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The Game of Life and How to Play It
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The Game of Life and How to Play It

by Florence Scovel Shinn, Tom Butler-Bowdon
June 2020
Beginner
216 pages
3h 23m
English
Capstone
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CHAPTER XXII Catch Up With Your Good

“And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer: and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.”—Isaiah 65:24

Catch up with your good! This is a new way of saying, “Before they call, I will answer.”

Your good precedes you; it gets there before you do. But how to catch up with your good? For you must have ears that hear, and eyes that see, or it will escape you.

Some people never catch up with their good in life; they will say, “My life has always been one of hardship, no good luck ever comes to me.” They are the people who have been asleep to their opportunities; or through laziness, haven't caught up with their good.

A woman told a group of friends that she had not eaten for three days. ...

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