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Synonyms: touch, feel, sense of touch, tactile sense, tactility, contact, using one's hands, sensation, sense, suspicion, sneaking suspicion, notion, inkling, hunch, fancy, apprehension, presentiment, premonition, foreboding, love, care, affection, fondness, tenderness, warmth, warmness, emotion, sentiment, emotional state, compassion, sympathy, empathy, fellow feeling, understanding, concern, solicitude, solicitousness, tender-heartedness, brotherly love, sensibilities, sensitivities, self-esteem, ego, pride, opinion, belief, view, impression, intuition, instinct, estimation, guess, theory, hypothesis, thought, way of thinking, point of view, atmosphere, ambience, aura, air, mood, climate, character, overtone, undertone, tenor, spirit, quality, flavour, colour, aptitude, knack, flair, bent, talent, gift, skill, art, trick, faculty, ability, propensity, inclination, sensitive, warm, warm-hearted, tender, tender-hearted, caring, soft-hearted, sympathetic, compassionate, empathetic, responsive, receptive, intuitive, thoughtful

Antonyms: bad feeling, acrimony, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, bitterness, detestation, disgust, dislike, disrelish, enmity, friction, grievances, grudges, hatred, hostility, loathing, malevolence, malice

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1151. No Stranger to Hard Times

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Charles Swindoll

... already studying under the very watchful eyes of Haydn and Mozart. In fact, Mozart spoke prophetic words when he declared that Beethoven would give the world something worth listening to by the time his life ended. As Beethoven began to develop his skills, he became a prolific composer. During his lifetime, he wrote nine majestic symphonies and five concertos for piano, not to mention numerous pieces of chamber music. Ludwig van Beethoven also wrote sonatas and pieces for violin and piano. He has thrilled ...

1152. Ignorance of the Bible

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Edward Farley

... into the complex world of computers, foreign languages, DNA and calculus, and cannot even make a beginning in historical-critical interpretation of a single text of Scripture? How is it possible one can attend or even teach Sunday School for decades and at the end of that lack the interpretive skills of someone who has taken three or four weeks in an introductory course in the Bible at a university or seminary?

1153. A Builder or a Wrecker

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Staff

As I watched them tear a building down A gang of men in a busy town With a ho-heave-ho, and a lusty yell They swung a beam and the side wall fell I asked the foreman, "Are these men skilled, And the men you'd hire if you wanted to build?" He gave a laugh and said, "No, indeed, Just common labor is all I need." "I can easily wreck in a day or two, What builders have taken years to do." And I thought to myself, as I went ...

1154. The Doctor's Brave Volunteer

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Max Lucado

... Tuesday morning, February 15, the historic operation occurs. The patient is prepped and wheeled into the operating room. A local anesthetic is applied. As he has done thousands of times, Dr. Kane dissects the superficial tissues and locates the appendix. He skillfully excises it and concludes the surgery. During the procedure, the patient complains of only minor discomfort. The volunteer is taken into post-op, then placed in a hospital ward. He recovers quickly and is dismissed two days later. Dr. Kane had ...

1155. How To Criticize Constructively

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Staff

One of the rarest management skills and one of the most difficult to learn is how to criticize constructively. Constructive criticism shows consideration for other people's feelings and invites their suggestions and cooperation. When you can't figure out how to criticize something constructively, the wisest course is to keep your mouth shut until you ...

1156. A New Way of Life

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Charles Swindoll

... with no equipment and no safety ropes. John Baker is considered by many to be the best of the hard men. He has free-soloed some of the most difficult rock faces in the U.S. with no safety rope and no climbing equipment of any kind. His skill has not come easily. It has been acquired through commitment, dedication and training. His wife says she can't believe his dedication. When John isn't climbing, he's often to be found in his California home hanging by his fingertips to strengthen his arms and hands.

1157. The Need For More

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Bill Hybels

... pleasures, so he paid handsome sums to indulge his every sexual urge. He wanted more thrills, so he designed, built, and piloted the fastest aircraft in the world. He wanted more power, so he secretly dealt political favors so skillfully that two U.S. presidents became his pawns. All he ever wanted was more. He was absolutely convinced that more would bring him true satisfaction. Unfortunately, history shows otherwise. He concluded his life emaciated; colorless; sunken chest; fingernails in grotesque ...

