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19 Incredibly Successful People Who Started Out As Failures

When it comes to accomplishing your dreams — and getting credit for doing so — all we can say is, never underestimate the power of time. Time not only grants you the ability to use your talents, pursue your dreams and leave a lasting imprint on the world, but also gives others room to adjust …

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Moral traits like kindness and integrity define who we are

“Contrary to what generations of philosophers and psychologists have thought, memory loss doesn’t make someone seem like a different person.” Strohminger and Nichols focused on three neurodegenerative diseases: frontotemporal dementia (FTD), Alzheimer’s disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, better known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease. ALS served as a control since it primarily affects movement, …

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50 Cheap (Maybe Free) Dates You’ll Thoroughly Enjoy

Couples who spend regular time together on “date nights” are happier and less likely to divorce says a University of Virginia marriage study. In fact, the study recommends couples make date night a habit. But with dinner and a movie easily hitting a C-note (don’t forget that babysitter) many couples forego this simple pleasure. Never …

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Why Do Christians Need to Believe in the Incarnation?

“The point of incarnation language,” the Catholic theologian Roger Haight writes, “is that Jesus is one of us, that what occurred in Jesus is the destiny of human existence itself: et homo factus est. Jesus is a statement, God’s statement, about humanity as such.” Humanity is the presence of God. The presence of God, therefore, …

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Happy People Aren’t So Good At Empathy

Perpetually happy individuals are wonderful to have around, until you experience something worth complaining about. Recent research in PLOS ONE suggests that people who are generally cheerful are not so great at reading other people’s negative emotions, though what’s especially interesting is that they think they’re very good at it. More.