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OVERCOMING TRIALS: 21 Ways to Navigate through Troubled Waters

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This is Article #1 in Single and Still Breathing: Subject SPIRITUAL: Overcoming Trials Overcoming Trials: 21 Way to Navigate through Troubled Waters SPIRITUAL: Overcoming Trials: 21 Tactics to Navigate through Troubled Waters, SingleandStillBreathing.com   "In our own storms in life the Savior is our solace and our sanctuary. If we seek peace, we must come unto Him," said the Apostle, Elder Joseph B. Worthlin in his talk "Finding a Safe Harbor." "Be assured that there is a safe harbor," he said. "You can find peace amidst the storms that threaten you. Your Heavenly Father—who knows when even a sparrow falls—knows of your heartache and suffering. He loves you and wants the best for you. Never doubt this." SPIRITUAL:"In our own storms in life the Savior is our solace and our sanctuary. If we seek peace, we must come unto Him." - Joseph B. Worthlin, SingleandStillBreathing.com As we navigate our way through troubled waters, our confidence can "wax strong in the presence of God” (D&C 121:45). We can find comfort as Jesus said, "My peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid” (John 14:27). Jesus Christ can heal us and strengthen us and prepare us to face life...
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DECISIONS DETERMINE DESTINY: 5 Positive Choices to Find Your “Happily Ever After”

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This is Article #2 in Single and Still Breathing: Subject SPIRITUAL: Plan of Happiness  

Decisions Determine Destiny: 5 Positive Choices to Find Your "Happily Ever After" DECISIONS DETERMINE DESTINY: 5 Positive Choices to Find Your "Happily Ever After" - SingleandStillBreathing.com

  Our "Happily Ever After" begins with the choices we make today. Daily we make decisions that determine our destiny, and with the gospel of Jesus Christ at our fingertips there is a clear path that we can take. If we have made poor choices in the past we can change them. Through the atonement we can be forgiven and move forward. We can press forward with faith in our Savior who saved us from our sins and created the path we can follow.   We have all made poor choices in the past and looking back with regret we may realize we have made a pothole in our road. We don't dare go down that same road again fearing we will make another poor choice and sink or dig ourselves deeper. This can make our road dangerous to travel over and lead others to travel the same road and sink.   Here are 5 Posit...
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SOCIAL – KEEP LOVE ALIVE: 10 Ways to Love Yourself So You Can Love Others – single life, friendship, dating

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This is Article #2 in Single and Still Breathing: Subject SOCIAL: Dating and Friendship

KEEP LOVE ALIVE: 10 Ways to Love Yourself So You Can Love Others

KEEP LOVE ALIVE: 10 Ways to Love Yourself . . So You Can Love Others, SingleandStillBreathing.com

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KEEP LOVE ALIVE, ostrich with head in sand analogy, SingleandStillbreathing.comAre you like the "ostrich that buried their head in the sand"? Do you avoid love or loving deeply because you are not mature enough or brave enough? Do you really truly love yourself and accept yourself? If you don't, are you like the ostrich with its head in the sand? 

KEEP LOVE ALIVE, ostrich with head in sand analogy, SingleandStillbreathing.comI know you and I are better looking than this ostrich, yet we all feel like burying ourselves or even our talents at times. However, in the real world with real people we need to get real with our feelings and with our image so that we feel comfortable around others. This way we won't want to hide. On the other extreme are those who are too self-absorbed and don't really care about others?

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Dating – Friendship – Courtship: Become Best Friends Before Marriage: 10 Ways to Plant the Ripe; Rich Fruit of Friendship

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This is Article #1 in Single and Still Breathing: Subject SOCIAL: Dating and Friendship

Become Best Friends Before Marriage: 10 Ways to Plant the Ripe; Rich Fruit of Friendship DATING FRIENDSHIP: Become best friends before marriage. 10 Ways to plant the ripe, rich fruit of friendship, singleandstillbreathing.com

 

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Couples who start out in marriage without really getting to know each other, getting to the point of a deep and true-friendship are possibly missing the best part of romance. Spencer W. Kimball wrote: “The successful marriage depends in large measure upon the preparation made in approaching it. … One cannot pick the ripe, rich, luscious fruit from a tree that was never planted, nurtured, nor pruned” (The Miracle of Forgiveness, Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1969, p. 242).SOCIAL: Dating - Elder Spencer W. Kimball wrote: “The successful marriage depends in large measure upon the preparation made in approaching it. … One cannot pick the ripe, rich, luscious fruit from a tree that was never planted, nurtured, nor pruned”, singleandstillbreathing.com Jonn D. Claybaugh, bishop of a BYU ward said in his talk Dating:  Time to Become Best Friends, "Courtship is a time to discover who you and your partner really are—and how to nourish your relationship." 

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SOCIAL: Plenty of Fish in the Sea – Fabulous Ideas to Find Your Mr. / Ms. Right, finding a date or mate

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This is Article #3 in Single and Still Breathing: Subject SOCIAL: Dating and Friendship

Plenty of Fish in the Sea: Ways to Find a Date or Mate SOCIAL: Dating and Friendship, Plenty of Fish in the Sea? Ways to Find a Date or Mate, Mr. / Ms. Right, SingleandStillBreathing.com

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From the time you were 16 you were looking to meeting your future mate in a potential sea of fish. Warned of the dangers, yet you kept swimming, venturing into the unknown, hoping not to be swallowed up in deep waters. "What are you thinking, going into deep waters, swimming without a life jacket, taking chances when you know very well there are sharks out there and you may not come back alive!" Does this sound familiar, your parents or friends telling you similar things when they caution you about the dating world out there? You heard these cautions so much in your younger years like: don't go steady, date in groups, just hang out. The only problem, that was high school and now that you are an adult, and probably off your mission, finished with coll...
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