Success - Life Stories

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  • My Dream House My Dream HouseWas God asking me to give it up?
  • I am adopted and yet my birth mother is my heroine.
  • Low-fat chef Dawn HallA family crisis lead to the writing of her first cookbook, and now she's an award-winning author.
  • Peace with God Peace with GodI thought by trying to do everything perfectly, there would never be a reason for anyone to pass unfavorable judgment on me.
  • Barb Klemke Barb Klemketalks about how she learned to lean on Christ and not her career for fulfillment. Life takes turns we don't always expect.
  • My Life as a London Model My Life as a London Model I loved the traveling and excitement of my job. But excitement turned to anxiety when my body was covered with severe eczema sores.
  • My Dreams Were Too Small My Dreams Were Too SmallWhen I was a young girl, my dream was to be married, have children and a lovely yard. My dreams were too small–besides giving me those precious gifts, God wanted me to help change the world.
  • Sheila WestEven though it surrounds us, chaos doesn't have to control us. We can do more than just survive.
  • Why Me, God? Why Me, God? As a PhD candidate, Susan Martinuk helped pioneer a medical breakthrough. Then a sudden illness snatched away her dreams.
  • Olympic soccer player - Michele Akers Olympic soccer player - Michele Akershad everything - even God, but events in her life lead to depression and divorce.
  • I was almost a perect person...on the outside.
  • Learning to Wait Waiting in line, waiting in traffic, waiting for the doctor. Waiting is an inevitable part of our lives, both physically and spiritually...
  • Indira Indira In India, the male children are always preferred over the female child. My mother's discrimination left me deeply hurt. I craved her attention and approval. I felt empty and rejected.
  • To Be The Best To Be The BestMy life in high school was all running–from a student council meeting, to a tournament or game, to studying for tests. I didn't have time for the usual parties.
  • Art-Full Living Art-Full Living At 17, Yuni Wong wrote a weekly column for a Malaysian newspaper. Within four years, she had worked her way to being an art director at an international advertising agency.
  • Something Missing Something Missing There are people who think success is having a happy family life. At 45 years of age, there was still something missing in my life.
  • Learning To Love Learning To Love There's not much to life when you don't like people. I didn't value men and I thought women were boring - I didn't trust anyone.
  • In Control In ControlI went through life by always having to be in control; being in charge. Everybody seemed to be counting on me. But I wanted to depend on somebody
  • How I Got A Life How I Got A LifeThe frequent thoughts of suicide I entertained were overridden only by my desire to obtain my "goal."
  • The Little Girl Who Feared Death The Little Girl Who Feared Death When I was a little girl, I used to wake up in the middle of the night with fear in my heart -- fear of death. I was in despair because I did not know what would happen to me after death.
  • In The Spotlight In The Spotlight"This is not my environment," I thought. "I can't win these people over. They want to be entertained by real pros, not some girl with metal legs."
  • Path to Contentment Path to Contentment Sheila Jacobs' search for contentment has taken her from picking her boyfriends by their star signs, to finding true light in Christ. Now she's fulfilling her passion to write Christian novels for children
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