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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2017 23:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>My husband is one tough cookie. The way he handles hard times amazes me. A tough cookie has often experienced a hard life. My husband has suffered from: A malignant brain tumor (In 2004, he was expected to live three to five years.) A heart attack, stroke, and fall that caused a severe brain injury (In 2009, all three happened the same day. He was not expected to live 24 hours.) A tough cookie is a strong person.  My husband...</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: left;"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-3949 aligncenter" src="https://temp.dianaderringer.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Tough-Cookie.jpg" alt="Tough Cookie -- Tim Derringer" width="450" height="320" srcset="https://dianaderringer.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Tough-Cookie.jpg 450w, https://dianaderringer.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Tough-Cookie-300x213.jpg 300w, https://dianaderringer.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Tough-Cookie-422x300.jpg 422w" sizes="(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px" />My husband is one tough cookie. The way he handles hard times amazes me.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: left;"><strong>A tough cookie has often experienced a hard life. </strong></h3>
<p style="text-align: left;">My husband has suffered from:</p>
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>A malignant brain tumor (In 2004, he was expected to live three to five years.)</li>
<li>A heart attack, stroke, and fall that caused a severe brain injury (In 2009, all three happened the same day. He was not expected to live 24 hours.)</li>
</ul>
<h3 style="text-align: left;"><strong>A tough cookie is a strong person.  </strong></h3>
<p style="text-align: left;">My husband refuses to give up in spite of health problems. He:</p>
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>Almost never complains</li>
<li>Rarely gets discouraged</li>
<li>Fears little</li>
<li>Refuses to accept defeat</li>
</ul>
<h3 style="text-align: left;"><strong>A tough cookie decides to make the most of life. </strong></h3>
<p style="text-align: left;">My husband would prefer to be healthy and able to work. However, he chooses not to be a <a href="https://dianaderringer.com/worry-wart/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">worry wart</a>. Instead, he enjoys what he can. He <a href="https://dianaderringer.com/cross-a-bridge-when-we-come-to-it/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">crosses each day’s bridges as he gets to them</a>.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: left;"><strong>A tough cookie is not perfect.</strong></h3>
<p style="text-align: left;">No one is perfect. Life is not perfect. However, like all of us, my husband has a choice: complain or do the best he can. He says what happened to him is just <a href="https://dianaderringer.com/cookie-crumbles/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the way the cookie crumbles</a>. Therefore, he makes the best of life.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: left;"><strong>A second explanation of a tough cookie:</strong></h3>
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>A difficult person</li>
<li>Someone who always wants his own way</li>
<li>An unpleasant co-worker</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: left;">I seldom hear anyone use this second explanation.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">“I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances” (Philippians 4:11 NIV).</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Do you know a tough cookie? Please comment below.</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;">Thanks to Talmadge “Tim” Derringer for permission to share part of his story.</p>
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		<title>Throw in the Towel</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2016 23:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>These cancer survivor friends refuse to throw in the towel. Life knocked them down, but they got up again. They did not quit. Throw in the towel comes from boxing. I don’t like boxing. Yet, many expressions we use come from that sport. When someone throws a towel into the boxing ring, that team admits defeat. To avoid further pain, they give up. They don’t want the boxer hurt any more. Because the boxer is caught between a rock and a...</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: left;"><img decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-2638 alignright" src="https://temp.dianaderringer.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Throw-in-the-Towel.jpg" alt="Throw in the Towel--two women at a Relay for Life event" width="299" height="400" srcset="https://dianaderringer.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Throw-in-the-Towel.jpg 299w, https://dianaderringer.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Throw-in-the-Towel-224x300.jpg 224w" sizes="(max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px" />These <a href="http://relay.acsevents.org/site/PageServer?pagename=relay_learn_whatisrelay">cancer survivor </a>friends refuse to throw in the towel. Life knocked them down, but they got up again. They did not quit.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Throw in the towel comes from boxing. I don’t like boxing. Yet, many expressions we use come from that sport.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">When someone throws a towel into the boxing ring, that team admits defeat. To avoid further pain, they give up. They don’t want the boxer hurt any more. Because the boxer is caught <a href="https://dianaderringer.com/rock-and-a-hard-place">between a rock and a hard place</a>, hard choices must be made.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">We may decide to throw in the towel when we:</p>
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>Can go no further</li>
<li>Have no hope</li>
<li>Need to focus on something else</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: left;">However, sometimes we throw in the towel too soon. We:</p>
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li>Give up before we try everything</li>
<li>Rely on our own strength rather than God’s</li>
<li>Need to take a break and then try again.</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: left;">If we do our best, we should feel no shame when we must throw in the towel. We just don&#8217;t want to throw it in too soon.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">“Be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded” (2 Chronicles 15:7 NIV).</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Thanks to Debbie and Karen for the photo and life example. Thanks to Emily Akin for the suggestion.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Do you have an expression you want explained? If so, please comment below.</p>
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