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The Lord, the Community, and Circumstance
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This is a discussion of the need to persevere through challenging circumstances without taking them personally. People change, and the inspiration for that change could be the combined effect of your example along with that of others who display an attitude of compassion.
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John Smith
John was born in Norwich, Norfolk from a merchant family. He made his first dives among the wrecks on the east coast of the North Sea. For few years he worked on British oil rigs and then moved to Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt where he worked as an underwater guide. After he moved to Thailand and then to the Philippines. He now lives in Florida where he is a diver and writes novels. His articles on diving and marine biology have been published in many magazines
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