Start Your Day with Something Positive:

                     
                                          Read or listen to something positive first thing in the morning. After a good night's sleep we are relaxed and our subconscious is receptive. It sets the tone for the consequences of pornography are that it

• dehumanizes women

• victimizes children

• destroys marriages

• encourages sexual violence

• makes fun of ethical and moral values

• destroys individuals, families, and communities

A woman is raped in the United States every 46 seconds. (National Victim Center/Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, 1992). Eighty-six percent of rapists admit to regular use of pornography, with 57 percent admitting imitation of pornography scenes when committing sex crimes (Dr. William Marshall, 1988).

It is sad to see how low some people will stoop to make a buck by making pornography their business.

Negative Movies and Television Programs:

Today's kids are learning their attitudes and values more from television and movies than from any other source. It is estimated that in the United States, by the time a youngster gets out of high school, he has watched more than 20,000 hours of television, witnessed 15,000 murders, and watched 100,000 alcohol-related commercials." Television programming and advertisements convey the message that drinking is fun, smoking is glamorous, and drugs are the "in" thing. No wonder the crime rate is so ' dg,h! day, and puts us in the right frame of mind to make the day a positive day. In order to bring about change, we need to make a conscious effort and be committed to make positive thoughts and behavior part of our lives. Practice having positive thoughts and behavior daily until they become a habit.

William James of Harvard University said, "If you are going to change your life, you need to start immediately."

If you follow the 8 steps above, you will be a winner:

WINNERS VERSUS LOSERS:

• The Winner is always part of the answer;

The Loser is always part of the problem.

• The Winner always has a program;

 The Loser always has an excuse.

• The Winner says, "Let me do it for you.";

The Loser says, "That is not my job."

• The Winner sees an answer for every problem;

The Loser sees a problem for every answer.

• The Winner says, "It may be difficult but it is possible.";

The Loser says, "It may be possible but it is too difficult."

• When a Winner makes a mi'stake, he says, "I was wrong.";

When a Loser makes a mistake, he says, "It wasn't my fault."

• A Winner makes commitments;

 A Loser makes promises.

• Winners have dreams;

Losers have schemes.

• Winners say, "I must do something.";

Losers say, "Something must be done."

• Winners are a part of the team;

Losers are apart-from the team.

• Winners see the gain;

Losers see the pain.

• Winners see possibilities;

Losers see problems.

• Winners believe in win/win;

Losers believe for them to win someone has to lose.

• Winners see the potential;

Losers see the past.

• Winners are like a thermostat;

Losers are like thermometers.

• Winners choose what they say;

Losers say what they choose.

• Winners use hard arguments but soft words;

Losers use soft arguments but hard words.

• Winners stand firm on values but compromise on petty things;

Losers stand firm on petty things but compromise on values.

• Winners follow the philosophy of empathy: "Don't do to others what you would not want them to do to you";

Losers follow the philosophy, "Do it to others before they do it to you."

• Winners make it happen;

Losers let it happen.

• Winners plan and prepare to win.

The key word is preparation.