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While there is much controversy out there regarding Christmas- To My Family and I, it is still a time we set aside to "Honor" the birth of our savior "Jesus".

I do believe that we should "Honor" HIM all year long 365 - 24/7... No matter whether he was born in December, June, October or whenever...

I also believe that we should ALWAYS take time to help others,and watch out for those in need - truly in need! This is what we try to do in our family each day through the jobs we have, but we cannot always help everyone by ourselves - it takes all Christians to step up and help!

Ron

Please read this article - while is addresses some controversy, it is basically VERY good!

Prophecy News Updates - Bishoff Family

I Only hope we find GOD again before it is too late ! !

I Only hope we find GOD again before it is too late ! !

The following was written by Ben Stein and recited by him on CBS Sunday Morning Commentary.

I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejeweled trees, Christmas trees. I don't feel threatened. I don't feel discriminated against. That's what they are, Christmas trees.

It doesn't bother me a bit when people say, 'Merry Christmas' to me. I don't think they are slighting me or getting ready to put me in a ghetto. In fact, I kind of like it. It shows that we are all brothers and sisters celebrating this happy time of year. It doesn't bother me at all that there is a manger scene on display at a key intersection near my beach house in Malibu . If people want a creche, it's just as fine with me as is the Menorah a few hundred yards away.

I don't like getting pushed around for being a Jew, and I don't think Christians like getting pushed around for being Christians. I think people who believe in God are sick and tired of getting pushed around, period. I have no idea where the concept came from, that America is an explicitly atheist country. I can't find it in the Constitution and I don't like it being shoved down my throat.

Or maybe I can put it another way: where did the idea come from that we should worship celebrities and we aren't allowed to worship God as we understand Him? I guess that's a sign that I'm getting old, too. But there are a lot of us who are wondering where these celebrities came from and where the America we knew went to.

In light of the many jokes we send to one another for a laugh, this is a little different: This is not intended to be a joke; it's not funny, it's intended to get you thinking.

Billy Graham's daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane Clayson asked her 'How could God let something like this happen?' (regarding Hurricane Katrina).... Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response. She said, 'I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are, but for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools, to get out of our government and to get out of our lives.. And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out. How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection if we demand He leave us alone?'

In light of recent events... Terrorists attack, school shootings, etc. I think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered, her body found a few years ago) complained she didn't want prayer in our schools, and we said OK. Then someone said you better not read the Bible in school. The Bible says thou shalt not kill; thou shalt not steal, and love your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK.

Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children when they misbehave, because their little personalities would be warped and we might damage their self-esteem (Dr. Spock's son committed suicide). We said an expert should know what he's talking about. And we said okay.

Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don't know right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves..

Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out. I think it has a great deal to do with 'WE REAP WHAT WE SOW.'

Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why the world's going to hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but question what the Bible says. Funny how you can send 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like wildfire, but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people think twice about sharing. Funny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely through cyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed in the school and workplace.

Are you laughing yet?

The "Encore Effect" - Part 2

The "Encore Effect"
Part Two

This Series Came From Dr. Dallas Lummis of Chiro One Wellness Center
As Written By Mark Sanborn

How to Achieve Remarkable Performance in Anything You Do"

Mark Sanborn makes audiences spring to their feet with his rousing speeches.  He's also the best-selling author of The Fred Factor and his latest, The Encore Effect.  Continuing from yesterday we learned that remarkable performance isn't just what we do; it's also about how we do it.  Passion is the fuel that lets us "set ourselves on fire".  Remember, no one will be more passionate about your performance than you are yourself.  The good news is passion can be created and stoked.  It's up to you to do so.  Here are Mark's insights of a passionate performer.

1-     Passionate People Know for Whom They are Performing:

          Every performance has an audience.  Passionate people know their audience inside and out.  They know exactly who will invite them back for a repeat performance.  Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos has said "Don't fear your competitor - they'll never send you money.  Fear your customer."  Write down what you know about the main clients, customers or VIPs in your life.  You can perform remarkably well for them only if you know what they consider remarkable to be.

