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*Do What You Love* 1/2/02 _________________________ If you enjoy this free daily email service, I encourage you to spread the word to family and friends that we may bring inspiration into the lives of many! If you are not on the list and this has been passed along to you, join the thousands of HeartTouchers.com readers around the world by sending an e-mail with the word "Subscribe" in the subject line to: HeartTouchers@aol.com Visit our inspirational web site and read all the past stories in our archives at: http://www.HeartTouchers.com ____________________________________________ Happy Holidays from HeartTouchers.com We wanted to let everyone know that for from now on we will be offering our book, Straight From the Heart "A Celebration of Life" for only $13 (instead of the regular price of $14.95), and best of all, we will pay the shipping! So if you have any interest in purchasing an autographed copy of the book for yourself, or as a gift for your loved ones, now is the time to get it! To order your autographed copy send a check or money order for $13 (We pay the shipping!) for each book made out to Michael T. Powers, and then send it to: Michael T. Powers 1918 Liberty Lane Janesville, WI 53545 To preview the book by reading some of the stories visit: http://www.HeartTouchers.com/michael_t__powers/ AOL Users Click below: Straight From the Heart: A Celebration of Life _________________________________________ Doing Something You Love By Rubel Shelly Dean Kamen has made a name for himself with quality-of-life inventions. The New Hampshire genius created a portable kidney dialysis machine. He later invented a wheelchair versatile enough to climb stairs and stand on two wheels. Someone recently called him a synthesis of Thomas Edison and Henry Ford. Now the world is waiting to see if Kamen's latest invention will live up to the hype surrounding its introduction. The Segway Human Transporter is a two-wheeled, self-propelled scooter that can travel at about 12 mph. Five gyroscopes monitor a rider's center of gravity nearly 100 times a second and both keep you balanced and sense the direction you wish to travel by the way your body leans. I don't know if it will revolutionize the world. Experts are saying the intuitive technology of the Segway HT's gyroscopes could have far-reaching applications for things ranging from vehicles to artificial limbs. A mechanical device that can copy the balancing function of the human inner ear is quite a technological feat. But enough already about "IT." I'm more interested in its human inventor. The man who concocted a vehicle that he says is "like a pair of magic sneakers" attributes the inspiration for his work to his father. "Pick something you love and make it your life's work," Kamen's dad told him. What wonderful advice. I fear that most of us settle for mediocrity. Children are creative and tend to dream of things that will change the world. Put them under the tutelage of our typical educational system, however, and the ability to dream of life-changing, world-influencing, people-bettering things will be wrung out of them pretty quickly. What about your life? If you begrudge your prosaic and conventional life, I challenge you to rethink not your life situation but your attitude toward it. Creativity isn't just for the entrepreneurial engineers who invent things. It is for those of us who have 9-to-5 jobs, sell widgets, and count beans. It is the contagious spirit of those vibrant souls who are always dreaming, trying to find a better way to do the everyday things. It is the courage to be in the minority. It is living a daily spiritual adventure whose goal is to honor God in everything you do. Surely this was at the heart of Paul's counsel: "Whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God" (1 Corinthians 10:31). If you are bored or boring today, it likely will be nobody's fault but your own. Rubel Shelly whcoc@edge.net Write Rubel and let him know what you thought of his story! (c) 2001 Rubel Shelly. Used by permission. From Rubel Shelly's "FAX of Life" printed each Tuesday. See <http://www.faithmatters.com> for previous issues of the "FAX of Life." _____________________________ Rubel Shelly has preached for the Woodmont Hills Church of Christ in Nashville since 1978. During that time, he has also taught at David Lipscomb University and Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He is the author of more than 20 books, including several which have been translated into languages such as Korean, Japanese, Portuguese, Italian, French, and Russian. He is married to the former Myra Shappley, and they are the parents of three children: Mrs. David (Michelle) Arms, Tim, and Tom. _________________________________________ Reader Feedback! Dear Michael, I just want to thank you for sending my books as ordered. I could hardly wait for Christmas Day to see my daughters, faces when I gave them to them. I'm also looking forward to my two days off to be able to sit down and bury my head into your book. I must admit that I have taken a couple of sneak previews and love what I see. Thank you so much for sharing your God given talent with me and many others. May the Good Lord continue to Bless you and your family. I wish you many Graces and Blessings during this Holiday Season, Peace and Goodwill, Marie Hughes, Bear, DE. _________________________________________ Thought For The Day: "The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining." Verse for the Day: "Go to the ant...consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander...yet stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest."-- Proverbs 6:6,8 Toddler's Thought For The Day: "If it is stroller, it must, under no circumstances, be ridden in without protest. It must also be pushed by me instead." Parent's Thought For The Day: "We childproofed our home three years ago...and they're still getting in!" Coach's Thought For The Day: "Athletics hold the same potential for teaching bad values, bad attitudes, bad behavior as they do good qualities. The equalizer is the coach." --Tom Marshall Writer's Thought For The Day: "We write to taste life twice." --Anais Nin Deep Thought For The Day: "I lost twenty pounds. Unfortunately, I was in England at the time." -- Daniel Lybra ___________________________________________ REQUESTS: My church's song leader has a 9 year old daughter that was recently diagnosed with a brain tumor. She is due to go down to Mexico on January 3rd or 4th for a natural chemotherapy treatment. I am asking for your readers to pray for this little girl, pray for healing and also for the finances, (for it is quite expensive and not covered by their insurance). I would also like to know how Jenny is doing, I don't know her last name, but her mother reading this will know. Thank you so much! Torey Merson trmerson10@integritynetwork.net Hello Michael. On January 18, 2000, you placed my story on your e-mail service called 'A Portrait in Courage' about my daughter Julie. As I told in my story, the doctors told us she would not live to be a year old. On January 15, 2002, Julie will become fifty years old. Is it possible for you to ask your readers to send her an e-card birthday greeting? As an update, she had to retire from her job a few years ago and is now pretty much confined to a wheel chair. She doesn't get out a lot anymore and I know that birthday greetings would bring her a lot of joy. If this is possible, her address is jlucord@bellatlantic.net. Thank you so much. I continue to enjoy the stories that you bring us each day and thank you very much for that service. Jean Fitzgerald, Martinsville, VA jfitzger@neocom.net ******* You can read Jean's story in our archives at: http://www.HeartTouchers.com/011800.htm ___________________________________________ _ /_/\/\ MICHAEL T. POWERS \_\ / HeartTouchers@aol.com /_/ \ "For I have been crucified with Christ and I no \_\/\ \ longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I \_\/ live in the body I live for the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me." Galatians 2:20 ___________________________________________ The copyrights to the stories that appear in HeartTouchers.com are owned by the authors and are used with their permission. We refuse to run stories without the author's permission and contact info listed after the story. We also refuse to publish stories listed as "author unknown." (All of which violates Copyright Law and the rights of the authors.) This e-mail may be forwarded in its entirety, but please do not cut and paste the stories to be used elsewhere unless you have contacted and been given permission by the individual writer. Thank you so much for honoring the rights of those writers who graciously share their stories with us! __________________________________________ Video Imagery --Michael's Video Production Business "I thought of you first after my family sat down to watch the video we gave them. They loved it, to say the least! Within thirty seconds my mom was crying and my dad did too. They said it was the best Christmas gift we could have given them!! You did such a beautiful job! They were so surprised and so touched--they really, really, really loved it. Thanks for helping to make it so special to us all. My mom mentioned how the songs were perfect for the video too! Thanks again!" Kelli-- College Station, TX Let me make you a video from your pictures or home movies! 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