Let’s explain the situation. Every poker room takes a part of the pot, it’s their payment if you like for holding for holding the game in the first place, and it’s called the “rake”. Now here’s the difference between the real winners and those who only maybe win once, when you sign up to a select number of poker rooms you can actually have a refund of every dollar you throw into the pot, this is called “rake back”. Don’t just have the chance to win once, be a real winner and get a portion of your stake back to have more opportunities to win.

Some poker rooms pay your rake back automatically every week, twice a month or monthly, and just add it into your pot; you need to check the individual details of whichever room you choose to become a member of.

Another way that the real winners take advantage is by introducing their friends to some of the poker rooms. This can earn you a percentage of their rake back too, for as long as he plays in the poker room, and if your friend tells a friend, you get some of that too.

Fortunately there are some great sites which can now tell you all of the relevant information about a great number of these casino gambling sites, which ones offer rake back, which ones have bonuses and incentives for you to join, in effect, the best sites where the real winners go for a little excitement and the chance to win big money, over and over again. If you want to be a winner, take a little advice from the winners and follow their lead.

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Last night somebody was singing a song do whatever it takes to hold on.  Things will change.  I did not even register the words at first, then they sank in, like a voice calling out to me from far away.

This is what I think.  If you have dreams that you have not been able to realize, you have two options.  You can either say it is impossible for me or there is something stopping me, something within me.  If you say the first you might as well jump off a cliff.  I decided long ago to deal with the stuff within me that has got in the way.  There was no getting around it, no easy way out, no drugs I could take, no anaesthetic, no mantra I could say.

Truth is truth.  You cannot ignore it if you want your life to change for the better.   Mostly it is about self esteem and entitlement; knowing you deserve a life that makes sense to you and is fulfilling and exciting to you.  Knowing you are lovable at a very deep place way beyond your intellect.  Right in your heart and soul.

Big dreams need big entitlement.  I have spectacular dreams, but had quite the most ridiculously minimal entitlement and self esteem.  Ergo I have a spectacular amount of change to embrace. It takes time – which is not a sign that I am an idiot or that it cannot happen for me.  It is a sign of how powerful my dreams are, and how much I have to deal with to be able to see them come to fruition.

I am building a foundation for my good life, moving towards finding fulfillment.  Standing up to all the inner messages that say my life is over, who do I think I am, I live in a fantasy world and most of all that I am a fool to desire, to dream.

No I am not.  No matter how hard it gets, no matter how real the “evidence” seems to be that the change I long for is not happening, I am not a fool to dream.

I would be a fool not to.

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Jennifer is pursuing a childhood dream to become a singer.  She also writes a blog, film and TV scripts, and novels.  She experienced bankruptcy 8 years ago which changed her life dramatically – for the better!  Visit her blog Stepping out of History to read about her journey of getting to a place where she could start to make her dreams come true.
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Everything that keeps a person intact in society, everything you trusted and took for granted, everything that held your world together is gone, and is completely out of your reach.  No money for food or rent, no job, no prospects, no credit card, nobody to turn to.  Your dignity and your belief that your life was going somewhere are obliterated.  If you were betrayed, the reality is so painful it feels almost impossible to face, and belief in yourself is shattered.  Where you were sailing along in sweet oblivion – “it will never happen to me” – suddenly a bomb explodes in your world, your heart, your mind, your soul.

It has happened to you.  You have nothing to hold onto.  You have to scour the recesses of your shattered being to find the seed of faith in a better future, in your capacity to turn things around when every material aspect of your experience tells you it is impossible.  Every waking moment you are faced with the material reality that you have nothing – and worse, the reality of where you failed yourself.  Can dreams come true?  You doubt it.  Being real, living with passion – you have no idea what that means.  Being important is for other people, and facing the future is the last thing you want to do.

As time goes by, you have to face the truth that you are one of those people who is still grappling with just trying to earn money to stay alive – living at the edge of the zero figure abyss all the time.  People around you are giving up, becoming impatient, turning away.  Absolute terror sets in, and you realize your crisis is about a core, entrenched belief that you deserve to have been betrayed and abandoned.

