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Driving School

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Driving schools did not always exist. They were created in the twentieth century to meet a new need that arose from the necessary use of cars.

Before the discovery and use of cars in our lives, driving schools did not exist. And this historical reality teaches us that whenever something new comes into our lives, we must inevitably learn to manage this new tool of our lives.

Anyone who wants to be a modern person, with modern perceptions and habits, , should also receive the appropriate education and training on the issues of faith as they do with a mobile phone and a car so that they can live effectively in their daily lives, but also to protect others from the tragedies of ignorance.

Research, practice, and learning new technologies to facilitate our daily lives are an example and a safe marker for the issues of our personal, living and effective faith.

The better I know how to handle new discoveries, new technology, the easier and more effective is the daily life of my faith.

The Practice of Faith

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A critical issue of everyday life is the practical application of the possibilities of faith. Wherever there is faith, man is strengthened with extra power than what he already possesses.

Faith and the applications of faith, add strength, remove vanity, and put in their correct place the facts of life. Faith is not denial, but an addition of power to the daily struggle and through the works of everyday life, my faith is proved. With faith we conquer the stages of wisdom and learn from our mistakes. With faith, we learn to choose the best, not just something good, the better than the modest and temporary portion.

With faith, we do not avoid our daily struggle, but we are enriching our everyday life in new ways. By faith, even simple things seem and become precious. More so, the great things become conquerable, the future is already here, and life does not end in the registry office of our region, but it goes on to the registers of other times.

Competitors

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A match may be right or may be wrong. It depends on the subject of the race and the methods I follow. If the object is worth it, then I am not striving in vain in my fight. If not, I struggle in vain, I fight in vain and in the end I do not win anything.

Unneeded struggle means labor without profit, without result and not only that. It means a serious waste of time and power that could be used for another more remarkable fight. For this reason, people of living faith are invited every day to clarify both the goal and the methods of their struggles so that they can measure profits or learn from mistakes and damages.

If I consider my competitors as enemies, then I have lost my goal in the first place and my fight not only does not have a good result, but it also hurts me and does me great harm, because I created enemies where they did not exist. The expense of my forces in unnecessary struggles leads to bankruptcy.

The expense of my forces to substantial goals not only helps me, but it also has positive effects on my surroundings.

The Fifth Dimension

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We all understand that the up and down are related to our position on earth. If we move away, if we find ourselves in space, away from earth and our solar system, it is obvious that there is no up and down, because everywhere is the same. The gravity of the earth and the points of the horizon are missing.

And it is strange that in the New Testament, apostle Paul while writing to the faithful people of Ephesus, notes that the duty of the believer is not only to walk properly in everyday life on earth but also to understand the length, width, depth and height, and in addition, to know the love of Christ with one purpose: to fill his inner world and his life in general with the presence of God. Indeed, the phrase he uses does not leave any room for anxious behavior, truncated perceptions.

It clearly states that the goal of increasing power in our inner world is to fill with the presence of God, that is, with every gift, every resource, every virtue, every skill our creator gave us, elements provided not only for our harsh daily routine but also for the future, the near, the distant and the eternal.

Pyrrhic Victory

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The title states that we won a battle but lost a lot. We were victorious but wounded, we became helpless with an uncertain future.

Therefore, the goal is not the battle, the goal is not the victory, but the goal is to win over the problems that prevent me from going forward in my own future, in my free expression and life, but with as little cost as possible, with increase of the wealth I already have and not a reduction in my belongings.

Each fight is aimed at winning, but it must be secured before its undertaking. Post-graduate repentance is not the most advantageous action. Good preparation guarantees the greatest chance of winning. Fear and inaction do not predict victory but defeat. The wrong estimation of my strength entails defeat or, at best, pyrrhic victory.

A proper and calm assessment of my legal rights, of the supplies and the weapons me and my opponent have, including the methods the enemy uses, is the safe condition for avoiding lamentations and losses.