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It is essential to hold on to our perceived truths loosely so God, in his way and at his own time, can pry them out of our hands and reshape our fallible understanding. 

Mortgage Business How to succeed when isolation is the new norm. One distinct, and positive, upside that we’ve noticed emerge since the COVID-19 pandemic is that brokers are viewing their brokerages as businesses, and are far more proactive about seeking support and implementing growth strategies. What’s equally interesting is that this shift is universal, and not limited to newer entrants. We’ve increasingly been having such discussions with brokers at various levels of business maturi...

The bird saw this and laughed. "This is your punishment for not offering me shelter." The tree smiled. "I knew I wasnt going to survive this rainy season. Thats why I refused you. I didnt want to risk your and your childrens lives." And it drifted away. The bird got tears in her eyes. Now that she knew the reason, she felt gratitude and respect for the tree. How many times have we perceived the wrong scenario, or perhaps the wrong reason for a no? A rush to judgment can lead to disaster, or at...

A rush to judgment can lead to disaster or regrets By HARVEY MACKAY Text size Copy shortlink: A bird was searching for a home to lay her eggs so they would be safe during the coming rainy season. In her search, she saw two trees, so she went to ask them for shelter. When she asked the first tree, it refused to give her shelter. Disappointed, she went to the second tree. The second tree agreed, so she built a nest and laid her eggs. Then the ra...

Silver Spring Library Montgomery County Public Libraries has announced its most popular adult fiction and nonfiction books that were borrowed in 2020. Among the most borrowed fiction books are Celest Ng’s “Little Fires Everywhere,” Amor Towles’ “A Gentleman in Moscow,” and Anthony Doerr’s “All the Light We Cannot See.” In 2019, “Little Fires Everywhere” and “A Gentleman in Moscow” also topped the most borrowed fiction books list. Tara Westover’s memoir “Educated”...