<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' version='2.0'><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9081880428303271690</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:21:51 +0000</lastBuildDate><title>God 101</title><description/><link>http://god101.com/blog/</link><managingEditor>Don M. Terrill</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>9</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9081880428303271690.post-4318668394037448137</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2020 12:08:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-04-23T08:15:27.175-04:00</atom:updated><title>Hows Your Word Working for You?</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://god101.com/blog/uploaded_images/5zfcwiy0-701958.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://god101.com/blog/uploaded_images/5zfcwiy0-701921.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How About Trying the Word Love?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No intense training or experience is required. Just let the word be You.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don L. Terrill&lt;br /&gt;A Love Word Believer&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photo by   &lt;a href="http://flickr.com/photos/procsilas/" title=""&gt;procsilas&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://god101.com/blog/2008/04/hows-your-word-working-for-you.html</link><author>Don L. Terrill</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9081880428303271690.post-6453492069284198813</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2020 13:26:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-11-03T10:16:51.606-04:00</atom:updated><title>Thoughts To Live By</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://god101.com/blog/uploaded_images/12943910_2f710536b3_m-731700.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://god101.com/blog/uploaded_images/12943910_2f710536b3_m-731699.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Five years ago while walking around a small lake near our home I asked God what are the requirements for getting into heaven?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Immediately the following words existed my mouth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Love&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Be Yourself&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Be Open Minded&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Believe All Things Are Possible&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Seek Knowledge&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Share Knowledge&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;That I answered my question didn’t surprise me, because I frequently talked to myself while walking. It’s my way of resolving thoughts that are floating around in my head. But I must confess this was unique, because I had never given any previous thought to this question. But it happened and your welcome like me to make of it what you will.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At first it didn’t register in my thinking but weeks later while trying to enjoy a mid afternoon nap the six thoughts re entered my consciousness and that’s when I understood the dying process. And it was as real as real could be and there was no doubt in my mind that what I now knew was real. The following is an account of that new knowledge.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First of all I have no knowledge of how it works, just that it does. Apparently there is a method like for example a substance that exists in the air all through the universe that makes the dying process work and lets people live again after they die. Here’s my understanding how it works. When someone dies and their compatible with the substance they will be born again. Knowledge tells me that love is the thing that one must believe in to make living again possible.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This was my first exposure to this new knowledge and since then more information has entered into my thinking. This website and a new publication I am writing is about that new knowledge and my need to share it. By doing this writing I am fulfilling my last requirement and that is to share what I have learned. Also I will be sharing some of my life with you and that will in part help to explain why I have been receiving this new knowledge.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photo by&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://flickr.com/photos/baejaar/" title=""&gt;baejaar&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://god101.com/blog/2007/08/beginning.html</link><author>Don L. Terrill</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9081880428303271690.post-5536723517225588385</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2020 18:08:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-10-26T09:51:17.946-04:00</atom:updated><title>Love</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://god101.com/blog/uploaded_images/3412574_a0ad9a42a2_m-731046.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://god101.com/blog/uploaded_images/3412574_a0ad9a42a2_m-731043.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Love&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I believe the word love is the most powerful word in the universe. To me God is Love and that’s why love defines the way I live my life. I truly believe that making love your first priority,  you are making your journey to the after life a guaranteed happening.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photo by &lt;a href="http://flickr.com/photos/ju-x/" title=""&gt;Ju-x&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://god101.com/blog/2007/10/love.html</link><author>Don L. Terrill</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9081880428303271690.post-5133763865784840930</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2020 13:41:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-11-03T10:18:06.026-04:00</atom:updated><title>Be Yourself</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://god101.com/blog/uploaded_images/435457697_9aec1172c7_m-784186.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://god101.com/blog/uploaded_images/435457697_9aec1172c7_m-784183.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We Know More About Others Then Ourselves&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Over the last two years I have had the opportunity to write hundreds of articles covering a whole range of subject matter and most writings were relatively easy for me to write about, that’s until now. On the surface you would think writing about myself would be easy for me. But I’m coming to the conclusion that the person we know the least about is ourselves.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Who I Wanted to Be Was Me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At first I thought about writing in part about my past but that didn’t seem to suit what I was trying to accomplish, after all my past didn’t always represent the person I wanted to be. So I dropped that idea and just tried to focus on who I felt I wanted to be and that seemed to flow with greater ease.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Love &amp;amp; Happiness Was Me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am truly a very uncomplicated person my greatest desire and hope is to experience love and happiest with every fiber of my being. I find these two subject matters always popping up in some form or another while trying to express myself verbally or pounding the keys on the computer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;I Will Always Be Looking for Me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So in a broader sense love and happiness defines me and will be my journey for the rest of my human life. How it will play out is an on going thing and subject to change as new ideas appear for consideration.