but Jacob declared to Benjamin, …

In Genesis 35 we read the bittersweet story of Jacob & Rachel, sweet because she gives birth after years of desperately desiring a child.  Bitter because she dies moments after the birth, in her last breath, Rachel names her son Ben-oni which means son of my sorrow. 16 Leaving Bethel, Jacob and his clan moved …

The day before President Obama was inaugurated, the United States celebrated Martin Luther King Day.  Today, King is a man the world admires, acclaims and proclaims as a great man, a man who had a dream that changed history.  His life and achievements are continually celebrated today. But when he stood before that crowd and …

As soon has my children were born the hospital staff put an identification band around their angle.  That band identifies who that child is and who its mother is.  Just in case that band came off they also put a strip of tape down the baby’s back with the same information on it.  That tape …

Recently, here in Australia we celebrated our newest sporting hero, Cadel Evan’s win of the Tour de France – the first Aussie ever to do so. Yet, Cadel Evans is not someone who, as a child, you would have picked to one day be called a sporting great.  Cadel himself, says, “It’s strange that I …

During a 1975 speech on third world countries, former US President, Ronald Reagan said, “The United States has much to offer the third world war.”  He repeated the embarrassing blunder a total of nine times. We will always make mistakes; it’s a part of life.  Although you might make mistakes, you are not a mistake.  …

We all need people to believe in us before we have made it to the place we desire to be – it helps encourage us and lifts us to new levels. With this in mind, I believe, it’s equally important for us to believe in others before they succeed, so that we can help lift …