That is a very, very painful place to land.   But it leads you to see the conclusion you drew as a child: it is my fault that they do not love me.  It is because I am bad.  When you make that connection, you start to fight for your right to believe in yourself and to be loved and supported. Despite that your material world and societal standards tell you your belief is wrong, you face doubt down when you can.

One day you realize that you have gone from believing what other people think and say and what the material world says – to believing in yourself.  When you do that, you are well on the road to recovery, to making dreams come true, to finding fulfillment, to experiencing the power of life.  The biggest loss has led to the biggest gain.

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Jennifer is pursuing a childhood dream to become a singer.  She also writes a blog, film and TV scripts, and novels.  She experienced bankruptcy 8 years ago which changed her life dramatically – for the better!  Visit her blog Stepping out of History to read about her journey of getting to a place where she could start to make her dreams come true.
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if you look around you, you can find that there are a lot of living substance around you.

and you are lucky that you are born as a human, for above all you have the ability to “think “

and “‘choose”, for this iua what makes human beings special.

no matter how hard your life may be, never give up hope. above all   , never give up.

you are meant to be more,

keep moving on , don’t just give anytihng up, your life is worth more, but its upto you to make your life worth living.

dont just say “no”or “i cant” because in the “can’t” theres always a can.

don’t let others push you down,  keep beliving in yourself  and you will see how remarkable that you have become,

life is basically the a bunch of choices one makes, you want it to be great , you have to wait and the choices you make can make a difference, even when makes a wrong choice, theres always a choice to make evrything right, but that depends on the choices one makes.

some choices are hard to make, some needs a lotr of effort to make, but its always worth it in the end,

all the motivation one needs is:-

” NEVER GIVE UP”

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One of the biggest issues which have been cropping up consistently with my clients lately is that of accepting and even embracing change. Even when they know that the converting over to a new way of doing things will eventually in the long run save them time and money to say nothing of alleviating stress in their lives, they continue to kick and scream every inch of the way.

I believe the first thing you need to do in order to embrace change gracefully is to find out why you’re experiencing such an adverse reaction to this new request. For example, are you afraid of failure? Having a hard time trusting yourself to go through with the process, as in “Why bother? Nothing ever changes.” These conditions are all due to issues of low self-esteem, lack of self-confidence, and resignation which you’ll need to work on at some point, but let’s take a look at the bigger picture here of why you’re fighting this change so hard. 

At what point in your life did you become so entrenched in the ‘But that’s the way we’ve always done it’ dumpster? I know there are a lot of people who subscribe to the “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” choir, but that saying has one major flaw in it: what IF it can be improved by making a few changes? Should you just sit blindly by and do nothing because you’re afraid of the work you’ll need to do to modify something? No way! 

Here’s the thing about change. With change comes confusion, uncertainty, chaos, and not having all the answers. And not having all the answers is the thing that really rocks our boat. Because when we have all the answers, we can deal with those changes and it feels safe. Ah, but herein lies the kicker….there’s no room for growth there and you succumb to mediocrity and ultimately fade into the woodwork so to speak. 

Change is the very thing that adds spice to our everyday life. Picture this: if you ate one kind of cereal every morning for 40 years, don’t you think you’d be a little bit tired of eating it at around day 14,610? (By the way, that number includes an extra 10 days for Leap years.) I’m pretty sure you just nodded your head yes at that one, right?  

Change is the determining factor between having a thriving and bountiful life and business, or one that is merely existing and taking up space on the planet. Yes, change is hard to adapt to, and yes, it’s uncomfortable when you’re going through it – most of the best things in life do cause us some twinges of pain – but you need to realize that the immediate discomfort will soon pass. 

So, the next time you’re faced with any type of change, ask yourself these two questions: 

1. What will the end result look like once I embrace this change and reach the goalpost? 

2. If I do this now, what added benefits will it bring to my overall life? 

We’re talking ‘big picture’ here folks. Think bigger – you just might like it!  

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I know, I know. You are probably asking, “How can you mistake a snake for a pellet rifle?” Look, I’m still asking myself the same question. As a matter of fact, I need to talk to the optometrist who prescribed the glasses I was wearing that night.
 
