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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 16:31:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 13:09:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<link>http://theredbench.wordpress.com/2011/10/02/leap-of-faith/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think of the above clip often when I am at a place in life where I have no idea &#8230;<p><a href="http://theredbench.wordpress.com/2011/10/02/leap-of-faith/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theredbench.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8925067&amp;post=1165&amp;subd=theredbench&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<link>http://theredbench.wordpress.com/2011/09/26/life-lessons/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 02:48:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Isn&#8217;t it true that most of us often wonder why the world is the way it is? Someone cuts you &#8230;<p><a href="http://theredbench.wordpress.com/2011/09/26/life-lessons/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theredbench.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8925067&amp;post=1158&amp;subd=theredbench&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 13:59:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ugh! It&#8217;s getting colder out. I can already feel my nose running and getting red. The way my bones feel &#8230;<p><a href="http://theredbench.wordpress.com/2011/09/05/rumblings/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theredbench.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8925067&amp;post=1140&amp;subd=theredbench&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>make my day</title>
		<link>http://theredbench.wordpress.com/2011/07/24/make-my-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2011 17:52:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Never underestimate a kind word or gesture! You do not know what the other person has been through that day &#8230;<p><a href="http://theredbench.wordpress.com/2011/07/24/make-my-day/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theredbench.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8925067&amp;post=1123&amp;subd=theredbench&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>stop chasing it</title>
		<link>http://theredbench.wordpress.com/2011/05/30/stop-chasing-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 14:52:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever noticed that the more you want something the further out of reach it becomes? I have often &#8230;<p><a href="http://theredbench.wordpress.com/2011/05/30/stop-chasing-it/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theredbench.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8925067&amp;post=1108&amp;subd=theredbench&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>just asking</title>
		<link>http://theredbench.wordpress.com/2011/05/15/just-asking/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 May 2011 19:23:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes I just think &#8220;what is all this for?&#8221; All the running around, the worrying, the achieving, the pushing onward &#8230;<p><a href="http://theredbench.wordpress.com/2011/05/15/just-asking/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theredbench.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8925067&amp;post=1102&amp;subd=theredbench&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>wanted: a 64 boxer</title>
		<link>http://theredbench.wordpress.com/2011/04/19/wanted-a-64-boxer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 01:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life is like a box of crayons. Most people are the 8-color boxes, but what you&#8217;re really looking for are &#8230;<p><a href="http://theredbench.wordpress.com/2011/04/19/wanted-a-64-boxer/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theredbench.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8925067&amp;post=1094&amp;subd=theredbench&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>attitude of the seasons</title>
		<link>http://theredbench.wordpress.com/2011/04/11/attitude-of-the-seasons/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 01:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The day the Lord created hope was probably the same day he created Spring. ~Bern Williams I don’t often find &#8230;<p><a href="http://theredbench.wordpress.com/2011/04/11/attitude-of-the-seasons/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theredbench.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8925067&amp;post=1088&amp;subd=theredbench&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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