The Mind Connection: How the Thoughts You Choose Affect Your Mood, Behavior, and Decisions (24 page)

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2
Thomas Fuller,
Gnomologia
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2
“Oskar Schindler: His List of Life,” http://www.oskarschindler.com.

3
Originally published in
Guideposts
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2
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3
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4
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5
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Kim Gaines Eckert, “The Psychology of Happiness,”
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Caroline Leaf, “Controlling Your Toxic Thoughts,” Dr. Leaf, http://drleaf.com/about/toxic-thoughts/.

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2
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Alexa Stevenson, “Probing Question: Does Talking to Plants Help Them Grow?”
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2
Stephen Brown,
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3
http://www.sermoncentral.com/illustrations/sermonillustration-fred-parker-stories-64295.asp.

4
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/2887-if-you-judge-people-you-have-no-time-to-love.

5
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/209465-things-are-not-always-what-they-seem-the-first-appearance.

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Our Daily Bread, July 20, 1992.

1
Source unknown, quoted in “Worry,” Sermon Illustrations, http://www.sermonillustrations.com/a-z/w/worry.htm.

2
Source unknown, quoted in “Stress,” Sermon Illustrations, http://www.sermonillustrations.com/a-z/s/stress.htm.

1
Dr. Caroline Leaf,
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2
Ed and Deb Shapiro, “How Your Thoughts and Emotions Can Affect Your Body,”
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1
William Shakespeare,
Henry V
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2
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“The Eagle,”
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1
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Jane Austen,
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