Download or read book Choices Change Destiny written by Rick Caudill and published by Wheatmark, Inc.. This book was released on 2016-06-02 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of us struggle to learn who we are and find our purpose, despite life's many obstacles. For author Rick Caudill, the struggle began early with a childhood in poverty raised by abusive, alcoholic parents. When his parents abandon him and his seven-year-old brother, he is determined to improve their lives and build a life for himself. He joins the US Medical Service Corps and later becomes a highly successful oral and maxillofacial surgeon with a blind and deaf daughter flourishing in her education. But the human condition is fragile. Suffering from an infectious disease he contracts from a patient, and already diagnosed with mental illnesses, Caudill begins to self-medicate his depression with alcohol and illicit drugs. Derailed by mental illness, substance abuse, and addiction, he loses everything he worked for -- including his freedom and his family. In this heroically candid memoir, Caudill takes responsibility for his poor decisions, details the plight of having a brain chemical imbalance while navigating the bureaucracy of prison, reveals injustices within the Pima County Criminal Justice System and the Arizona Medical Society, and explains the healing power of surrendering one's life to Jesus Christ and embracing His redemptive power. Choices Change Destiny details the rise, fall, and resurrection of a man who undergoes some of life's hardest trials and tribulations but comes out on the other side a better and fully recovered person. Ultimately, it is a story of hope that will resonate with readers of any background.
Download or read book Choices Change Your Destiny written by Ben Pollice and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2006-08-01 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every day of your life, you'll be busy making "choices," and some will affect you for the rest of your life. Tragically, some will also impact others throughout their lives as well. The sum of a lifetime of making personal "choices" will determine the kind of life and the quality of life that you will have literally "chosen" to live. Your "choices" will determine if your life will be like you're driving down a smooth, easy-to-travel, wide open freeway. Or, if your life will take you down a "Road from Hell," filled with devastating potholes and dangerous, off the main road detours! Weighing the consequences of "Choice A" over "Choice B" before you make your decision, is a whole new way of thinking for most young people. Because every "choice" has consequences! The alternative is running the risk of having to endure the bad consequences of impulsive "choices" for a long, long time. Make this new way of thinking your "Blueprint for Success in Life."
Download or read book Decisions Determine Destiny written by Kevin A. Treasure and published by Decisions Determine Destiny. This book was released on 2010-10 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Decisions Determine Destiny is a series of plays designed to bring stories to life though acting and play, allowing the students to become immersed in roles which any young person could find themselves in. Re-enacting the lives of characters in the stories and discovering how people can arrive at certain decisions which can sometimes be a catalyst of positive change of negative consequences. The Decisions Determine Destiny (DDD) series is a book of plays, which are intended to be part of the Life Skills series for young People, It can be used for; G.C.S.E. Drama, English and P.S.H.E classes, Pupil Referral Units, Mentoring Units, youth groups and drama workshops. Decisions Determine Destiny encourages teenagers to make the right choices when faced with real issues which sometimes arise in life. Experimenting through role play the many different circumstances they can find themselves in and ways in which they can deal with those circumstances if and when they arise. Using drama as a way to introduce life skills training for young people DDD gives the young people the opportunity to write, practice and perform the stories and scenarios proposed in the book.
Download or read book Fateful Choices written by Ian Kershaw and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2013-04-04 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1940 the world was on a knife-edge. The hurricane of events that marked the opening of the Second World War meant that anything could happen. For the aggressors there was no limit to their ambitions; for their victims a new Dark Age beckoned. Over the next few months their fates would be determined. In Fateful Choices Ian Kershaw re-creates the ten critical decisions taken between May 1940, when Britain chose not to surrender, and December 1941, when Hitler decided to destroy Europe’s Jews, showing how these choices would recast the entire course of history.
Download or read book Your Choice Your Destiny written by Alfred Udobong and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What makes an opportunity beneficial to people around the world is nothing but the quality of the decision they make when that opportunity comes. By reading this book, God is bringing you to the finest moment you will ever have and desire no matter your dreams. Without a guided and determined choice to follow your dreams and the things you strongly believe in, you will never be able to make any meaningful progress despite those struggles. The invitation to come out of obscurity and out of the crowd is for everyone, but only those who are armed with the best information and determination will be able to take advantage of such invitation to impart their future positively. Your choice sets the stage for the future you dream and desire. It sets the table for you to sit with amazing people doing amazing things that bring you joy. Your entire life is dependent on the choices you make. Your choice affects you, your generation and your nation. The choices you make now determine the life you have tomorrow. This book will give you many examples to follow in making a good choice. It is about your original purpose and God's best plans for your life now and in the future. In these pages, you will discover the choices that will help you reach your rightful place in life. You will find motivation, encouragement, mandates to keep and follow, purpose, and expectation to see another joyful day. You will discover yourself more than you have ever done before. Your choices are optional, but the consequences are not. Life is not a matter of chance but a matter of the choices you make.
