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Compiled Messageshttps://westga.view.usg.edu/webct/urw/lc1934932184131.tp2539...Page 6 of 4012/6/2011Great quote from Henry Ford. He's also famous for saying (paraphrase), "The customer can have any color Ford he wants aslong as its black." :) DavidReply ForwardSubject: Re:Tiffany World's Intro.Author: David RobertsonTopic: IntroductionsDate: August 27, 2011 3:30 PMTonia - I share your love for Isaiah 40:31. I often think of this verse before a half marathon race!! :) Thanks for sharing.DavidReply ForwardSubject: Re:Playing the hand you are dealt - Marcia Roberts Topic: Discussion Forum One (August 22 - September 4)Author: David RobertsonMarcia - I appreciate your comments immensley and the candor in which you sensitively shared about your observations ofyour mission trip to Bangalore. i celebrate the diversity and freedom we enjoy in this country and at this university to bewho we are without fear or intimidation.Interestingly, a few semesters ago Dr. Jason Huett exposed his students to the book, "The World is Flat" by ThomasFriedman where he wrote extensively about the technological breakthroughs that are occuring in Bangalore, India that arebeginning to chip away at some of that cycle of poverty that the caste system has imposed on the culture. - DavidReply ForwardDate: August 25, 2011 9:06 AMSubject: Re:Sheila WheelisAuthor: David RobertsonTopic: IntroductionsDate: August 26, 2011 10:55 AMSheila - May I representatively thank you on behalf of all Americans for the service you have sacrificially performed for ournation as a military wife? Your contribution to hold the family together is incomprehensible. - DavidReply ForwardSubject: Re:"Playing the hand that you hold" _Vlastnik Topic: Discussion Forum One (August 22 - September 4)Author: David RobertsonHey Trish - I appreciate you taking the time to type in these excellent quotes. I think we all would do well to take to heartwords that were spoken by men and women who didn't accept the cards they were given but rose above and now we talkabout there words decades (or centuries) later. Cave into fear and your words will soon be forgotten. Be courgeous andyour words will be remembered. At the end of the day, we want our sons and daughters to not allow the cards they havebeen dealt by DNA or the USA to hold them back but rather to have the courage to become the person that God intendedthem to be doing all they can with what they have -- DavidReply ForwardDate: August 25, 2011 4:39 PMSubject: Re:Playing my hand better now than before Topic: Discussion Forum One (August 22 - September 4)Author: David RobertsonSheila - Your post here is very encouraging. You exemplify the quote we are discussing so well. Your diligence to pressthrough to personal transformation reminded me of a quote I saw on the wall at the YMCA that impacted me deeply:"The time is always right to do what's right." Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.- DavidReply ForwardDate: August 25, 2011 4:31 PMSubject: Re:Cards and Life Topic: Discussion Forum One (August 22 - September 4)Author: David RobertsonHi Funlola - I love what you wrote when you said:"Even if one is born with natural talents, it does not necessarily mean that those talents will blossom and grow."This is so true and thank you for reminding us! Raw talent will never take a man or woman to the top. That's why virtuallyall professional athletes have a coach. They have some amazing skill and talent but they often lack the experience andcharacter that governs the abilities. We have seen professional athletes gone wild - particularly in the off season when thecoach is not riding them hard and reigning in their behavior with boundaries.Having the best set of cards isn't as important as knowing how to the play the cards you have well. -- DavidReply ForwardDate: August 28, 2011 4:30 PM