Winter is in full swing here in Georgia. In the next 10 days, the weather app predicts the low temps in the 20’s. For my friends up North, that is “balmy”, but for us here in the South, we consider that really cold. I must confess that winter is not my favorite season – in…
A compliment is an “expression of praise, commendation or admiration”. (www.dictionary.com) I enjoy receiving compliments from people who are close to me. Check that: I like receiving compliments from just about anyone. I really enjoy receiving compliments from people I admire and respect deeply. A compliment means that someone noticed something. There was an attribute,…
Thanks Jon Gordon for these inspiring quotes from Martin Luther King, Jr. What would happen if we figure how to live these words. LOVE “I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.’ “Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend.” “I believe that unarmed…
I like getting to the end of a good book and the conclusion is “nail-biting”, yet it wraps up the entire book. I don’t like conclusions that are “open-ended” and the good guys loose. I also don’t like “to be continued”. I’m not sure I would like to be a judge. When I hear just…
There are things that happen the same way every time in life and there are things that are mysterious and unpredictable. For example, if I toss a ball into the air, it will come down every time. There are many examples like this. Then there are things that are mysterious and unpredictable. The wind is…
I remember as a kid, I used to help split wood to make the pieces fit in our wood burning stove. I thought it was a good day when we got a stove that burned kerosene. I have a young son who enjoys splitting wood, or I’ll hire someone with a wood splitter. I don’t…
13 Here is another bit of wisdom that has impressed me as I have watched the way our world works. 14 There was a small town with only a few people, and a great king came with his army and besieged it. 15 A poor, wise man knew how to save the town, and so it was rescued. But afterward…
I enjoy having conversations with wise people. I’ve learned that they ask a lot of really good questions. They do not like to “hear themselves talk”. They choose their words carefully. Occasionally I’ve met a person who is wise in certain areas, but really struggling in other areas of life. I think the pursuit of…
These two elements can change my circumstances very fast. I’ve never won the lottery. I heard you have to “play the lottery” in order to win. I have purchased raffle tickets, but not won the price. The raffle tickets were for a good cause, so I justified jumping in. Money is “medium or exchange and…
Every now and then I have one of those days when I’m “fogged over” and nothing seems to go the way I wanted it to go or intended it to go. There are events in our lives that we can control and there are events that we have zero control over. I don’t like days…