Is the same passion,the same zeal that marked you when you were saved still expressed in who you are and what you do? If the passion isn’t still marking your life…what is? And what happened to that passion??? Do you miss it? (Not a silly question.) Passion is really a necessary ‘ingredient’ in how we […]
Mercy? or Justice? Which do you extend? You can’t answer with a ‘it depends’. Because, bottom line is our first reaction or thought… Will we forgive or will we ‘get even’? You do realize that the phrase, get even, is merely a euphemism for revenge. (notta question) Seriously, does the prospect of getting your revenge
Sometimes… this isn’t enough. Sometimes, you really don’t know what to do now (after your best of intentions didn’t work). Sometimes you really did have the best of intentions but it was all wrong – wrong timing, wrong expression, wrong focus… wrong. There are all sorts of semi-positive reasons that the best of intentions didn’t
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Many times we hear (or say) ‘ don’t shoot the messenger’. This preface typically precedes a sad/’bad’ message. Which means that the listener/receiver is automatically on guard about the upcoming message. And to divorce the messenger from the message is incredibly difficult…but without being forewarned, the two do become one. Which means that relationship, at
My writing tends to focus on now, right now and what you are doing in and with now. If you aren’t engaged in what is happening in you moment then you are wasting opportunities and challenges, discoveries and adventures. Tomorrow is built on now. You don’t need to be obsessive about this mindset, but it
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Two pronged, actually. One is … who/what do you blame. The other is – do you feel that the finger of blame is always pointed at you… and you are blameless?Seriously – who and what do you blame? Do you have a ‘go to’ blame-ee? What’s your first thought? To shift the blame focus from you
President, Pope, CEO” etc. was a phrase heard often when i was growing up. It meant that you were being bossy or rudely overbearing. The purpose was a wake up call to the ‘offender’ to take stock of what they were saying, and how, because no one was going to do/say/act on what was wanted.
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Are you the 100% type? If you are involved… are you ‘fully’ committed? Do you attempt to do all that you can… or do you hold something in reserve? Reserve for what? When I was growing up, my Mother was fond of saying… ‘whatever is worth doing, it’s worth doing well…’. Do I always follow this?
Have you ever hedged the truth or not fully responding to avoid lying because you thought the other person would/might be offended by your expression? A lot? Could you be incorrect about the other person… just not willing to risk it? But, have you ever considered that your action(s) was a denial l of you? Dare I say
(fill in the blank: healthy, happy, famous, wealthy, etc. – and… are any of the wants in competition with other wants? and/or if you could have just one want – do you have one that is the most important?). Why the apparent restriction? Because being any (improvement) takes your concentrated involvement. Example: it’s the same
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Just write down any questions that you may have and I will get back to you in a jiffy!
