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	<title>Bette Dowdell</title>
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	<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:01:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Why Satan Got Kicked Out of Heaven&#8211;And How We&#8217;re Imitating Him</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 22:57:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Bette Dowdell  God created Lucifer, now known as Satan, as one of the three top angels in Heaven. Lucifer had responsibility for the angels assigned to worship, while Michael leads the warrior angels who oppose evil and unrighteousness, and Gabriel guides the angels assigned to bring God’s messages to people.  As... <a href="http://www.bettedowdell.com/articles/why-satan-got-kicked-out-of-heaven/">&#187;&#187;&#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>You Can&#8217;t Get There From Here</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 01:53:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A man stops to ask directions, only to be told, "You can't get there from here. If you were in Freeport, you could get there, but you can't get there from here." 

So he asks how to get to Freeport. "See.  That’s the hard part. You can't get to Freeport."  <a href="http://www.bettedowdell.com/articles/you-cant-get-there-from-here/">&#187;&#187;&#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Emotional Strength Through Muscle Building</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 23:06:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's a much mourned fact of life that watching exercise videos doesn't build muscles. It takes sweat and effort to build muscles. And so it is with emotional muscles.  <a href="http://www.bettedowdell.com/articles/emotional-strength-through-muscle-building/">&#187;&#187;&#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>In Praise of the Strong-Willed Child</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2007 21:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cervantes said, "Faint heart ne'er won fair lady." As a matter of fact, a faint heart never won much of anything. But put a little determination and will into that heart, and it can shoot the moon.  <a href="http://www.bettedowdell.com/articles/in-praise-of-the-strong-willed-child/">&#187;&#187;&#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Finding Your Secret Talents</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2007 20:46:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Couch potatoes never know what muscles they could build if they spent their couch time at the gym. On the couch, even repetitive bench pressing of the biggest, baddest universal remote won’t build a noticeable muscle. And the same holds true for exercising our talents.  <a href="http://www.bettedowdell.com/articles/finding-your-secret-talents/">&#187;&#187;&#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>What to do When Life Dumps Lemons on Your Head</title>
		<link>http://www.bettedowdell.com/articles/what-to-do-when-life-dumps-lemons-on-your-head/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2007 20:52:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[And it's not about becoming the world's oldest living lemon-stand vendor  <a href="http://www.bettedowdell.com/articles/what-to-do-when-life-dumps-lemons-on-your-head/">&#187;&#187;&#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Death by Label</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2007 23:34:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The whole world's in the label business. Every time we turn around, somebody's jamming a label on us. Not those “Hi, My name is” stick-ums, Not any sort of tangible, visible label, in fact, but psychological Post-It® notes.  <a href="http://www.bettedowdell.com/articles/death-by-label/">&#187;&#187;&#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Perfection Myth</title>
		<link>http://www.bettedowdell.com/articles/the-perfection-myth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2007 23:31:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You're not perfect. I'm not perfect. Nobody's perfect. Give it up.  <a href="http://www.bettedowdell.com/articles/the-perfection-myth/">&#187;&#187;&#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Road to Death Goes Through Tolerance</title>
		<link>http://www.bettedowdell.com/articles/the-road-to-death-goes-through-tolerance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2007 18:50:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The magnificently sold idea of tolerance is, in fact, destroying our highest and best values in life.  <a href="http://www.bettedowdell.com/articles/the-road-to-death-goes-through-tolerance/">&#187;&#187;&#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Job&#8217;s Comforters</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2007 18:42:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Job's comforters always show up when your life's in a shambles--and promptly make things worse--even as they're persuaded they're on the side of angels.  <a href="http://www.bettedowdell.com/articles/jobs-comforters/">&#187;&#187;&#187;</a>]]></description>
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