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photo by  &lt;a href="http://flickr.com/photos/fotologic/" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;fotologic&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://god101.com/blog/2007/10/be-yourself.html</link><author>Don L. Terrill</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9081880428303271690.post-8139864407795590113</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2020 14:24:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-11-03T10:19:04.054-04:00</atom:updated><title>Be Opened Minded</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://god101.com/blog/uploaded_images/1144417033_e4273f7fdc_m-777295.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://god101.com/blog/uploaded_images/1144417033_e4273f7fdc_m-777293.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Closed Mind Never Learns&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I started opening my mind to both sides of a debate I started seeing another point of view that had value and that really surprised me. I would have never described myself as a narrow-minded person, but narrow minded I have been.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;I Started To See Another Point of View&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My first experience was watching six people trying to explain two opposing points of view. Now before this moment I was clearly on one side and apparently didn’t even give slight consideration to another point of view. But as the discussion continued I gradually started realizing how closed minded I was on the subject matter and that really surprised me. The new me saw the other side with more clarity and definitely agreed in part to what they were saying. Now don’t get me wrong I still slightly tilted to my regular side of view but definitely saw more light of reason on the other side more then ever before.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;My Mind Is More Open&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since that debate which opened my thinking I have viewed information with a new set of eyes and my brain is paying attention to what is being said. I’m definitely more opened minded then ever in my life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;I Think I'm Finding Myself&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I like the new open-minded person I have become and that makes me realize I’m finding myself for the first time in my life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Open Is Better Then Closed&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finding myself and becoming who I really am is a wonderful experience and I now see the value of keeping my mind open, because that’s helping me become who I really am.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photo by   &lt;a href="http://flickr.com/photos/justinsomnia/" title=""&gt;justinsomnia&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://god101.com/blog/2020/10/be-opened-minded.html</link><author>Don L. Terrill</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9081880428303271690.post-7364221261075364183</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2020 15:14:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-04-19T05:45:27.208-04:00</atom:updated><title>Believe All Things Are Possible</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://god101.com/blog/uploaded_images/534748923_f97534976f_m-777691.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://god101.com/blog/uploaded_images/534748923_f97534976f_m-777689.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Where Dreams Come True&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Having had the opportunity to see the visions of the after life I’m delighted to say that all things are possible. And boy is that an understatement.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Dreamed of Flying&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As a child I often dreamed of flying like a bird and always wondered why I couldn’t remember how to do it when I woke up. Well when I make the transition to the after life you can bet that flying will be high on my agenda of things to do.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Dreams Will Be Real&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just imagine for a moment about your dreams and then having them come true for you. Your new life will have no substance and that means that all things will be possible for you. Maybe your dream will be to climb Mount Everest and then ski down the other side all the way to the bottom.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;K&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;nowing Will Help You&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And knowing this knowledge in earthly form will make more possibilities work for you. Knowing this you will achieve more things that you would have never thought possible before. No you may not ski Mount Everest but climbing it might be in your future, if that is your dream of doing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;An Edge&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So believing all things are possible now will give you the edge to accomplish things hither too seen not possible by others of this earth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photo by  &lt;a href="http://flickr.com/photos/rupertuk/" title=""&gt;Rupert Taylor-Price&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://god101.com/blog/2007/10/believe-all-things-are-possible.html</link><author>Don L. Terrill</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9081880428303271690.post-2528595835772303320</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2020 18:51:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-12-17T01:28:04.477-05:00</atom:updated><title>Seek Knowledge</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://god101.com/blog/uploaded_images/152370906_c3d11c3636_m-702265.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://god101.com/blog/uploaded_images/152370906_c3d11c3636_m-702263.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Embrace the Six Understandings&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you should undertake following the six understandings that I’m suggesting here you will need to follow the plan which involves asking questions concerning issues in your life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Ask Question &amp;amp; Then Wait for the Answer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are a number of concerns in my life that have been solved by asking and then waiting for the answer. You will discover like me that following the plan will get you the solutions your looking for in your life. But please take note that trying to force the answer will not make the process work any faster. You like me will find the answer when you least expect it. You’ll be trucking along and all of a sudden the answer will show up and it wont be a shout in the ear. It will arrive via a quiet thought in your mind.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Three Questions I Asked&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are some of the questions and answers I have received in my life since following the six understandings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1.    &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;God&lt;/span&gt; What do I need to do to improve the quality of my thinking and writing?  Answer: put your head in the position of being lower then most of your body; causing more blood to refresh  your mind.&lt;br /&gt;2.    &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;God&lt;/span&gt; What can I do to stop worrying about dying? Answer: understand that dying creates two choices. One you’ll die and be dead. Two you’ll die and go to the after life. Either way you’ll be ok so stop worrying.&lt;br /&gt;3.    &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;God&lt;/span&gt; What can I do to improve the emotional quality of my life? Keep busy and be outside a lot.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;All Answers Have Improved the Quality of My Life&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And there are many more. All the answers I have received have greatly improved the quality of my life and I know the process will produce good results for you. But just remember keep asking the question until you get an answer and be patient if its coming it will show up quietly with out fan fare. So just ask and wait quietly till a silent thought comes into your thinking and then just do what it says.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Love Is Your Only Requirement&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What your doing is tapping into the knowledge network of the universe. And here’s the only requirement, you must believe in love and know that &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;God is Love.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photo by  &lt;a href="http://flickr.com/photos/blmurch/" title=""&gt;blmurch&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://god101.com/blog/2020/10/seek-knowledge.html</link><author>Don L. Terrill</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9081880428303271690.post-1945839365167933511</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2020 14:27:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-11-03T10:22:32.957-04:00</atom:updated><title>Share Knowledge</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://god101.com/blog/uploaded_images/534883941_66374410a3_m-711753.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://god101.com/blog/uploaded_images/534883941_66374410a3_m-711750.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;I'm Starting to Share&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At this point in my journey I have only made small comments about my new way of living and the progress I am making in my life. I have asked for more information concerning sharing and expect new ideas to be forth coming.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;I'm Working on a Plan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At this juncture I’m not sure what course of action I will take but you can bet it will help spread the understanding and help bring more happiness to other people like myself who definitely need a helping hand in improving the quality of their life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Repeat the Six Understandings to Yourself&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Give the six understandings an opportunity to assimilate into your thinking and into your life. I think you like I have will find it a great way to live your life. It takes a little time for these new thoughts to sink in and show progress in your life. Just remember everyday following this plan will bring you closer to the wisdom of the universe. And this new knowledge will make you a happier person. Till Later Go in Love.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photo by  &lt;a href="http://flickr.com/photos/angela7/" title=""&gt;angela7dreams&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://god101.com/blog/2020/10/share-knowledge.html</link><author>Don L. Terrill</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9081880428303271690.post-6143116942140514003</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2020 13:51:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-04-30T09:21:51.244-04:00</atom:updated><title>Why Me?</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://god101.com/blog/uploaded_images/1398191112_67dc4bb8bf_m-744652.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://god101.com/blog/uploaded_images/1398191112_67dc4bb8bf_m-744643.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After getting into this new me stuff, I started wondering why me? After all I’m no religious person by any stretch of the imagination. So I went back to God and asked another question why me?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Because I Worked With Happiness&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The following answer in time entered my thinking and here’s the response I received. Starting in my early thirties I got actively involved in trying experiments to improve the emotional quality of my life. It was kind of like it became a crusade for me and I’m still working on it today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Used My Happy Feelings&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My first experiments involved my feelings and how I could use my happy feelings to change my unhappy feelings. I reasoned it out like this. Someone once said that’s it doesn’t matter what happens to you, what matters is how you feel about it. So I took this statement and focused all my thinking on my feelings. First I created a list of my favorite people who were mostly actors, singers and persons like that. Then I thought I could use these happy feelings I felt for these people to change unhappy feelings I felt about certain happenings in my life and in part it really helped. Here’s one experiment that produced good results for me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;I Started With No Parents&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had numerous child situations that really bothered me in my younger years. Primarily because I lacked the comfort of having a Mother &amp;amp; Father to raise me. My Mother ran off and created another family and my father went to war and never bothered to claim ownership of me. I used to walk the streets at night and envied those who had parents. Sometimes I created imaginary parents and found some comfort in that thinking. But in time reality prevailed and I was alone again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;I Invited My Happiness into My Childhood&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I chose this subject matter as my first experiment. I imagined myself back to my childhood and walking the streets again and missing not having parents. While doing this I imagined all my favorite people stopping by and shaking my hand and saying how much they liked me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;People That Gave Me Happiness&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are some of the people that stopped by to greet me and extend friendship to me. Elvis Presley, John Wayne, Bob Hope and whole list of other people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;My Happy Feelings Changed My Unhappy Feelings&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here’s what I hoped would happen the good feelings I felt for these actors etc. would change the unhappy feelings I felt about my childhood and guess what? The happy feelings over whelmed my unhappy feelings and my childhood didn’t bother me any more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;All Feelings are Changeable&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So I learned my first valuable lesson large quantities of happy feelings can change harmful unhappy feelings just by hanging around them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;I Moved Closer to the Stove of Happiness&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So the higher powers of the universe didn’t pick me, but they did create the happiness that I taped into as I move closer to bringing happiness in my own life. So like moving closer to a potbelly stove and enjoying its warmth I moved closer to the universal happiness and it made me feel better.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photo by  &lt;a href="http://flickr.com/photos/notsogoodphotography/" title="Link to notsogoodphotography's photos"&gt;notsogoodphotography&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://god101.com/blog/2007/11/why-me.html</link><author>Don L. Terrill</author></item></channel></rss>