1158. Sketch Test

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... to be. "All right," said the official, "we'll give you a test, and if you pass it we'll allow you to go through." Handing him a pencil and a sheet of paper, he told the artist to sketch several peasants standing nearby. Dore did it so quickly and skillfully that the guard was convinced he was indeed who he claimed to be. His work confirmed his word!

1159. Employee's Seven Deadly Sins

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... of the nation's 1000 largest companies. At the top of the list was dishonesty. Mrac Silbert, whose temporary employee firm commissioned the study, says, "If a company believes that an employee lacks integrity, all positive qualities ranging from skill and experience to productivity and intelligence become meaningless." Six other factors were discovered, making a total of "seven deadly sins" that can cause you to lose your job. They are listed below in decreasing order of irritation value. Irresponsibility ...

1160. Not So Run-of-the-Mill

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... in the company does not stop with the unit they are heading. They want to know how all of the company's departments affect one another, and they are constantly reaching beyond their specific area of influence. They put heavy emphasis on vision, values, and motivation. They have strong people skills. They don't accept the status quo.

1161. Are You a Good Listener?

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Staff

Leaders need above all to have good listening skills. How good a listener are you? Since you think about four times faster than a person usually talks, do you use this time to think about other things while you're keeping track of the conversation? Do you listen primarily for facts rather than ideas when someone is speaking? Do ...

1162. The Naval Code

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... many of them then lied during an internal investigation, some to protect classmates. Former Assistant Secretary of Defense Richard Armitage, who chaired a review of the academy's honor code, blames the widespread cheating on the Navy's emphasis on skills like technical proficiency over character development. A 1967 Annapolis graduate, Armitage notes that one point of honor is still pounded into all midshipmen from Day 1: "Never bilge (endanger) a shipmate." That credo cuts two ways, says James Q. Wilson ...

1163. Day Care Dilemma

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Steve Farrar

... and display less affection, are more aggressive, and are less responsive to adults. Compared with children who were cared for by their mothers as preschoolers, third-graders who were placed in day care as preschoolers are viewed more negatively by their peers, have lower academic grades, and demonstrate poorer study skills.

1164. Who Has the Time?

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K. Hughes

Some years ago a young man approached the foreman of a logging crew and asked for a job. "That depends," replied the foreman. "Let's see you fell this tree." The young man stepped forward and skillfully felled a great tree. Impressed, the foreman exclaimed, "Start Monday!" Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday rolled by, and Thursday afternoon the foreman approached the young man and said, "You can pick up your paycheck on the way out today." Startled, he replied, "I thought you paid on Friday." "Normally ...

1165. Passing Down a Kiss

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Tim Kimmel

... him for helping in the garden. He remembers it over six decades later, as though it were yesterday. But the account of another kiss that changed his life says a great deal about our inner need for purpose. At age sixteen, living in Budapest, Foldes was already a skilled pianist. But he was at his personal all-time low because of a conflict with his piano teacher. In the midst of that very troubled year, however, one of the most renowned pianists of the day came to the city to perform. Emil von Sauer was not ...

1166. Standing Watch

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Staff

... a prevalent story on the web, we include it here to warn about it's use in an Indian context. The early American Indians had a unique practice of training young braves. On the night of a boy's thirteenth birthday, after learning hunting, scouting, and fishing skills, he was put to one final test. He was placed in a dense forest to spend the entire night alone. Until then, he had never been away from the security of the family and the tribe. But on this night, he was blindfolded and taken several miles away ...

1167. Cabinet Masterpiece

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... of life and death. Come quick!" The startled surgeon dropped everything and rushed to the home of the artist, expecting the worst. When confronted with the dog. The surgeon, with masterful self-control, said not a word but proceeded to treat the dog with the same skill he would have used on a human being. Then he picked up his instruments and left. Weeks passed, the dog got well, yet the artist never received a bill from the surgeon. The longer he waited the more guilty he felt. Surely he had lost the ...

1168. Carved from Ruins

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Staff

... caused by the bungling workman of an earlier day. To his mind came the image of the young shepherd boy David. So he carefully made a sketch of that biblical character as he envisioned him. For 3 years he worked steadily, his chisel skillfully shaping the marble. Finally, when one of his students was allowed to view the towering figure, 17 feet high and weighing 9 tons, he exclaimed, "Master, it lacks only one thing, and that is speech!" Facts from History.com: Michelangelo was notoriously picky ...

