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By: Dave Cole If you were going to pick a person to go out and deliver a nation from the hands of the enemy, would you even consider choosing one of the weakest members of the country, or would you pick a man of valor? What’s valor mean you might ask? According to Webster: strength of mind or spirit …
What does it mean to follow strong? This week I was reminded of this question as I was following my friend driving to the zoo. I was not very clear on how to get there. I thought (as one often does in this situation), what if we are ‘disconnected’ in traffic? Would I still know …
How many of us have been caught in a place that we just don’t want to be? We accepted the invitation, went on the date, started the venture, only to find out that this event, person, or thing is just not working out for us. We are not where we want or feel we ought …
Yes, we all have at one time or another fallen victim to it… stress. The mortal enemy of mothers and managers alike. Not always of our own accord, but sometimes caused by the external circumstances closing in around us. Studies have shown that stress is one of the major causes of death. It’s been linked …
Don’t they? You’ve heard it said that pictures speak louder than words. But that’s all mental, isn’t it. We can look at a picture and surmise exactly what it is we want it to say to us. Perhaps debate over an interesting piece of artwork, wondering what the artist was truly trying to say with …
Am I enough?
Have you heard the statement: “To live a defeated life is worse than than death… ”
Well, the question, “am I enough” is sure to point us in the direction of a defeated life.
What is a defeated life? One that sees no hope for the future. Life has become so overwhelming that we are lead to ask the question: “am I enough?”
But what if we could avoid this question completely by looking at the bigger, more vast picture. After all, the key word in this question is “I”. And the answer of course is no. Oh, there are moments when we feel like we’re more than enough. But doesn’t it usually always come back to this, this question.
Yes, there are programs and self-help guidance and gurus that will have us chanting mantras of “I am enough” everyday, if only just to accomplish some great goal. But what takes place after the lights go out, the goal is complete and our vision has been short stopped.
Maybe the real question then becomes… Am I available? And in that, am I teachable and correctable? This question is really enough.
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