The Ultimate Gift

I just finished reading The Ultimate Gift. It talks about the aspects of life in which we can live life to the fullest. It may sound real simple but most people do not apply these in real life. ^_^
Here are pictures of the front and back cover of the book, as well as pictures of each chapter. I also included some lines that I like. ^_^

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Look into the depths
OF ANOTHER'S SOUL
AND LISTEN,
not only with our ears,
BUT WITH OUR HEARTS
AND IMAGINATION,
and our silent love.

ღ Joye Kanelakos ღ

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♥ CHAPTER 1 ♥

IN THE BEGINNING

A journey may be long or short, but it must start at the very spot one finds oneself.

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♥ CHAPTER 2 ♥

A VOICE FROM THE PAST

In the end, a person is only known by the impact he or she has on others.

"It took me many years to figure out that everything we ever do or know or have in this life is a gift from the good Lord."

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♥ CHAPTER 3 ♥

THE GIFT OF WORK

He who loves his work never labors.

"What you don't understand is how much pleasure these things can bring you when you have earned them yourself, when leisure becomes a reward for hard work instead of a way to avoid work."

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♥ CHAPTER 4 ♥

THE GIFT OF MONEY

Money is nothing more than a tool. It can be a force for good, a force for evil, or simply be idle.

There are certain times in this life that you find yourself pursuing a course that you are not certain will prove to be fruitful.

"There is absolutely nothing that can replace money in the things that money does, but regarding the rest of the things in the world, money is absolutely useless."

"More of the violence, anxiety, divorce, and mistrust in the world is caused by misunderstanding money than any other factor."

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♥ CHAPTER 5 ♥

THE GIFT OF FRIENDS

It is a wealthy person, indeed, who calculates riches not in gold but in friends.

"Friend is a word that is thrown around far too easily by people who don't know the meaning of it."

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♥ CHAPTER 6 ♥

THE GIFT OF LEARNING

Education is a lifelong journey whose destination expands as you travel.

"But learning is a process. You can't simply sit in a classroom and someday walk offstage with a sheepskin and call yourself educated."

"The only thing I can honestly say I know now that I didn't know. . .is that the desire and hunger for education is the key to real learning."

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♥ CHAPTER 7 ♥

THE GIFT OF PROBLEMS

Problems can only be avoided by exercising good judgment. Good judgment can only be gained by experiencing life's problems.

"Life is full of many contradictions. In fact, the longer you live, the more the reality of life will seem like one great paradox."

"When we can learn from our own problems, we begin to deal with life. When we can learn from other people's problems, we begin to master life."

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♥ CHAPTER 8 ♥

THE GIFT OF FAMILY

Some people are born into wonderful families.Others have to find or create them.Being a member of a family is a priceless privilege which costs nothing but love.

"Families give us our roots, our heritage, and our past. They also give us the springboard to our future."

"I think family is not as much about being related by blood as it is about relating through love."

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♥ CHAPTER 9 ♥

THE GIFT OF LAUGHTER

Laughter is good medicine for the soul.Our world is desperately in need of more such medicine.

"Many people live unhappy lives because they take things too seriously."

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♥ CHAPTER 10 ♥

THE GIFT OF DREAMS

Faith is all that dreamers need to see into the future.

There are days when you can just feel in your bones that something extraordinary is going to happen.

"Dreams are the essence of life - not as it is, but as it can be."

"That dream became such a part of me that when I achieved my goals, it was like going home to place I had never been before."

"Your dream should be a custom-fit for your personality, one that grows and develops as you do."

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♥ CHAPTER 11 ♥

THE GIFT OF GIVING

The only way you can truly get more out of life for yourself is to give part of yourself away.

"Conventional wisdom would say that the less you give, the more you have. The converse is true. The more you give, the more you have. Abundance creates the ability to give; giving creates more abundance."

"No lesson worth learning is ever easy."

"A small gift when it is given can be a magnificent gift as it is received."

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♥ CHAPTER 12 ♥

THE GIFT OF GRATITUDE

In those times when we yearn to have more in our lives,we should dwell on the things we already have.In doing so,we will often find that our lives are already full to overflowing.

"During what, at the time, I considered to be some of my worst experiences, I gained my fondest memories."

"I have always found it ironic that the people in this world who have the most to be thankful for are often the least thankful, and somehow the people who have virtually nothing, many times live lives full of gratitude."

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♥ CHAPTER 13 ♥

THE GIFT OF A DAY

Life at its essence boils down to one day at a time.Today is the day!

No one is ever alone if he or she has just one friend.

"When you face your mortality, you contemplate how much of life you have lived versus how much you have left."

"If we can live one day to its fullest, our lives will be rich and meaningful."

"Why should we wait until the last day of our lives to begin living the maximum day?"

"But after much thought, I have come to realize that my perfect day would be filled with the best of simple things."

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♥ CHAPTER 14 ♥

THE GIFT OF LOVE

Love is a treasure for which we can never pay.The only way we keep it is to give it away.

"If we are living our lives the way we should, everything should be in such an order that we wouldn't change the last day of our life from any other day."

"Love is a misused and overused term in our society."

". . .the love I'm talking about in the gift of love is the goodness that comes only from God."

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♥ CHAPTER 15 ♥

THE ULTIMATE GIFT

In the end, life lived to its fullest is its own ultimate gift.

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Title: The Ultimate Gift
Author: Jim Stovall
CLC Publications

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Main Characters:

♥ Jason Stevens
♥ Howard "Red" Stevens
♥ Theodore "Ted" J. Hamilton
♥ Mrs. Margaret Hastings

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