I would describe the events that transpired after we discovered the snake, and some of the words that were said out of pure fear, but I really want to keep these newsletters PG-rated. Let’s just say the snake did not see his/her “tomorrow.”
 
After meditating on this event, repenting (smile), and talking with family and friends, I decided to ask this question…Do you know what is at your door when the lights are off? Things people say, information we encounter on radio, TV, the Internet or other media-people and things may be snakes lying quietly by our doors, waiting for an invitation to come into our lives. When the light is not shining, or even on, snakes can hide right by your family’s door. In other words, when the light is not shining, “snakes” can have easy access to our lives.
 
But there’s hope. Did you notice that a single porch light revealed the truth about the evil that was lurking just outside my door? Thank You God for the Light!  
 
John 10:9-10 says: “I am the door; if any one enters by me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.”
 
I have to be honest with you. I have let some pop-culture snakes into my house and I am still trying to get rid of them. And it’s hard, I tell you. What about you…do you have snakes (thieves) at your door? More importantly, are you deciding to let them in?
 
Ever since the snake incident occurred, I sometimes “speed walk” to the front door to quickly insert my key and open the door, particularly when Julien forgets to leave the lights on. Knowing Julien, I think he can be more worried about saving on the electric bill than me getting bitten. (Some of you who know Julien know what I am talking about!) 
 
Now we know that it is our responsibility to keep the Light on so we can be aware of any evil trying to infiltrate our lives. So let’s “Keep the Lights On” because there may sometimes be snakes outside the door.
 
 
Prayer,
God, I thank You for Your everlasting Light. Please remove all the snakes that I have knowingly and unknowingly let into my life and into my home. Forgive me if I have ever allowed some of these snakes to affect my relationship with You, Your Son, and my loved ones. Father, give me the strength to seek righteousness daily. Amen.
 
 
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Author of…
How to Load Your Truck: One Box at a Time
Big Box, Little Box: How One Little Box Finds His Way

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What actually we need a balanced view of life. We should try to make our life style easy and sober. We should try to follow the track of Virtue and honesty. It is not hard to be honest. If I think I can be Honest I can be then and there without doing any harm to anyone, without causing any harm to anyone, without bothering anyone can be Honest. We have to notice how we are leading our day to day life. If we feel we are satisfied the Sky of Happiness is at hand.

Let us view the Life from different angle. We may expect that the cavern of happiness is gradually being projected in a slow pace. A poor man wants to be rich. It is his only dream to amass enough money. If he fails in his target he is bound to be unhappy.

To achieve his target he toils hard, takes up so many disastrous measures, never stoops to be baffled. But if he, at any cost, peers into his mind and tries to find out the answer – Why am I toiling so hard? Am I not satisfied with the things that loom large at my small cottage? Isn’t what The Almighty has offered me as His Grace is enough for a commonplace man like me? If anyhow the answer flashes in the sky of mind we are sure to find out the Way to Happiness. Hence what will be will be.

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Have you ever experienced a moment of quiet rage? One of those things that sneaks up on you and suddenly you find yourself shaking and wondering how something like this could happen?

I was heading to a petrol station to fill up my wife’s car. She works, and I don’t and that is another story for another time. Tonight’s tale deals with what happened when I got there. I was pulling into the station, at night, late at night and against my better judgment. I don’t live in a particularly dangerous neighborhood, but as any city dweller can tell you, crime is mobile.

I take the proper precautions as I get out of my vehicle. Check around me, two people in station, filling their vehicles, trying to look bored and nonchalant; so not working. They want to leap into their cars and drive away as fast as they are able but they don’t want to LOOK like that.

No obvious foot traffic. Check. Sign on the window says “open 24 hours.” Check. Car in park. Lights off. Check. Clearance on driver’s side. Check. Pump active. Check.
Get out of car. Look confident. Glance around. Take in the lay of the land, and project power. Check. As I am going through this checklist, I notice a man sitting on a the hood of a small SUV or covered flatbed truck. He is a tall man, kind of lean, unshaven, looks to be about fifty or so. He is holding a bright red gas can. His head is dipped forward as if he is engaged in some inner dialog.

