God doesn’t want us simply to sign up. He wants us to show up. Pastor Dary Northrup I’m kind of a “sound bite” guy when I listen to sermons. I seem to recall the central points of a message when I can distill them into a single statement. This notion of “signing up vs. showing […]
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Substance Or Style
If you don’t know where you’re going, you might end up someplace else. Yogi Berra There’s not much point to “living on-purpose” unless we actually have a purpose in mind. It’s one thing to actively choose responses rather than simply reacting to whichever way the wind happens to blow. But how do I choose? What are […]
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A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles. Christopher Reeve Lance Armstrong’s story inspires me. I hope you’ll take thirty seconds to watch this video:
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Don’t waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well assured that the right performance of this hour’s duties will be the best preparation for the hours and ages that will follow it. Ralph Waldo Emerson I had a great conversation the other day with my friend Annette. I was […]
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Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you. ~ Carl Sandburg Our culture seems obsessed with time. Calendars and clocks dominate. Ask someone to dinner and they’re likely to […]
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Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein. H. Jackson Brown, Jr. I think a lot about time. One of society’s false myths maintains that retirement magically produces […]
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In preparation for a speaking engagement in May, I’ve been analyzing the qualities that help people thrive when faced with a challenge. So far I’ve come up with this list:
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Name it and Blame it. Doesn’t mean you solved it, nor owned it, nor changed it. Grace McGarvie Blame has apparently replaced baseball as America’s pastime. The burning question of the day is, “Whose fault is it?” I understand. From my permanent seat in a wheelchair I’ve wasted countless hours asking, “Why did this happen?” […]
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A teacher stood before his class. On a table the students observed a large glass jar and a pile of fist-sized rocks. He carefully placed as many rocks into the jar as possible and asked the students to acknowledge that no more rocks would fit. Then he reached under the table, retrieved a pitcher containing […]
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I received one of those forwarded emails this week. I usually try to at least skim through them before hitting DELETE, and occasionally I am rewarded with a gem.
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