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Um . . . alright: unless you need counseling, don't panic.

Take a deep breath.

Sit back.

Relax.

Breathe slow and easy.

Set yourself a block of time of uninterrupted quiet.

Say, half-an-hour.

Plan to reward yourself with a five-minute break after that.

Perhaps a quick drink (non-alcoholic, silly!) and snack.

Now, open your book.

Start reading.

Take notes, if it helps you concentrate.  I do.

After your five minute break, repeat.

Repeat again and again until your homework is finished.

We feed and discipline our bodies.

We also need to feed and discipline our minds.

Practice makes perfect, as they say.

Good bodily habits make our physical lives easier and healthier.

So it is with our mental and spiritual lives.

Isn't that part of the mission of Lenoir-Rhyne College, to liberate body, mind, & spirit?

Those who are developed intellectually but not physically are sometimes called "nerds."

But those who are developed physically but atrophied intellectually are just as pitiful.

Perhaps they should be called "antediluvian troglodytes." 

Or "knuckle-dragging mouth-breathers."

And those who neglect their spiritual life are the most pitiful of all.

Some call them "the lost."

Others call them "the damned."

They have no idea why they are here or where they are going in life.

That is why we are here together: to answer these questions.

But, to do so, there are some prerequisites.

We must face ourselves honestly.

We must see ourselves as we are-- unfinished works of art.

In fact, probably we have hardly begun working on what needs to be done in our lives.

Our minds & spirits require training, just as our bodies do.

Our bodies require healthy food, exercise, and rest.

So get up early, don't skip breakfast, avoid all sugar, the dietary equivalent of crack cocaine

Exercise, and get plenty of sleep, which you probably need more than older people.

Our minds require a healthy diet of ideas and information.

So get rid of your TV, which will suck your mind empty and destroy your freedom of thought, 

read the classics, enrich your mind.

Our souls require a healthy diet of purpose, meaning, and wisdom.

So pray, fast, repent, confess your sins, read the Bible, seek God's will for your life.

We must sincerely want to know what is true about ourselves.

We must want with all our hearts to seek that which is truly good.

We must turn away from that which we know is wrong.

Good habits are the key.

And habits start with thoughts.

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 Sow a thought, reap an act;
Sow an act, reap a habit;
Sow a habit, reap a character;
Sow a character, reap a destiny.

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