My thoughts while I am watching tonight’s lost episode ‘jughead’

• back on the island where ‘the  wash up’ ?
• Penny is very pregnant?
• Okay where are we in time that the boy is bigger now?
• Okay back up to date on the time.
• More people dead..pretty soon there will be no one on the island left
• So are these guys army or Dharma?
• So that was Daniel working for Dharma back in the day.
• Desmond should not make promises he can not keep. Playing with poor Penny’s heart.
• So are these young Others we have met before?
• Was the army doing testing on the island?
• No Daniel on record at the university?
• Yes, what girl?
• Why did Daniel go to states?
• Widmore is Daniel’s benefactor?
• ‘Jacob sent me’
• So is that little Charles as James?
• I bet it is nice to meet him finally.
• There son’s name is Charlie….that is awesome.
• That is why Richard visited John because John told him too.
• Why is Charlotte being affected but no one else?

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Once I got past the ‘feel good title’ of the book I found several useful nuggets of information to put into practice in daily life.

Through out the book Dr. Cury encourages the reader to perform a 3 step process in evaluating negative thoughts:

• Doubt
• Criticize
• Determine

In each chapter Dr. Cury uses examples from the life of Jesus to illustrate this model of right thinking. While I understand Dr. Cury’s use of Jesus’ life as a model to follow, I found the scientific explanations and brain chemistry information very informative. I am always a little skeptical when people use the name or life of Christ to prove a theory, and this book proved no exception.

Chapter 1 introduces the idea that we are the authors of our own story, but often we allow the “others” in our story to take over and write the script while we are on autopilot, taking in whatever comes as fact. Each of the 11 chapters that follow build on this idea and give helpful lists of ideas to combat negativity and anxiety in everyday life.

The chapters end on a practical note, with exercises and reminders for daily practice.

Over-all I feel that this book has a text-book style more appropriate for the classroom than the average reader. However, I did find the chapter on memory fascinating, and worth re-reading.

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Recently I got a copy of the new ‘Christian Writers’ Market Guide  2009′.  This is such a great resource for all the writers out there (and I know there are quite a few that read this).

This book has a break down of where to get published, what publishers are looking for and how much they are willing to pay. This is a book that you need to get and keep beside your desk when you get stuck for ideas. You can find a publisher and see what they are excepting and get some ideas that fit into what they want or you have that piece that you have been dying to get into the hands  of someone..you can find them.

Completely updated and revised to feature the latest on…

• more than 1,200 markets for the written word
• 416 book publishers (32 new)
• 654 periodicals (52 new)
• 96 literary agents
• 100 new listings in Resources for Writers
• 226 poetry markets
• 316 photography markets
• 25 African-American markets
• and 166 contests (29 new)

Also this includes a searchable CD with all the same content!

If you are a writer you can not afford to be without this book. I know I am going to be looking through the photography index throughly and then hitting the publishers.

Author Bio:
Sally E. Stuart is the author of thirty-six books and has sold more than one thousand articles and columns. Her long-term involvement with the Christian Writers’ Market Guide as well as her marketing columns for the Christian Communicator,Oregon Christian Writers, and The Advanced Christian Writer, make her a sought-after speaker and a leading authority on Christian markets and the business of writing. Stuart is the mother of three and grandmother of eight and lives near Portland,Oregon.

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