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The Retirement Myth

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What you are about to read might sound like a game but it isn’t. Instead, it’s a simple concept that could change your life, yet has never been explained before.

If you are sitting, stand, twist yourself to the left, and raise your extended left arm to about head high. Now move it slowly from the left around toward the center in front of you, then to the right as far as you can twist yourself.

You have just drawn an imaginary line from the point on your left that represents when you were born to the point on your … Read the rest “The Retirement Myth”

Of Hopes, Dreams, And Eternity

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It’s a tall stone obelisk, all four sides covered with heartfelt words written by a grieving mother.

She had been so proud of her son. While still in his twenties, he had already made his mark as a fine railroad engineer. It all came to a tragic end one stormy night on the side of a mountain near Asheville, North Carolina.

He was at the throttle as the engine and its attached coal tender began the long descent. About half way down, the brakes suddenly failed. Faithful to the end, her son was still frantically attempting to stop the increasingly … Read the rest “Of Hopes, Dreams, And Eternity”