<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393121123847082782</id><updated>2011-12-18T05:43:46.582-08:00</updated><title type='text'>A Basket Full of Lemons</title><subtitle type='html'>"When life hands you lemons, make lemonade" has been a quote I have heard over and over again... I'm here to show you how a basket full of lemons can do so much more for you.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://courtney-mcduffie.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393121123847082782/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtney-mcduffie.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Courtney</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03669007947125560182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CYA1m0vFPAc/SgHVmUW6s5I/AAAAAAAAADA/J5tRdKVprmU/S220/100_1908.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393121123847082782.post-2399110735545298617</id><published>2011-12-05T05:14:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-05T05:14:21.188-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Half Empty or Half Full?</title><content type='html'>This is often the question asked to determine if you are an optimist or a pessimist.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have had several seasons of my life where I could call myself one or the other. Let's be serious, sometimes I have several moments in the day where I shift from an optimist to a pessimist in the "ding" of an email. (You can admit it too, it happens to everyone)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The older, I mean wiser, I become the more I have realized the power of mind over matter... and I've come to realize what really matters in life. I'm going to&amp;nbsp;use the "gift of gab" that my mother has given me and let the gift of discernment God has given me to lead us on a journey through the sour and the sweet that life's lemons hand over.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3393121123847082782-2399110735545298617?l=courtney-mcduffie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://courtney-mcduffie.blogspot.com/feeds/2399110735545298617/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://courtney-mcduffie.blogspot.com/2011/12/half-empty-or-half-full.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393121123847082782/posts/default/2399110735545298617'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3393121123847082782/posts/default/2399110735545298617'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://courtney-mcduffie.blogspot.com/2011/12/half-empty-or-half-full.html' title='Half Empty or Half Full?'/><author><name>Courtney</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03669007947125560182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CYA1m0vFPAc/SgHVmUW6s5I/AAAAAAAAADA/J5tRdKVprmU/S220/100_1908.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
