Take some time to let your mind rest and think over the summer. What were the events, trips, and conversations that made up Summer 2010? Sometimes it is nice to pause and reflect as the seasons change. … [Read more...]
GOALS = Get Out And Learn Something
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Goals denote direction and not distance. That dropped in my ‘knower’ during a conversation almost 20 years ago while contemplating my future. Now in my 40’s, the journey has proven far richer & more rewarding than any one destination. A coworker shared about how when he was growing up his family took vacations every summer and it went … [Read more...]
That Bang You Just Heard, Was Me…
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You don’t have to go looking for meaningful life. Sometimes it finds you. That bang you just heard, was me. Well it was my foot kicking the game table that rested against the wall in our basement. It was so important. How could the refs have missed it? The University of Oklahoma player has the football standing at the 30 yard line. Yet … [Read more...]
Communication: A Marriage of Elements
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Anticipation filled the air as you entered the foyer. Eight months of planning and preparation had funneled down to this final hour. As guests entered the room, their excitement turned to awe ignited by the lavish setting designed to take their breath away—overcome by a feeling deep within that, unlike similar events attended in the past, this … [Read more...]
Personal Growth – Pay In to Take Out
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In our home, we try to avoid using the word “stupid,” because you never know when a word like this might boomerang through the voices of four and six year old boys, returning to hit you smack across the face. But tossing it from my vocabulary, as I have, doesn’t mean that the word fails to describe how I sometimes feel. One of those “feelings” … [Read more...]
Just Say No…Just Doesn’t Work!
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I recently heard the audio from Nancy Reagan in 1983 launching the new anti drug campaign slogan, “Just Say No to Drugs.” There is only one problem with the slogan, it is Just No Good. Do you know why it doesn’t work? In the end the word No has no power. I haven’t done any hard core statistical research to prove No has no power. But … [Read more...]
Belief’s Closet Part Two: Cleaning Out the Old
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When you toss out all the outdated beliefs that clutter up the closet, life orderly fills the freed up space with more current, up-to-date beliefs. So, the more expiring beliefs you rid yourself of today, the better chance tomorrow has to add something valuable to your life. Usually, this “belief shedding” happens without you even aware of it. … [Read more...]
Hiding In The Trees
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“I think that I shall never see, a poem lovely as a tree”. Joyce Kilmer’s familiar verse makes sense unless you grew up like I did in the windy plains of Western Oklahoma. 9 months out of each year most trees were bare branches, twisting in the wind and mere wooden skeletons in the backyard. The other 3 months they were hoping against hope, leaning … [Read more...]
Time Management: The Secret I Discovered
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As a number of household projects vied for my attention, and even a few enjoyable hobbies invited me to come out and play, I burrowed myself further into the leather of the reclining chair, dead set against moving. The comforting voices that whispered to one another in my head wrapped themselves around me in a warm embrace. Their unanimous consent … [Read more...]
Success is Failure Turned Inside Out
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I’ve never known a person who matures from success alone. Quite the contrary, for it’s in the throes of failure a contrast is drawn. Failure is the fertilizer for personal & spiritual growth. There’s a story shared in the vineyard which illustrates this … A visitor noticed the vines with the marvelous clusters of plump, juicy grapes … [Read more...]
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