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You will then see a list of pictures and blogs. Click on "Steve Simms" or my picture and it will go to my home page.

If you like what you read and see there, then look at the top of the page for the word "recommend" and click on it. Thank you mucho.

"No matter if it seems hopeless, we must hope against hope."

"We plant seeds that will flower as results in our life, so best to remove the weeds of anger, avarice, envy, and doubt, that peace and abundance may manifest."

"The greatest challenge of the day is how to bring about a revolution of the heart which has to start with each one of us."

"Food for the body is not enough. There must be food for the soul."

Today, may you have much hope, plant some wonderful seeds in your life, begin a revolution of of your heart, and feast on spiritual food.

People seemed shocked that the Center of Disease Control recently released its finding that 25% of teenage girls in America have an STD. But that shouldn't be shocking. American girls have received their sex education from American movies and television. They have been taught the following lies about sex:

1) It is perfectly acceptable to use a human being for your selfish physical pleasure.

2) Whenever you want sex, go for it.

3) If you don't sleep around there is something wrong with you.

4) Cheapo sex is cool.

5) Don't discuss birth control or disease with your hook up.

6) Don't use condoms. (Have you ever seen condoms used in a TV or movie sex scene?)

7) If you get pregnant and don't want a baby, all you need to do is to pay to have it killed. There is nothing wrong with executing your unborn child.

8) Give your daughter drugs to keep her from getting sexually transmitted cervical cancer. That way she can be safely sexually active.

9) Sexual urges are irresistible, so go ahead and give in to them.

10) STDs are not a big deal and are no real threat to your health. They have drugs for those things.

11) There is no sex in marriage. (Have you ever seen sex between a married couple shown on TV or in the movies?)

With these lies being shoved into their brains, is it any wonder that 25% of American teenage girls have STDs?

What do you get if you cross Life's Little Instruction Book and Chicken Soup For The Soul? You get the next runaway best seller.

So how do you get them to mate? Quotations! Rare, diverse, and inspiring quotes will bring those two together and produce their offspring:

Little Instruction Book For The Soul -- Too simple.

Life's Little Chicken For The Soul -- That one sounds like we are tuning the soul into a barnyard.

Instruction Book For Chicken Soup -- No, sounds too much like a recipe book.

Soul Instruction For Life's Little Chicken -- Too jumbled. Besides, a little chicken doesn't need instruction.

Soul For The Book -- Well, that's the idea. The quotations in the offspring book should have lots of soul, lots of passion.

But where can a publisher find such heart-felt quotes? Well, uh, I've collected them. I've read hundreds of rare books and written down more than 20,000 awesome quotes in 33 blank hardback books.

My quotes are very diverse -- from women and men, from Asians, Africans, African-Americans, Hispanics, Arabs, Native-Americans, Europeans, and from many cultures, religions, and traditions.

I think those two best sellers, Life's Little . . . and Chicken . . . are very prolific and will produce many children. I have a unique idea for a series of books based on diverse inspirational quotes.

So Ms. Publisher, Mr. Publisher -- please lend me your ear. stsimms@hotmail.com

"Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." --Hypatia of Alexandria

A person is a person --

It doesn't really matter how small --

If she's tiny or if she's tall.

She can even be curled in a fetal ball,

Wrapped in a womb's sheltering shawl,

A brand new life in a hallowed hall.

Now, here's the issue,

She's a who,

Not a tissue.

Who hears the tiny person's call?