2-     Passionate People Know How to Perform Remarkably:

          Passionate people innovate, create and change the way business is done.  They are willing to break the rules.  But to do that, they first have to know what the rules are.  What can you do differently in your performance in the next 60 days?  Try to become known as the most innovative person in your group.

3-     Passionate People Know Wht They Perform:

          We all have a myriad of motives for doing the things we do: Money, Pride, Prestige, Acclaim, Security, Fear...  Passionate people are driven by more powerful motives:  Their Sense of Self-Worth,  Self-Satisfaction and Self-Fulfillment.  As they begin meeting their personal expectations, they also meet the expectations of others.  Does someone else's approval mean more to you than your own?  How would your passion increase if you were driven by self-worth or self-approval?

4-     Passionate People Know What Their Performance Needs to Look Like:

          A result that is off by an inch today will be off by a mile in the future.  Passionate people understand their goals and objectives - and focus on meeting them.  Many undesired results are the consequence of lack of focus.  What could you do to be a more supportive parent, spouse or friend?  How much more effective would you be if you knew what your family and friends need from you?  You can go beyond satisfying your audience only when you know what they want.

Reprinted from "The Encore Effect:  How to Achieve Remarkable Performance in Anything You Do"

Copyright (c) 2008 by Mark Sanborn

Published by Broadway Business, an inprint of the Crown Publishing Group,

A division of Random House, Inc.

The "Encore Effect"

The "Encore Effect"

Part One

This Series Came From Dr. Dallas Lummis of Chiro One Wellness Center

As Written By Mark Sanborn

Remarkable performance isn't just about what we do; it's also about how we do it.  Passion is the fuel that let's us "set ourselves on fire."  If you are going to get the marketplace excited about your brand - about you - you have to get people excited about who you are and what you do.  Remember, no one will be more passionate about your performance than you are in yourself.  The good news is passion can be created and stroked.  It's up to you to do so.

Cultivating Passion - I believe passion can be developed and cultivated.  Here are five things you can do to increase your passion over time:

1-     Study and Learn:
          You can go a long way toward becoming a passionate performer by buying the best books, subscribing to the best magazines, and going to free university lectures through Apple's iTunes U (podcasts from MIT, Stanford, Duke, Berkeley, and other top universities.)  There is no shortage of ways to become an expert in your field - and grow more passionate in the process.

2-     Use Small Achievements or Successes to Fuel Larger Ones:
          Remarkable performances are like losing weight.  Which goal sounds more achievable - losing one pound per week or losing 52 pounds?  The result may be the same, but psychologically, these goals are as different as night and day.  Focus on achieving a remarkable performance today, then another one tomorrow.

3-     Look to Other Passionate People as Role Models:
          Reach out to people you respect for thier passion and performance.  Start a group of like-minded people with similar goals.  Avoid the people who act as "Blockers".  Remember, passion begets passion.

4-     Plug the Leaks:
          Examine those areas in your life where your resources (your time, talent and skills)  are not being put to the best use.  A student once asked Albert Einstein how many feet were in a mile and he replied that he didn't know.  Seeing the student's amazement, Einstein replied, "I make it a rule not to clutter my mind with simple information that I can find in a book in five minutes."  Don't spend time on things that diffuse your focus and don't advance your goals.

5-     Make Passion Part of Your Life:
          Where the head goes, the heart will follow.  You may not feel passionate, but when you decide you are going to become a passionate person, you will become one.  If you act the part and succeed in the part, one day you will discover that you have become the part!  If you deliberately and consciously act with passion, your heart will follow.

Reprinted from "The Encore Effect:  How to Achieve Remarkable Performance in Anything You Do.

Copyright (c) 2008 by Mark Sanborn

Published by Broadway Business, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Randon House Inc.

Old Friends Are Hard to Come By

Remember that friend you had in high school... in college...at a previous job...at church...at summer camp...at the home you grew up in...through scouts, Rotary, clubs or other organizations?

