Magic Minute Lost And Found By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // Abandoned by his mother when he was three and disowned by a gambling father, 15-year-old James just wandered the streets a lost, lonely soul. But he found happiness in the company of old Effie Maloney. “She makes me feel special,” James said. For all […]
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Magic Minute Young Girl’s Leap Of Courage By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // The mere thought of deep water had traumatized 7-year-old Angie for years, so with the school swimming finals now upon them she was terrified! Sensitive to this anxiety her swimming teacher put her in charge of the name lists so she could
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Magic Minute A Dream Come True By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // “Don’t let go!” 10-year-old Sienna yelled as I ran alongside her bike holding on for dear life! I was soon tired out and had to take a breather, but Sienna wanted to keep going. ‘There’s got to be an easier way to do
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Magic Minute Loving Words By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // “I really hate you!” 13-year-old Heather screamed at her mother and slammed her bedroom door. That night while she fitfully slept, her mother passed away. A grief- stricken Heather found this precious letter in her mother’s belongings: Dearest Heather, Mummy has been sick for a
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Magic Minute A Cat’s Nine Lives By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // When we saw the bloody mess of our 10-year-old cat’s face, Cherry, our hearts sank. “That’s some cat fight!” I thought. As she was able to move around and eat we made her a nice bed and nursed her as best we could.
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Magic Minute Jumping To Conclusions By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // I once met an old guy on a windswept pier holding a fishing line tied around a Coke bottle. His bluish gnarled hands matched his blotchy face. ‘Mmm” I thought, ‘alcohol abuse.’ “Caught anything?” I asked. “Nah, they won’t bite with an Easterly.” To
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Magic Minute “I Can’t! ” “Now I Can!!” By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // From Humble Village to high status as government official, this brave New Guinean woman now had to speak out… And she was terrified! Desperate for help, she flew to Melbourne to overcome her fear and go from “I can’t” to “I
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Magic Minute Negative Self-Talk By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // Sometimes we can talk ourselves into things being worse than they really are. Like what happened to a seemingly confident young woman will called Suzie, but in a coaching session, I discovered as a little girl she’d struggled with a mild form of epilepsy called
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Magic Minute Self Acceptance By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // A young guy once asked me, “What if you don’t like yourself and you don’t like where you’ve been?” His cabinet making business had collapsed. His marriage was a dismal failure and to cap it off, bystanders had laughed when he skidded headlong into a
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Magic Minute Trixie The Fox Terrier By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // “Hey, Dad’s back from ferreting rabbits – and he’s got a dog with him!” The boys cried out. Trixie the fox terrier had arrived. From then on she joined them swimming in the local billabong or racing around the Murray River mud flats
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