self reliance

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (382021) • Rockingham, Australia 28 Jan

Carrying on from my staying home on my own for a fortnight while Vince is off taking photos in Thailand, I read a book once about being happy. The only part I really remember is that you shouldn’t rely on someone else to make you...

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Same religion, very different views..

dragon54u @dragon54u (31633) • United States 14 Jan 17

I firmly believe in prayer and have seen its effects. But I don't pray for small stuff, I think God is kinda busy with really important stuff like wars, poverty, crazy jihads and the like. I say a lot of prayers of thanks...

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Peaceful Mind and Peaceful Existence

Barin Mehta -Healwell @healwell (1268) • Ahmedabad, India 14 Oct 16

When any person starts inner development considering her/ his emotional and mental status or say that the development of both the element of mankind which have been used intensively and exhaustedly; s/he starts always with cooling...

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Teaching Self Reliance On Our Kids' School Projects

sbucu57 @sbucu57 (55) • Philippines 10 Jul 12

When I was a student I was not really into school projects. I was not artistic, creative even. It is one of the trying subjects for me in school and I had long accepted that I have to be content with a satisfactory or even a fair...

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What do you think of Self Reliance

laglen @laglen (19759) • United States 30 Oct 11

In my opinion, that is what made the "American Dream". Self reliance, the ability to hit the wild frontier with out government involvement or intervention. To be able to make yourself, earn your way. To start your own business. To...

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SCHOOLS should Promote Entrepreneur Courses more.....

LetranKnight25 @LetranKnight25 (33117) • Philippines 8 Jun 11

These Hospitals in foreign countries are mostly RUN by entrepreneurs who are also in the same profession as they are. the problem with the government is that they are focus more on MAN POWER resources too much that...

no more sending ofws

pinoy entrepreneurs

self reliance

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Have you ever...built a wind generator to offset your electricity bill?

xParanoiax @xParanoiax (6987) • United States 30 Sep 08

I'm just curious! I know that anyone can build them out of spare parts, but the reading materials on doing just that is just a tiny bit scarce. So, I'm wondering if anyone's done that and what their favorite designs are...do...

generator

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Do you make anything from your garden produce?

nancygibson @nancygibson (3736) • France 29 Apr 08

Some people grow veg and fruit, others pick flowers and make dried arrangements, others gather herbs for remedies, or plants for natural dyes, scent, or other craft purposes. What do you make with the produce of your garden?

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Are you self reliant, to what extent?

abroji @abroji (3247) • India 31 Jul 07

"Some people pride themselves on the fact that they are self-sufficient and do not need the help of others. We try to teach our children to stand on their own two feet. Those who think that accepting help is a sign of weakness—and...

adament to reject help

pride

self reliance

strengh or weakness

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Something that got me to thinking.

devilsangel @devilsangel (1817) • United States 24 Jun 07

Ok so as many of my friends know I am not what folks would call a religious person. I believe that there is something greater than myself, I believe that there are forces in this world that we can't always explain but do at times...

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active persons vs passive persons

multisubj @multisubj (451) • India 9 Jan 07

Do you want to be an active person or a passive person. For this discussion, we can adopt following meanings: Active Person: Believes that heshe is the dealer. If results are unfavourable, heshe takes responsibility for...