As I am moving toward the front door of the gas station storefront, he sees me and jumps up. “Hey brother, could you spare some gas, a couple, maybe three gallons?” His voice is clear, he does not mumble, he does not sound intoxicated. He sounds like a man who is not used to asking for anything.

Not seeking confrontation, I scurry inside. I try not to look at the man but my inner Observer, something from my days as military personnel, objectively, dispassionately, gathers all of this information. I notice there is a woman sitting in the car behind him. She too appears to be about fifty years old. But it was not just the woman that I noticed. Behind her, I see materials that might be house furnishings; things that looked as if they were moving. I continue inside.

Now, my inner Observer challenges me. You can’t unsee that. “Can I get twenty dollars on six, please.”

“Will that be credit or ATM?” says the Persian gentleman behind the counter, wearing a crisp and new shirt and a mild musky cologne. His smile seems genuine and his tone friendly.

Don’t ignore me. You saw the man, you saw the woman, you saw their car. They have food wrappers on their dash and furniture in the back of their car. Observe, report, analyse. “Yes, that will be ATM.”

Did I mention I was an autistic? I have conversations with myself all the time. So don’t think I am crazy or become upset. This is normal for me. Anyway…

“What is the price of your gas here?” I asked the nice attendant. Yes, I drove past the sign coming in but unfortunately, that is something I have a mental block against, living in California. You just buy the gas, you don’t really want to know what it costs. It always costs a dollar more than anywhere else in the nation.

You have acknowledged his existence and have made a decision. Why prevaricate? You are going to spend enough to get three gallons of gasoline, enough to fill up that red container. Do it! How could you stand there, they are living out of their damn car…

Enough!

The Observer falls silent, his work done.

The attendant does not know what the price of the gas here is, which is not really surprising since he probably does not get paid enough for it to matter to him, either. At that point, I did not care what it cost. I walk to the door and wave to the man. Seeing me, he waves back and moves toward the pump next to my car.

I am self-conscious. I do not know why.

“Ten dollars on pump six, please.” The station agent looks at me quizzically since I just bought gasoline for pump five. He assumes I have made a mistake and looks out the window.

“Are you sure, sir?”

“Yes, I am buying it for that man right there.” I use the tone of command, to let him know I am aware of what I am doing and will only require his cooperation at this point. He complies.

When I walk out the store. The man is pumping his gas and as I approach him, he says to me “God Bless you, brother.” His voice is rich with emotional undertones and I am again unnerved. I am not a religious man, so his benedictions made me uncomfortable. I did not do it for God. I did it for… Who did I do it for? The Observer wisely stays silent.

“No problem. Will that get you where you need to be?” trying to sound casual.

He out-casuals me with “Hope so.”

As I get ready to pump my gas, he stops me. “My can is full. Let’s put the rest in yours. Don’t hang your pump up, I’m just going to finish what’s on this one. He smiles as he pumps the rest of the gas into my tank and then picks up his gas can and says “Thanks, again.”

I fill my tank. My thoughts are racing and the first thing that comes to me is, that could be me in a few months. I have no job and no income. For me unemployment ended this month. But this fellow looks like he has been living in his car for some time. I began to feel that burning, that anger, that frustration stirring in my chest, the feeling I spend my days suppressing and my nights sweating.

As I finish, I look over at their white flatbed, and the woman, possibly his wife, looks at me and waves. I wave back. I thought I would feel good doing this deed. No I didn’t. I thought I would absolve myself of any guilt I felt watching this man sit here at this station, waiting for some salvation, some humanity in an age where human kindness is in short supply, where no one but the rich or the lucky have money or a job. A man in a number of months who may be me. I wanted to do more for them.

But then I thought about it. I did not actually have any money with me, and I was doing something spending what I did not actually have. (My money was actually the stipend my wife gives me for doing housework during the week while I look for work.) I mostly don’t spend it. I found that as long as I don’t leave home, I don’t actually need money. And if I don’t carry cash, I absolutely won’t buy anything I don’t need. I had to settle myself with having done what I could do. I had been as much of a friend as I could afford to be.