Today's world of technology has made it easier to keep in touch with those people... We have all remembered back and wondered what "John Doe" was up to these days...

Through websites like classmates.com, facebook, my space, etc.  the world has come closer again...  No not ALL of our friends are technology savy, especially when you are talking baby-boomers, but many are. 

I have found several friends, many acquaintances, and even some that I remember but did not consider either - just by visiting a few of these websites...  I have written to many - most return my e-mails, some do not... I have tracked down folks thoughout the United States and even some overseas...

It is interesting to find out how lives have changed over the years - some for the better, some not so...

I have been able to keep in touch with a dear friend in California who befriended me when I was going through a "rough patch" in my life and has kept in touch with me even though we knew each other over 20 years ago.  I value this friendship greatly and will be held closely for the rest of my life.

Yes, these "Technology Buddies" bring back memories, but they also remind us of where we are now.  Just as in the old Christmas Tale "It's a Wonderful Life" - we all touch people, and they all touch us in some way...None of us would be EXACTLY who we are today without the Friends, Acquaitances or Others that touch our lives daily - By touching these lives again, we may be helping each other build a better life, we remember the good things in life when we need a "boost" or we just basically rekinding old friendships.

Pick up the phone, write a letter, or become a "technology buddy" with an old friend - Touch a life in a good way!

Developing A Child's Self Esteem - Part 4

This Series Came From Dr. Dallas Lummis of Chiro One Wellness Center

As Written By Jim Rohn

While This Series was Presented over two days, it will be broken down into mutiple blog sections for ease of reading!

Thanks For Your Interest In Helping Our Kids!

Ron Bishoff

Developing a Child's Self-Esteem

Blog Part Four

Leg #4: A Sense of Control and Competence

     Early in my career in motivational psychology, I thought the chair of self-esteem balanced firmly on those three legs - A Sense of Belonging, A Sense of Individual Identity and A Sense of Worthiness - especially since they involved intrinsic core values.  It took much time and research to realize that a fourth leg - one of the most important - was missing.

     There are many reasons why few Americans currently in high school and college believe they were born to win.  The supportive extended family - in many cases, even the nuclear family - is disappearing.  Roll Models are increasingly unhealthy.  The commercial media bombards young senses ever more insistently with crime, violence, hedonism and other unhealthy forms of escape.  But whatever the explanation, constructive citizens and leaders in society cannot emerge and develop without the creative imagination that serves them like fuel - which is why the apprehension, frustration and hesitation I see and hear in the younger generation is cause for concern.  At the moment, the future they imagine will help drive neither happiness nor success.

The chair's fourth leg is self-efficacy, a functional belief in your ability to control what happens to you in a changing, uncertain world.  A sense of worthiness may give you the emotional means to venture, but you need self-efficacy, the sense of competence and control, to believe you can succeed.  That's why it is so important to assign responsibility for small tasks to your children as early as possible so they can learn that their choices and efforts result in consequences and successes.  The more success they experience, the stronger their confidence grows - and the more responsibility they want to assume.

Give them specific household chores and duties they can accomplish and be proud of.  Teach them that their problems and setbacks are just temporary inconveniences and learning experiences.  Emphasize it constantly: SETBACKS ARE NOT FAILURES.

Armed with a view of failure as a learning experience, children can develop an early eagerness for new challenges and will be less afraid to try new skills.  Although they appreciate compliments, they benefit most from their own belief that they are making a valuable contribution to life, according to their own internal standards.

In an increasingly competitive global marketplace, each new, young member of the workforce simply must believe that he or she is a team leader, a self-empowered, quality individual who expresses that quality in excellent production and service.  With increasing pressures on profit and the need to do more with fewer workers because of e-commerce and changing technology, it is essential that parents and business leaders help raise the value of thier children's and employye' stock in themselves.

Developing A Child's Self Esteem - Part 3

This Series Came From Dr. Dallas Lummis of Chiro One Wellness Center
As Written By Jim Rohn

While This Series was Presented over two days, it will be broken down into mutiple blog sections for ease of reading!

