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“It was my job to interest them in everything that was happening, to make the arrival of the Daily Express each morning an event, to show them the world outside Bolton and Bacup, to give them courage and confidence to overcome the drabness of their lives.”

World Giving Shows Jobs Interest Morning Events Happenings Overcoming Arrivals

Book:Headlines all my life

Source: Headlines all my life

“I have been overcome by the beauty and richness of our life together, those early mornings setting out, those evenings gleaming with rivers and lakes below us, still holding the last light.”

Life Has Beens Stills Light Together Lasts Morning Our Lives Rivers Overcoming Setting Settings Evening Lakes Richness Early Morning Life Together Rivers And Lakes

Book:War within and without: diaries and letters of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1939-1944

Source: War within and without: diaries and letters of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1939-1944

“This morning, as Charlotte approached the brick facade of Hartnett, she found herself overcome with a great sense of dread. It hit her with a strange and sudden force, and she had an overwhelming urge to turn back, get into bed and not go out for about three weeks. She stopped in her tracks. The feeling itself was alarming to Charlotte - was she sensing something? Something dangerous? And was it something supernatural or just middle school? Sometimes it was hard to tell the difference.”

“In the morning I awoke early and experienced that sinking sensation that overcomes you when you first open your eyes and realize that instead of a normal day ahead of you, with its scatterings of simple gratifications, you are going to have a day without even the tiniest of pleasures; you are going to drive across Ohio.”

Firsts Eye Realizing Simple Pleasure Morning Normal Overcoming Sensations Gratification Sinking Ohio

Author:Bill Bryson

“But the way to overcome is by patience, forgiving and praying for your enemies, in doing whereof you heap coals upon their heads, and your Lord shall open a door to you in your trouble: wait upon Him, as the night watch waiteth for the morning. He will not tarry. Go up to your watch-tower, and come not down, but by prayer, and faith, and hope, wait on.”

Way Night Waiting Prayer Lord Enemy Watches Morning Trouble Doors Praying Forgiveness Overcoming Forgiving Towers Coal Hope And Faith Praying For You

Book:Extracts from the Letters of Samuel Rutherford

Source: Extracts from the Letters of Samuel Rutherford

“This morning about nine I withdrew to the woods for prayer. I was in such anguish that when I arose from my knees I felt extremely weak and overcome. ...I cared not how or where I lived, or what hardships I went through, so that I could but gain souls for Christ.”

Soul Felt Christ Prayer Morning Gains Weak Overcoming Woods Nine Knees Hardship Missionary Anguish

Author:David Brainerd