There's a Better Day A-comin'
How to Find the Upside During the Down Times
Philadelphia, PA : Running Press, [2012]
Format: Book
Description: 256 pages ; 21 cm
"True to her Southern storytelling roots, Ronda gathers together [her family's] stories-- plus those of Jeff Foxworthy, Alan Jackson, Dale Earnhardt, and Paula Deen, among others-- revealing how their dark times turned brighter than they could have imagined."--Front jacket flap.
Contents:
Introduction : Friends come and go but enemies accumulate -- Laughter will save you when nothing else will -- It's never too late for things to change -- Mountains are moved one shovel of dirt at a time -- Make the choices you can live with and that you can die with -- Be prepared to seize an uexpected opportunity -- We all have to pull together in order to pull through -- Sometimes you hve to walk by heart and not by sight -- You have to forget in order to forgive -- Dreams are the compass for finding your right direction in life -- Never give your first instinct a second a thought -- A prayer answered quickly in a faith builder for a prayer answered slowly -- Don't let a setback keep you from winning again -- Emotions will trick you into making bad decisions -- Sometimes our greatest blessings arrive disguised as heartaches -- Worry not over what hard work and money can replace -- Without risk, the joy and excitement of life disappears -- Courage comes by choice and not by chance -- Adopt an older person and swap your time for his wisdom -- Focus on the possibilites and ignore the improbabilities -- It only takes one yes to wipe out a thousand no's -- Everyone deserves a second chance because you never know when it will change a life -- Some things in life are hard because they're not meant to be. Other things are even harder because they are meant to be -- You get what you settle for -- Life is full of wonderful. You just have to remember to look for it -- You're never too old to find your dream -- Your [sic] learn more from those who are dying than those who are living -- It's not what you earn that counts, it's what you keep -- Find the beauty and success in your life and rejoice in it -- Everything works out if you let it -- To ponder deeply is to learn exponentially -- You can go anywhere in life, regardless of where you begin -- The easy way out often turns out to be the hardest -- Every dreamer needs a cheerleader -- Love someone enough to let them succeed by failing -- YOU don't always have to be the best to win -- Every life teaches -- Your better day may come today.
ISBN:
9780762447251
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HEALTH Self-Help Ric | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |