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'No,' she said, 'I wasn't nervous at all. Afterward, a reporter asked her if she was nervous about being on television, in front of millions, accepting her crown. So when Tara was crowned Miss America in 1997, taking that long walk down the runway came as natural to her as breathing. As Tara watched each young woman crowned a winner, she pictured herself receiving the crown and walking down the runway in victory. She rented videos of every pageant she could find and watched them over and over again. After two years as runner-up in the Miss Florida pageant, she was tempted to give up, but she chose instead to focus on her goal. To start living your best life now, you must start looking at life through eyes of faith, visualizing the life you want to live.įrom the time she was a little girl, Tara Holland dreamed of becoming Miss America. Visit our Web site at First eBook Edition: April 2007 Portions of this book have been adapted from Your Best Life Now, copyright © 2004 and Daily Readings from Your Best Life Now, copyright © 2005 by Joel Osteen. Literary development and design: Koechel Peterson & Associates, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota. Scriptures noted KJV are taken from the King James Version of the Bible. Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group. Scriptures noted THE MESSAGE are from The Message. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189.

Scriptures noted TLB are taken from The Living Bible, copyright © 1971. Copyright © 1979, 1980, 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc., Publishers. Scriptures noted NKJV are taken from the New King James Version.

(Scriptures noted NASB are taken from the New American Standard Bible®. Scriptures noted AMP are taken from Scripture quotations taken from the Amplified® Bible, Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in review.Īll Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®. Copyright © 2007 by Joel Osteen PublishingĪll rights reserved.

Joel osteen find strength through adversity