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Thought for the Day 10/29/2021

  Friday Tale - Multiply Force   In mechanics, the function of a lever is   to reduce the amount of force necessary to perform a particular task. When we use a crowbar to move a heavy rock, for example, we are using the principle of "leverage" to  substantially multiply the amount of force  we are applying.   Something similar occurs when we use the   head of a hammer to remove a nail, or  when we use scissors to cut through paper,   cardboard, cloth, and, with the right  kind of scissors, even metal.   The principle of leverage has often been effectively   employed as a metaphor. With the right kind of lever,  Archimedes famously claimed he could move the earth.  The neuroscientist Sam Harris wrote: "A belief is  a lever that, once pulled, moves almost  everything else in a person's life."    What is YOUR lever in YOUR life? ~ Anonymous   B ehold, God is my salvation, I will trus...