I could not imagine a world without them. November 2nd, I am thankful for sweets. I love them. Sweets can make me joyful when I am upset. They make my sweet tooth go at ease. Especially Lava Cakes. November 3rd, I love my family. They push me to be the best I can be.
My family supports me and always cheers me up when I am down. My family cares so much about me and will do anything for me if it is legal. I really couldn't imagine a world without them.
November 4th, I am thankful for my teachers. They might give me a lot of hassle and work to do. Yet they come through by trying to help however they can. Teachers can be funny and kind of cool. November 5th, I am thankful for my character traits. My hard-working trait, my try to be amazing at things trait, my sweet trait, my fashion trait, and my smart trait, and my love trait.
But I also am thankful for those who stick around when my bad traits come out like my sassiness, my moody trait, my sensitiveness, my grumpy trait, my angry trait over dumb things, and even my trying to be amazing at things trait because I always try to be perfect.
Thanks, friends, and family for sticking around. Arthur Bozikas has penned a memoir that is heart-breaking and gutsy, as well as being full of hope and gratitude. This book is guaranteed to lift up readers and have them believing in the resilience and transcendence of the human spirit, making it a must read for years to come.
When reaching adolescence, most teenagers want more freedom, independence and control in their lives. For Arthur, it was the opposite, as he discovered that his lifespan would only last up to adulthood. After becoming an adult, Arthur was waiting for his death. It was at the eleventh hour, at the age of twenty-one, when Arthur was introduced to a miracle treatment, but only after the damage of iron overload from all the blood transfusion was done to his body.
Grateful to be given a chance to survive for a few more years, Arthur decided to do something with his life; to get married, buy a house and also to have children, knowing he had no prospect of any future for himself. At the age of sixty, Arthur and his wife Helen celebrated their thirty-five-year marriage anniversary.
Recently we caught up with Bozikas so we could learn more about this amazing human and very talented writer. Why was you story Iron Boy one that you felt you needed to share with the world? I promised myself if I made it to the age of 40 years old, I would put it all down in writing. I didn't know it will take me another twenty years to do it? When reading Iron Boy, the book struck me as a story on struggle, but more so about survival and endurance.
How has that challenges you faced growing up helped shape you as an individual today especially as it pertains to business and entrepreneurship? This is the first of its kind worldwide, from the prospective of a patients' point of view and not from a specialist or doctor.
I wish I had something like Iron Boy when I was young and very afraid of my prospects! As a professional CEO for over twenty years, the challenges in business is that you need to equip yourself with the right information or you are dead in the water!
People with my condition now do have my book to prepare for the future because there is one and it's up to the individual to believe! Being married for 35 years is a huge accomplishment, what is the secret to your success that you can share with younger couples looking to hopefully have the same success in their marriages?
I think if both couples feel like they can't wait to share a new idea with one another or are not prepared to go anywhere without their partner by their side, then this is the only secret that any younger couples must desire for a successful marriage! These two examples will resolve all arguments that every couples get into a marriage too or later! I try to keep an eye on my heart by sensing when I am caring too much for the unchanging person.
If these sins begin to rear up, I know I have crossed the line from being appropriately concerned for someone to caring too much for them. If any of these things happen to you, may I suggest that you are caring too much—that you have forgotten your role in the change process:. When I sense these sinful temptations in my soul, I know that my trust is slipping from the Messiah of the universe to my abilities , agendas, and preferences for this particular individual.
This posture is hardcore pride that needs my immediate repentance. If I do repent of my pride and realize that my primary purpose is to water and plant the seed while trusting God to bring the growth, my human ability to serve my friend will no longer impede what God is doing in his life.
But when I begin to feel more responsible than God wants me to, I will typically sin against the person, according to the items on the above list. Those sins disrupt the helping process. For me, a tipping point is usually a person I have spent more time with than a person I meet briefly, like the beggar.
That is why it was easier for me not to become emotionally attached to the beggar. He was a brief encounter. That is also the reason I crossed the line with Biff.
He was a long-term investment. Typically people will sin against a person they have spent a long time praying for, pulling for, and generally helping and hoping that they will change. That is normal. A lot of parents are this way with their children.
It is one of the most challenging lessons for a parent to learn. Can you discern and obey your role in the change process, especially with your children? One of the triggers to let you know if you have crossed the line is when you begin to sin. You must repent and trust God. This ability is one of the most remarkable things about Jesus. He was cool in all contexts. He shared His Word and went on His way.
He was not uncaring, and He would not force His righteousness on anyone. How about you? Is there someone in your life who tempts you to overcare for them? How do you know? How do you need to respond to this article? This is a BETA experience. You may opt-out by clicking here.
More From Forbes. Nov 11, , pm EST. Nov 11, , am EST. Nov 10, , pm EST. Edit Story. Jul 11, , am EDT. Bryan Robinson, Ph. Contributor Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Why U. Other times it can be stressing over your health and then not enjoying the nice sunny days when you should be. Caring too much can actually be bad for you at times. If we sleep for a third of our lives, maybe a good estimation is that we drive for a quarter of our waking hours.
Driving to work, to school, to different parts of the city you live in to eat out or meet some friends. So all that time spent on the road will have an effect on us. When people cut us off or when we feel as if someone took a risk that needlessly involved us we can feel a lot of agitation and may cause to react in a hostile way.
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