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		<title>Is Your Postage Stamp Coming Unstuck?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:21:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenny</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Focus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Perseverance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Postage stamp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Purpose in Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Take Action]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Consider the postage stamp. Its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to something until it gets there.&#8211;Josh Billings
As you know by now if you regularly read my blog, I absolutely love quotes. This particular quote is definitely a thought provoker.
If you&#8217;re anything like me, I have a problem with following through on projects. Not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Failure &#8211; Get Over It!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 11:40:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenny</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Perseverance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quotes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[failure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mary Pickford]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call failure is not the falling down, but the staying down.
Mary Pickford
1893-1979, Actress and Producer
I absolutely love this quote. Although the message is extremely simple, it is very powerful. How many of us realize that we can start over again [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ian Reid &#8211; An Inspiring Story of Perseverance</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 16:33:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenny</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Perseverance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Down Syndrome]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[High school]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ian Reid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inspiration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[persistence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[success]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Swimming]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This past week one of our local TV stations ran a story about Ian Reid, a young man with Down syndrome who has been an integral part of the local high school&#8217;s swim team for three years. Since he is now a high school senior, he recently swam his last meet with his high school [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Susan Boyle &#8211; Her Time Has Come</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 03:08:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenny</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Perseverance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Idol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Got Talent series]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reality television]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Susan Boyle]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jennyevansdunham.com/blog/?p=144</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Unless you&#8217;ve been hiding under a rock, you&#8217;ve no doubt heard about Susan Boyle, the Scottish woman who is a singing sensation since her appearance on Britain&#8217;s &#8220;You&#8217;ve Got Talent.&#8221; Talent reality shows such as &#8220;You&#8217;ve Got Talent&#8221; and &#8220;American Idol&#8221; are all the rage but having a 47-year-old competitor is not ordinary at all.
In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do What You Can With What You Have</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:20:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenny</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Perseverance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Computer virus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retirement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[saving money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tough times]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I had a computer crisis this past week and it messed up my schedule for getting all sort of things done, including posting on my blog. It was frustrating because my computer was the victim of a very nasty virus. The virus took over all sorts of things so it was hard to figure out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Success is a Choice</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:35:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenny</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Perseverance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nicholas sparks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[success]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Choice]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This week I read the novel, The Choice, by Nicholas Sparks. Although it is a love story, it is so much more. Without giving away the plot or the ending, let me just say that the hero of the story has to make a very serious decision involving whether to keep a promise he made [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fail Your Way to Success</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2008 23:35:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenny</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Perseverance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[failure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[learn to walk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obstacle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[persistence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[success]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It wasn&#8217;t that long ago that my youngest grandson learned to walk. I remember how he would walk a little, fall down, cry a little, get back up, walk some more&#8211;over and over again. He got frustrated but he wasn&#8217;t willing to totally give up and stop trying to learn to walk. Today he is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keep Working Toward Your Goal</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenny</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Motivation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Perseverance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[goal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gold medal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Phelps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[olympic games]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know about you but I enjoy watching the Olympic games whenever I can. One of my favorite sports to watch is swimming. This year I watched with bated breath as Michael Phelps broke a 36-year-old record by winning eight gold medals in a single Olympics. I remember watching him in 2004 and being [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Defeat Is Not the End</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:10:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenny</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Perseverance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[defeat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[endurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vince Lombardi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[will to win]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This week we had primary elections in our state. Unfortunately, the candidate that I supported for governor lost by a very narrow margin. To say I am disappointed is a bit of an understatement. She represented real change and would have been a great asset to our state. So, does this defeat mean the end [...]]]></description>
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