Latest Issue -- Volume 2 - Issue 9
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In this Issue:
- Hard Knocks
- Overcomers—If they could do it, so can we
- Adversity—Here to break us or make us?
- Beyond the Challenge
- Parenting from the Heart—The importance of parenting
- Help in a Downward Financial Spiral—The way to financial freedom
- 11 Tips—On adopting the simple life and bucking the economic tide
- Notable Quotes—Overcoming adversity
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From the editor: |
We know that both heredity and environment help make us who we are. We hear from infancy that we have our mother’s eyes or our father’s chin—visible evidence of the role of heredity.
It’s also obvious that children who are stimulated intellectually are more likely to excel academically, and that athletes who have the best coaches and training programs are more likely to reach their full potential— proof of the role of external influences.
How decisive a part heredity and environment each play in shaping our lives has been the subject of debate since ancient times. What is relatively new is the extent to which both factors are now being used to try to explain personal behavior and social trends. Geneticists are searching for “behavioral genes” that they say could account for such problems as addiction, marriage problems, violent behavior, and depression, while social scientists point out links between personal problems and social conditions—poverty and economic problems, political and civil unrest, and areas affected by natural disaster, for example.
The underlying message being given by both camps is that we are prisoners of our circumstances—either circumstances that stem from our genes, which we have no control over, or from our environment, which we have limited control over.
But in the quest for scientific explanations, two other factors may be overlooked: the human will and divine power. When in harmony, these two are capable of overcoming the negative effects of both heredity and environment.
That’s good news for you and me, because it means that circumstances don’t need to dictate our level of happiness or success in life. With determination and divine help, we can rise above any trouble that threatens to undo us.
Whatever problems there may be—a physical handicap or serious illness, marriage or relationship problems, emotional difficulties, parenting challenges, trouble at work, financial struggles, or civil disturbances—we hope the following articles will be an encouragement, help you to overcome sometimes seemingly insurmountable obstacles, and come out on top in the end.
Christina Lane
For Motivated
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