Wished I had coined this phrase and philosophy… didn’t. But it really is part of all of our stories. We may flourish in good situations, decisions but how we handle the bad decisions we make tells a more poignant story and how we go about moving beyond our less thought-out decisions or downright ‘wrong’ ones. […]
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everything and everyone else BUT you! Is that how you feel? When you look at your life and the people, activities, and ‘things’ that populate your life… is it never about you and always about ‘them/it’? First – it doesn’t matter if this is true or not if this is how you feel. Second –
This is different for each of us. And it rarely is a one and done. Many of us also rarely learn and apply those learnings from how we handled the last dark time to the one we are experiencing. Though each dark time has its own dynamics, extricating does have some similarities. Fault-finding is never
You – are a chosen person. Did you realize you are? “You are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.” (1Peter 2:9)Do know, though, that you have
With every decision we make there’s always – the other choice (the path not taken). And with the ‘other’ decision are people and things that we’ll miss. Sometimes our ‘what if’ seem to become, on retrospect, ‘ if only’. And let’s face it, sometimes the other decision may have been a better option. But… we
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a mindset. But it must be supported by commitment/dedication, faith, hope, and endurance. Obviously, there are other behaviors and attitudes, but without those 4 particular operationalized attitudes, I am not sure success ever occurs. Firstly, you must realize that ‘success’ is a personalized definition. What you may deem as successful for you, may be an objective
Ahhh Spring. Even the word brings a smile. We can shake off the boots and heavy coats and feel the warmth of the sun instead. Such bliss… until winter does its thing and hammers us at least one more time. But we know now that spring hasn’t left us and will return. This is
This is not a ‘duh’ statement because we sometimes forget and attempt to do more than what is within our sphere of influence, ability. Typically the only thing we experience is frustration. We tend to forget that we can’t ‘fix’ everything – and we aren’t asked to. Sometimes we get derailed because we are
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The answer should be – ministry. Of course that needs defining. But when you look at you, is your outstretched hand open to give, open to receive, closed but empty, closed guarding what you have? How do you define ‘ministry’ for yourself in your life? Or is that you relegate this only to the
Blasphemy!? Of course. But does the thought lurk at the back of one’s mind? …especially in those times, cases when it really isn’t something that we can ‘fix’. Or, in the big issues in the world that seem to be beyond our ability to have any direct influence. It would be my contention that
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Just write down any questions that you may have and I will get back to you in a jiffy!
