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What Do You Say?

“The right word and the wrong word is like the difference between lightning and a lightning bug” - Mark Twain    Every find yourself searching for the right word? It can be a struggle even if our vocabulary is verbose. However, most times it not about knowing the word as much as it is choosing the right one for the right circumstances.   Like apples of gold in settings of silver Is a word spoken in right circumstances . Proverbs 25:11  Words have power. The can be the difference between life and death (Proverbs 18:21). Great damage or great good can be done with our selection of words (James 3:6). Our religion can be worthless if we use the wrong ones (James 1:26).  Angry words can ruin our relationships. Vulgar words can ruin our example. Foolish words can harm our neighbors. Cuttings words can demoralize our allies. Unwholesome words can corrupt our efforts. Slanderous words can destroy people's lives.  Your words say a lot about you b...

It Almost Dun Nut Happen

  Steven Spielberg's big break as a director almost didn’t happen because the star of the film was a flop.  At the time, Spielberg had only directed one major movie and it wasn’t a commercial success. Yet his talent convinced producers to give him a chance at a big film based on a popular novel.  Yet the star Bruce wasn’t making it easy for him. He didn’t make shoots and he wasn’t up to snuff when he did. His skin was bloated. He didn’t handle the ocean shoot very well. He didn’t seem ‘real’ in his scenes.  Spielberg couldn’t however fire the actor. Because he wasn’t an actor or even real. Bruce was the prop shark built to represent the man-eating shark in the film Jaws.  Yet it never worked. Spielberg later calculated that during the 12-hour daily work schedule, on average only four hours were actually spent filming.   How can you make a film about a shark with no shots of a shark?   It turns out very well. The mechanical problems with Bruc...