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Social Media Counts

If we are living and breathing, we are in the business of making things count. Whether it be our time, our money, or our relationships. To meet the day at the end of our lives where we can say, “I did the absolute best I could with what I had,” would be a dream come …

The Simple Truth

There is a Truth … behind all the other truth that claims to be a reality for each of us. This truth is not relative to our own individual realities but it is a constant truth that lies beneath the surface of each and every one of our lives. It is the truth that we …

The Higher Opinion

Have you ever wondered … “what do others think about me?” If you’re human, you probably have a time or two. But not many of us have taken the next step to actually ask someone else what it is they think of us. As an employee, a spouse, a friend or a human being. That …

Take the High Road

What does it mean to take the high road? Is it ideal…. or are there other ways to get where were going, seriously. Why be limited to just the high road. What about the low road. It has it’s advantages. It sits beneath all of the regular stuff, you know. The “traffic” that appears day in and day …

Our Greatest Desire

What is your greatest desire? Not as in temptation…. but, desire? A desire is an expressed wish. A temptation is something that we don’t necessarily ask for, but tries to creep in anyway. God gives us the desires or “wants” of our hearts. This has two meanings. First, He not only puts them there (as in ‘give’), …

The Secret Weapon

Have things not quite turned out as expected? We’ve all had these moments. The turning point of every one of them is always dependent upon our attitude…we all have one of these too! But do we have one that is under control? After all, we can control our own attitude, can’t we? The secret weapon is in knowing that yes, we …

Losing with Grace

It takes grace to succeed. In order for grace to be activated we have to lose. Lose friendships, lose identity, lose all those things we lose in a crisis and then some. Lose personality, lose gifts, lose ambition. We must let go of ego, let go of self, let go of personal glorification in order …

The Right Stuff

Yes, we all want it. But do we have it? We don’t only want skill on our side, we want more… we want the “right stuff” … especially, if we’re in it to win it. But what is the right stuff? The right stuff is to be positioned to do the right thing, at the right …

The Road to Improvement

… is paved with doubt, confusion, frustration, and that’s just to name a few. It is not paved with criticism, complaining and debauchery however. There is a difference. On the way to getting where we want to be (are called to be) we will find all these things sometimes closing in on us. Some from the road, …