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Showing all posts by tag "Invincible"

7 Deadly Attitudes: Part 7

March 11^th, 2013

Invincibility

No immunity from tough times

Even the invincible Superman had his allergy to kryptonite. Eating our planet alive is the attitude that "It can't happen to me." Part of the horror of 911 was the shocked realization in the United States that it can happen...

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