What's the Bottom Line?

Have you ever thought about doing something and then you wondered - but what's the bottom line? If I proceed what possible consequences could there be? What will the fall-out be? Should I go for it or not?

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Bitter Waters

Was it spontaneously and simultaneously composed and sung? Did the lyrics and vivid imagery just flow out of the song leader? Have you ever heard 1,000,000+ people singing in unison? Did the people in the local villages step outside their homes and lift their heads, with straining ears, to catch more of the singing as it echoed across the land? You wouldn't have to be a musicologist to quickly understand there was the excitement and energy of triumph in their voices.

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Performance on the Hot Seat

The last place most people choose to be is on the hot seat. Open mike segments in any meeting are nerve racking. The handlers of politicians try to screen the questions or discreetly control the mike. Business leaders, in an effort to run a transparent workplace, convene their bull pit sessions.

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Connection between Lingering and Love

Sometimes our lives are busier than they need to be.  We aren't always good at sorting out the valuables from the clutter.  In the hodge-podge of daily life it seems that everything on our plate is of equal importance. But everything on my daily 'to do' list is NOT of equal importance.  If bad news struck your life later this week, it wouldn't take too long to discover what's truly important.

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