As I was contemplating the feelings I was having, I realized what it was. I was in pain. I was uncomfortable. I was saddened and distressed by seeing these two people, forced by circumstances unknown to me, to be living in their vehicle. And for a moment, I was overwhelmed by that feeling. I normally pride myself on my dispassion. My ability to observe, with detachment.

The Observer, the part of my rational mind that sits outside of what I call me, remembers something I heard Jim Morrison say at an interview: “People are afraid of themselves, of their own reality; their feelings most of all. People talk about how great love is, but that’s bullshit. Love hurts. Feelings are disturbing. People are taught that pain is evil and dangerous. How can they deal with love if they’re afraid to feel? Pain is meant to wake us up. People try to hide their pain. But they’re wrong. Pain is something to carry, like a radio. You feel your strength in the experience of pain. It’s all in how you carry it. That’s what matters. Pain is a feeling. Your feelings are a part of you. Your own reality. If you feel ashamed of them, and hide them, you’re letting society destroy your reality. You should stand up for your right to feel your pain.”

Sometimes I hate the Observer. It is the part of me that makes me participate in all things human, even when I do not want to. Mostly, I don’t want to. My pain is uncomfortable, but for the first time in weeks, I am outside of myself; outside of my selfish desire to wallow in my misery, feeling sorry for myself. I had a chance to find myself again. To renew my opportunities, to find work worthy of my ability. It was not too late. I still had my home, my family, I still had some time.

As I pull away from the station, I pass the man putting his gas into his car, his actions precise and careful. He sees me as I drive by. He and his wife wave at me again, and I wave back. There was something in my eye and I needed to wipe it away.

At 11:35, August 25, 2010, two strangers passed in the night. One in need of a friend; the other, a friend, in need. We worked it out.

God Bless.

Thaddeus Howze © 2010, All Rights Reserved

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1. Always pay attention to your oral hygiene. Not because you don’t want to have a bad breath (which is important as well), but because you want to have a bright smile. Try to smile to people but do it from your heart. If you smile to them you will likely get a smile back which helps build an instant relationship. Also, try to be funny. It will help you stand in any conversation. A great way to make others like you.

2. Ask your self. Why should others like you? Maybe because you are interested in them and this is another great way to achieve your goal. Try to become genuinely interested in other people. Ask if they want someone to talk to. Ask them if they would tell you their problems and in return you will give them your precious advice. Be a good listenet and encourage others to talk about themselves.

3. You must do this sincerely, if you can. First make the other person feel important. Use the right words the right body language. Try to express your sincere feelings of interest for that person. Then start talking in terms of the other man’s interest. Remember also, that a person’s Name is to him/her the sweetest and most important sound.

4. Here’s the last but not least tip. Give other people love. Spread your love knowing that it will come back to you multiplied. If you like others so much in order to give them your love then there’s no doubt that the Universal Law of Giving will work for you in terms of other people loving you as well. Think about it. You give love in an a way you know is best for other people and this love comes back to you because the other person will start to like you. This love might be a precious advice, some money, your time or anything else you can imagine that would help the other person.

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Do you know that perception shapes reality? How do you react to what happens in your life, positively or negatively? Do you know what the power of attitude can do?

There are two sales representatives who visited one of the countries in Africa to discuss the possibility to export shoes over there. Once they got there, the first sales representative sent a message to his manager and said, “There is no possibility to sell shoes over here as everyone goes barefoot.” The other sales representative, however, sent a message and said, “There is a good possibility that we can sell shoes over here, but we need to raise the people’s awareness first, so they can start wearing shoes.”

What do you think the manager for those two sales representatives did? He fired the first sales representative and promoted the second one. This is clear evidence that everyone’s life is formed according to his own thoughts and behaviors.

You as well have to learn to control your thoughts, so you can control your life. You have also to realize that when someone sees a problem or something negative in a certain situation, there are others that will see only the positive things in that same situation just like the second sales representatives did. Do you see how his attitude got him promoted?

You need to be careful of how you react to everything that happens to you in your life. Be aware of the thought you choose to let in your mind, whether it is positive or negative. You have to realize that your success or failure depends heavily on your attitude towards what happens to you and what goes around you.

Always remember what John Mitchell said, “Our attitude toward life determines life’s attitude towards us.”

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