Vigilant

  I picture someone as vigilant as someone who doesn’t rest from protecting and providing. I see soldiers who protect our freedoms as vigilant. I see parents who protect and provide for their children as needing to be vigilant. The word vigilant means: “keenly watchful to detect danger; ever awake and alert”. I love the…

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Strong & Courageous

  I’ve learned the hard way that being strong doesn’t have a lot to do with my physical strength – it’s inner strength. Being Courageous is “the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc., without fear”. I believe both these words are character qualities of the heart…

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The Weight Of The World

  There have been times when I’ve been serving in leadership and felt the weight of the world on my shoulder. In 2008 I served as President of our West Metro Board of REALTORS. The economic downturn was coming into full effect my profession and many good friends who were in the business. I found…

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Steady

This word has several facets to its meaning and they all seem related to me: “firmly fixed, supported, balanced, not shaking or moving, not faltering, or wavering; controlled, sensible, reliable, self-restrained.” After reading that entire definition, I really like that word. Hidden among all those descriptive words is great strength. It takes a strong person…

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Hard Head – Hard Heart

I’ve been called “hard headed” before by my parents, my wife and others who know me. I do feel like I’m a reasonable person for the most part. If I feel strongly that my position on a certain subject is correct, I have been known to “dig in” and defend my position. I think the…

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Complete Destruction

When I was a kid there was a tornado that came within a few miles of our house in Kentucky. It had destroyed homes in its path and it swept through a small town and pretty much removed the little town off the map. It was hard to believe that the destruction of those houses…

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