Download or read book Divine Direction written by Craig Groeschel and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2017-02-07 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master the decisions that will make your life everything God wants it to be. Every day we make choices. And those choices accumulate and eventually become our life story. What would your life look like if you became an expert at making those choices? In this inspiring guidebook, New York Times bestselling author Craig Groeschel shows how the choices that are in your power, if aligned with biblical principles, will lead to a life you've never imagined. Divine Direction will help you seek wisdom through seven principles. You'll consider: One thing to stop that's hindering you How to start a new habit to re-direct your path Where you should stay committed And when you should go even if it's easier to stay The book also includes criteria that will help you feel confident in the right choice, and encourages you with principles for trusting God with your decisions. What story do you want to tell about yourself? God is dedicated to the wonderful plan he's laid out for you. The achievable and powerful steps in Divine Direction take you there one step at a time, big or small. Spanish edition also available.
Download or read book Your Decision Determines Your Destiny written by Ralph Phifer and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-06-22 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: God has a plan and a purpose for your life. You have a destiny and your destiny will be determined by the decisions you make in life. So it is very important that we make wise decisions. So many people are blaming their plight in life on people and circumstances. My pastor made a statement that says, "You are what you have become." I am convinced you have become what you are as a result of the decisions you have made. In this book I want to show you that it is up to you to walk out the plan that God has ordained for your life. I will show you such principles as: *The Choice is Yours *Your Decisions Affect Others *Your Decisions Have Consequences *Decisions Require Faith *Decisions Require Responsibility *You can Bounce Back from Bad Decisions *8 Steps to Making a Good Decision
Download or read book Pathways to Perfection written by Thomas S. Monson and published by Shadow Mountain. This book was released on 1973-01-01 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Illusion of Will Self and Time written by Jonathan Bricklin and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Seminary Co-op Notable Book of 2016 William James is often considered a scientist compromised by his advocacy of mysticism and parapsychology. Jonathan Bricklin argues James can also be viewed as a mystic compromised by his commitment to common sense. James wanted to believe in will, self, and time, but his deepest insights suggested otherwise. "Is consciousness already there waiting to be uncovered and is it a veridical revelation of reality?" James asked shortly before his death in 1910. A century after his death, research from neuroscience, physics, psychology, and parapsychology is making the case, both theoretically and experimentally, that answers James's question in the affirmative. By separating what James passionately wanted to believe, based on common sense, from what his insights and researches led him to believe, Bricklin shows how James himself laid the groundwork for this more challenging view of existence. The non-reality of will, self, and time is consistent with James's psychology of volition, his epistemology of self, and his belief that Newtonian, objective, even-flowing time does not exist.
Download or read book What If You Broke All the Rules written by Liz Ruckdeschel and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2009-11-04 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In What If. . . You Broke All the Rules, Haley will turn 16 on Valentine's Day. But there won't be any big parties or celebrations to mark the occasion—her parents are so distracted by their own lives that they forget her birthday. Haley's dad is absorbed in finishing his documentary, and Haley's mom is spending waaaay too much time with a former coworker from San Francisco. With Perry and Joan preoccupied, Haley will suddenly find herself in a world without rules. Will Haley turn into a wild child or do the responsible thing? And how will Haley choose to spend her spring break—with a trip to Paris with Sasha, to Sebastian's hometown of Seville, making a movie in New Jersey with Irene, or in the Hamptons with Coco, Whitney, and their crew? It's up to you to choose Haley's destiny!
