WHY BAD THINGS HAPPENS TO GOOD PEOPLE

• Just like most of you, at a very difficult time for my family, one of the most pressing questions in my heart was, "Why us?" Why were bad things happening to us? After all, I was a good person and my children certainly didn't deserve it.
  When bad things happen to us, we often wonder, "Why us?" What have we done to deserve this? We may have done our best to follow Christ's teachings, always been kind or good and still, we are suffering.
• When it comes to suffering, it seems there is no such thing as a, “Get out of trials free,” card. No family is exempt. We will eventually experience our own tragedy, whether it is death, divorce, financial disaster, abuse, illness, natural or man-made disaster. Tragedy becomes tragedy based on our perception and ability to cope.
  

4 THINGS gOD WANT YOU TO REMEMBER WHEN LIFE IS HARD ON YOU

• We've all had days (and maybe even years) when life just doesn't seem to be going our way!
  I've had long seasons of life where I felt like nothing was working and everything was out of whack, and I've had frustrating days where I just can't seem to get anything accomplished. This morning was one of those times…
  I was getting all three of our boys ready for school which is a massive undertaking and makes me respect my wife even more because she is normally the one doing it! Amidst the screaming infant and complaining gradeschoolers, there was a mess in the kitchen, a dirty diaper on the floor, toothpaste on the sink and stress in the air. When we FINALLY got out the door, Connor had forgotten something and had to run back in. The door was open just long enough for (I'm not making this up) a bird to fly in the house.
  
  
  
  

A BETTER PLACE TO BE

• Heaven is the place where God dwells and where we can rest from all our cares after we die. Many of us long to go there to find our perfect place of peace. But what happens when that desire fades and heaven is no longer your goal? What causes the change and how can you desire heaven again?
  

Attitude Is More Important Than Intelligence

When it comes to success, it’s easy to think that people blessed with brains are inevitably going to leave the rest of us in the dust. But new research from Stanford University will change your mind (and your attitude).
Psychologist Carol Dweck has spent her entire career studying attitude and performance, and her latest study shows that your attitude is a better predictor of your success than your IQ.
Dweck found that people’s core attitudes fall into one of two categories: a fixed mindset or a growth mindset.
With a fixed mindset, you believe you are who you are and you cannot change. This creates problems when you’re challenged because anything that appears to be more than you can handle is bound to make you feel hopeless and overwhelmed.
People with a growth mindset believe that they can improve with effort. They outperform those with a fixed mindset, even when they have a lower IQ, because they embrace challenges, treating them as opportunities to learn something new.

10 Simple Things to Make You Happier At Home

Make your bed. In a popular post last month, I explained the many benefits of daily bed-making. Gretchen Rubin, New York Times best-selling author of The Happiness Project, explains that this three minute task is one of the simplest habits you can adopt to positively impact your happiness.

If your woman says any of these 17 phrases, drop everything and run You're in for it. Run

You're in for it. Run. Run fast.

          Was there a date night you totally forgot about?
           Did you leave the toilet seat up?
           Maybe you didn't notice she got a haircut. Yeah, maybe that's it.
           Whatever it is, it's bad. If she says anything on this list it's best to just turn, run and give her a few hours and plenty of space before you return -- with chocolate and puppies.Here's the list:

How To Make Your Blog Or Website More Trustworthy

This is for all those blog and website owners who have been on my neck for tips on how to make their blogs or websites trustworthy. I don't really know what's the big idea and why every blog or website owner are driving themselves crazy just to get their sites trusted by Google.

Ohhh.. Maybe its because of the traffic Google can send to one's blog or site! I see.

So, no more email reminders asking for tips to do this; in this post I have explained necessary things you need to do to get your site trusted by Google!

Trust is a factor in Google’s ranking algorithm. Reputable websites that can be trusted get better rankings than websites of dubious origin. Google does not want to show low quality websites in their search results. So, for that reason, it is important that you can convince Google that your business is for real and that your website can be trusted.

 

Here are certain things you should do or take note if you want Google to look your way and earn their trust:

1. You need a trustworthy domain name: Old domains with a spam free history usually get better rankings than brand new domains. But if you have a brand new domain; just be patient and make sure you avoid spam with your domain.

Do not use wrong domain extensions, use the official top level domain of your country. If you are in the UK, use .com, .net .uk etc. If you’re in Nigeria, use .ng, .gov, .edu etc. Don't use .uk when you are in Nigeria or your content is all about Nigeria. Or .gov for an education blog or website. 

Try to order your domain with a renewal period of 2 or more years to show search engines that your domain is not a throwaway domain or one you need for spamming. If you can't afford two years, you can still go with a one year subscription. 

Do not use more than one hyphen in your domain (better avoid them at all). Domains with hyphens often look spammy, especially if they contain many keywords.

2. Make your website or blog look professional and trustworthy: A trustworthy website has easy to find contact information, privacy policy, about the blog/site and terms and conditions (if any). Dubious websites do not have any contact info at all or they hide it. Make your contact information and others easy to find on your website so Google would know you are not out to spam. 

The more information about your company can be found on your website, the more likely it is that it will be considered a real business.

3. You need trustworthy backlinks: Even if you have a new domain, Google will trust your site (more) if it has many links from other reputable websites. 
Note that low quality links may damage your rankings, however links from high quality sites will have a positive influence on the Google rankings of your site. Links from reputable websites are by far the best way to show search engines that your website can be trusted.

Finally, If Google trusts your website then it will be much easier to get high rankings. Of course, your website still needs optimized web page content and good links.

Whew! I think I have exhausted my points!

Did I miss anything? Please add it below!