Thanks For Your Interest In Helping Our Kids!

Ron Bishoff

Developing a Child's Self-Esteem

Blog Part Three

Leg #3: A Sense of Worthiness

This third leg of self-esteem is a sense of worthiness, the feeling that I'm glad I'm me, with my genes and background, my body, my unique thoughts.  Without our own approval, we have little to offer.  If we don't feel worth loving, it's hard to believe that others love us; instead, we tend to see others as appraisers or judges of our value.

Show your children unconditional love.  Carefully separate the doer from the deed, and the performer from the performance.  The message: "I love you no matter what happens, and I'm always there for you" is one of the most important concepts in building a feeling of worthiness or intrinsic value in children.  After every reprimand, let them know you love them.  Before they go to sleep at night, give them the reassurance that, regardless of what happened that day, you love them unconditionally.

A healthy sense of belonging, identity and worthiness can only be rooted in intrinsic core values as opposed to outer, often material, motivation.  Without them, we depend on others constantly to fill our leaking reserves of self-esteem - but also we tend to suspect others of ulterior motives.  Unable to accept or reject others' opinions for what they're worth, we are defensive about criticism and paranoid about praise - and no amount of praise can replace the missing qualities.  A healthy senes of belonging, identity and worthiness is also essential to belief in your dreams.  It is most essential during difficult times, when you have only a dream to hang on to.

Developing A Child's Self Esteem - Part 2

This Series Came From Dr. Dallas Lummis of Chiro One Wellness Center

As Written By Jim Rohn

While This Series was Presented over two days, it will be broken down into mutiple blog sections for ease of reading!

Thanks For Your Interest In Helping Our Kids!

Ron Bishoff

Developing a Child's Self-Esteem

Blog Part Two

Leg #2:  A Sense of Individual Identity

     The Second leg, which complements the sense of belonging, is a sense of individual identity.  No human being is exactly like another, not even an identical twin.  We are all unique combinations of talents and traits that never existed before and will never exist again in quite the same package.  (This explains why most parents believe their children came from different planets.)

     Observe your children as they grow and play.  Watch their learning styles.  Notice what they love to do in their free time.  Help them discover their unique positive talents and help nurture them into skills.  Report cards don't necessarily measure talents.  They often are a measure only of discipline, memory and attention span.  Look for ways to help your children develop their own sense of individual identity and reinforce their healthy self-esteem.

Developing a Child's Self Esteem Part 1

This Series Came From Dr. Dallas Lummis of Chiro One Wellness Center

As Written By Jim Rohn

While This Series was Presented over two days, it will be broken down into mutiple blog sections for ease of reading!

Thanks For Your Interest In Helping Our Kids!

Ron Bishoff

Developing a Child's Self-Esteem

Blog Part One

Here's a new coaching topic that we'll discuss over the next two days.   An ancient Chinese proverb tells us, "A child's life is like a piece of paper on which every passerby leaves a mark."  We cannot teach our children self-esteem.  We can only help them discover it within themselves by adding positive marks and strokes on their slates.  All positive motivation is rooted in self-esteem - the development of which, just as with other skills, takes practice.  Think of self esteem as a four-legged chair.  For the next two days, we'll cover each of the legs of the "self-esteem" chair.  So let's jump right into the first three legs:

1-A Sense of Belonging - 

           The first leg of self-esteem is a sense of belonging.  We all have a deep-seated need to feel we're part of something larger than ourselves.  This need, which psychologists call an affiliation drive, encompasses people, places and possessions.  Our instinct for belonging - for being wanted, accepted, enjoyed, and loved by close ones - is extremely powerful.  It explains the bond of an extended family, friends, and teammates.  It also explains why some adolescents join gangs.  They want to belong, even if it's wrong.

          Make your children proud of their family heritage and make your home a place where they feel safe, loved and welcome.  Also, make your home a place where your children want to bring their friends, rather than a place they want to leave as soon as possible.     

Well- it is time to catch un my blog- but 1st I am learning technology and doing this from my cell phone!