Download or read book Just Like Fate written by Suzanne Young and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-08-27 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One decision changes everything in this Sliding Doors meets Anna and the French Kiss novel that explores split realities of romance and family loyalties, “recommended for fans of Sara Zarr, Elizabeth Scott, and Maureen Johnson (School Library Journal).” Caroline is at a crossroads. Her grandmother is sick and, like the rest of her family, Caroline’s been at Gram’s bedside since her stroke. With the pressure building, all Caroline wants to do is escape—both her family and the reality of Gram’s failing health. So when Caroline’s best friend offers to take her to a party one fateful Friday night, she must choose: stay by Gram’s side, or go to the party for a few hours? The consequences of this one decision will split Caroline’s fate into two separate paths—and she is about to live them both. Friendships are tested and family drama hits an all-new high as Caroline attempts to rebuild old relationships and even make a few new ones. If she stays, her longtime crush, Joel, might finally notice her, but if she goes, Chris, the charming college boy, might prove to be everything she’s ever wanted. Though there are two distinct ways for her fate to unfold, there is only one happy ending…
Download or read book Every Decision Matters written by Arnold L Harvey and published by . This book was released on 2017-12-04 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arnold Harvey II endured a brutal stabbing that le him paralyzed from the chest down. Every Decision Matters leads the reader through the initial shock of the event, the recovery process, and the drastic downfall he experienced from making bad decisions in handling the tragedy. The story tells of how each decision we make will determine our destiny. If you want to change your life, you need to make better decisions. It doesn't matter what you have been through or what bad decisions you have made. You can make a decision to turn your life around. Every Decision Matters is a testimony of God's desire to help us if we are willing to accept his help. You have never gone too far for God to change your life if you are ready to surrender to him. Our destiny will ultimately be shaped by our decisions, so we must be aware of the weight of each decision. Overcome by the attack, Arnold made bad decisions that snowballed until his life was out of control. After fighting alcoholism, PTSD, and depression, Arnold learned that once he surrendered to God, the healing process could begin. Discover how God can restore broken lives and turn the darkness we have experienced into light. God wants nothing more than for people to turn to him so that he can begin to restore their lives. ere is a way out of the mess so you can share the grace and mercy of God.
Download or read book Decisions Decide Destiny written by Kevin Mullens and published by . This book was released on 2014-08-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book What If Everyone Knew Your Name written by Liz Ruckdeschel and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet Haley Miller. She’s a 15-year-old girl of average height, average weight, and an average sense of style. Installed in her first public high school, Haley faces the toughest choices of her young life. And guess what? She’s all yours. In this interactive novel, readers lead Haley through the halls of Hillsdale High for better or for worse. Until graduation do you part. Do you guide her away from the pitfalls of peer pressure? Or into the vortex of bad boys and parties? Send her to homecoming with the captain of the soccer team . . . or have her skip the dance to go on a road trip with the hot rebel. Give Haley a makeover or teach her to love herself the way she is. Pick which crowd she’ll hang with. Tell her how often to do her homework. And decide whether she drinks or inhales. You determine her fortune. Her grades, her friends, her love life, her future. With Haley’s many positive traits, you should have no trouble achieving success . . . or will you? It’s all in the way you work, love, and play with Haley Miller, the girl with the most potential at Hillsdale High.
Download or read book Change Your Mind Change Your Destiny written by Jay LaGuardia and published by . This book was released on 2016-05-09 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Change Your Mind, Change your Destiny is a strikingly powerful and yet enormously practical tool designed for anyone who desires more out of life. Dr. LaGuardia reveals the formula he has taught to businesses, organizations, and teams over the past 25 years. Dr. Jay distills this powerful message into 8 simple habits that can help you achieve your full potential and live an extraordinary life. Discover: -How to reconnect with your dreams -Discover your authentic self -Overcome a lifetime of negative programming -Tap into the wisdom of mentors -Rewire your Brain with your thoughts to become the most positive person you know -Become a goal slayer -And so much more.....
Download or read book Speak Without Fear written by Deb Sofield and published by . This book was released on 2013-01-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the classrooms of Yale and Harvard comes Deb Sofield's inspirational, instructional guide to help you conquer your fear of public speaking. Speak Without Fear transforms our old ways of thinking about public speaking and provides the reader with the necessary tools to move beyond the fe
Download or read book The Paradox of Choice written by Barry Schwartz and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether we're buying a pair of jeans, ordering a cup of coffee, selecting a long-distance carrier, applying to college, choosing a doctor, or setting up a 401(k), everyday decisions—both big and small—have become increasingly complex due to the overwhelming abundance of choice with which we are presented. As Americans, we assume that more choice means better options and greater satisfaction. But beware of excessive choice: choice overload can make you question the decisions you make before you even make them, it can set you up for unrealistically high expectations, and it can make you blame yourself for any and all failures. In the long run, this can lead to decision-making paralysis, anxiety, and perpetual stress. And, in a culture that tells us that there is no excuse for falling short of perfection when your options are limitless, too much choice can lead to clinical depression. In The Paradox of Choice, Barry Schwartz explains at what point choice—the hallmark of individual freedom and self-determination that we so cherish—becomes detrimental to our psychological and emotional well-being. In accessible, engaging, and anecdotal prose, Schwartz shows how the dramatic explosion in choice—from the mundane to the profound challenges of balancing career, family, and individual needs—has paradoxically become a problem instead of a solution. Schwartz also shows how our obsession with choice encourages us to seek that which makes us feel worse. By synthesizing current research in the social sciences, Schwartz makes the counter intuitive case that eliminating choices can greatly reduce the stress, anxiety, and busyness of our lives. He offers eleven practical steps on how to limit choices to a manageable number, have the discipline to focus on those that are important and ignore the rest, and ultimately derive greater satisfaction from the choices you have to make.