1169. If Only I Had

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Lois Cheney

... give it to God, but every minute is taken up with my job, my family, my clubs, and what have you every single minute." And the same man said, "If I had a talent I'd give it to God, but I have no lovely voice; I have no special skill; I've never been able to lead a group; I can't think cleverly or quickly, the way I would like to." And God was touched, and although it was unlike him, God gave that man money, time, and a glorious talent. And then He waited, and waited, and waited ...

1170. Bigger Not Always Better

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J.I. Packer

... increase must be everyone's main goal. Four unhappy features marked the situation. First, big and growing churches were viewed as far more significant than others. Second, parachurch specialists (evangelists, college and seminary teachers with platform skills, medicine men with traveling seminars, convention-circuit riders, top people in youth movements, full-time authors and such) were venerated, while hard-working pastors were treated as near-nonentities. Third, lively laymen and clergy were constantly ...

1171. 2020 Vision

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Staff

... stop modeling this behavior. Here's a simple rule: No gaming or TV during the school year Monday through Thursday. None. That's one suggestion but action needs to be taken. Obviously, it's not going away and it is the new world we live in but relationships, healthy social skills and studies should be a priority over the new entertainment. Find that balance in your family and stick to it.

1172. When God Wants To Mold a Man

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Staff

When God wants to drill a man, And thrill a man, And skill a man, When God wants to mold a man To play the noblest part; When He yearns with all His heart To create so great and bold a man That all the world shall be amazed, Watch His methods, watch His ways! How He ruthlessly perfects Whom He royally elects! ...

1173. Matthew 25:14-30

Matthew 25:14-30

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Leonard Sweet

... is trusted with a true fortune. Although the master gives each of the three servants different amounts “according to his abilities,” we should not confuse the monetary “talents” being doled out here with some sort of accounting of human “talent” or skill. The master knows his servants, assesses their abilities, and does not overload any one of them with unreasonable expectations. Still, each one of them is given charge over a vast amount of money. The details of how the first two servants manage ...

1174. What Did You Do with the Ship?

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Staff

In the early days of luxury ocean liners, the evening entertainment was often chosen from the special talents of the passengers. On one night, the program featured a remarkable parrot which was followed by a skillful magician. The parrot was placed in his cage off to the side of the stage as the magician performed. The man first secured a bouquet from a nearby table, which he covered with a black cloth, waved his wand, and pulling away the cloth, revealed that the flowers had disappeared. ...

1175. The History of the World?

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... of Jacob's sons, Joseph gave refuse to the Israelites. Pharaoh forced the Hebrew slaves to make bread without straw. Moses led them to the Red Sea, where they made unleavened bread, which is bread made without any ingredients. David was a Hebrew king skilled at playing the liar. He fought with the Philatelists, a race of people who lived in Biblical times. Solomon, one of David's sons, had 500 wives and 500 porcupines. In the Olympic games, Greeks ran races, jumped, hurled the biscuits and threw the java ...

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1151. No Stranger to Hard Times

Illustration

Charles Swindoll

1152. Ignorance of the Bible

Illustration

Edward Farley

1153. A Builder or a Wrecker

Illustration

Staff

1154. The Doctor's Brave Volunteer

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Max Lucado

1155. How To Criticize Constructively

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Staff

1156. A New Way of Life

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Charles Swindoll

1157. The Need For More

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Bill Hybels

1158. Sketch Test

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1159. Employee's Seven Deadly Sins

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1160. Not So Run-of-the-Mill

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1161. Are You a Good Listener?

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Staff

1162. The Naval Code

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1163. Day Care Dilemma

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Steve Farrar

1164. Who Has the Time?

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K. Hughes

1165. Passing Down a Kiss

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Tim Kimmel

1166. Standing Watch

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Staff

1167. Cabinet Masterpiece

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1168. Carved from Ruins

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Staff

1169. If Only I Had

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Lois Cheney

1170. Bigger Not Always Better

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J.I. Packer

1171. 2020 Vision

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Staff

1172. When God Wants To Mold a Man

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Staff

1173. Matthew 25:14-30

Matthew 25:14-30

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

1174. What Did You Do with the Ship?

Humor Illustration

Staff

1175. The History of the World?

Humor Illustration

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