I didn’t realize I needed a break. The last 14 days have been busy. A family reunion with cousins and uncle from Texas. Oldest daughter had a birthday. Oldest daughter got engaged. My wife, myself, and aforementioned daughter and fiance’… met with the wedding hall…
Define Failure To Achieve Success: Targets, Goals and To Do’s!
Defining success is hard. I didn’t realize defining failure was even harder. Failure Online dictionary: 1. lack of success 2. the omission of expected or required action Wikipedia: “Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective… it may be…
Glass Ceilings vs. Soap Bubbles
One… you place your hands on it and feel instant resistance to any forward movement. The other… you can look at it with a smile, and when you get a sense of wonderment and elation, washed over with a sense of hope… it bursts! I’m…
Coffee? No, Put The Blame On
I want to blame something for my current state of inability to gain any momentum with my writing. Or what I perceive to be an inability at the moment. A part of me is also avoiding something… not sure what exactly… I feel if I…
Know Yourself. Then What? The Purpose of Self Knowledge; Self Awareness, and Self Worth
In my personal journey, I’ve been traveling down the road of “Self Awareness Avenue,” but it’s not a nice, winding, two lane country road… easy to learn… it seems to resemble an eight lane super highway… very busy, very congested, a cacophony of chaos… with…
Apples & Trees; Like Mother Like Daughter; You Are Your Fathers Son
When we think “icon,” our minds tend to go towards “famous.” But in the definition, and etymology below, “famous,” is never mentioned. When I think of my “icons,” I think of John Wayne; Bruce Lee; and Mohammad Ali, in that order. The Lone Ranger, and…
How to Handle Success when You Fail at It
The bible has a verse that mentions, “Let another praise you, and not your own lips.” I tooted my own horn a tad bit last week about having hit my writing goals these last few weeks, and then on Monday… a scheduled writing day… I…
What We See, What We Say, and What We Do… are Contrary and Incongruent
That’s a lot of words that just mean “things are not lining up.” I’ve learned some things so far this year, about physical pain, heart ache, and spiritual understanding. It’s all good… because I choose it to be. We see baseball played on a diamond;…
Learning Through Pain: Past and Present
Why do we think that it isn’t ok to mourn? The bible uses the word mourn; and the word lament; and the word grieve. Those words have a lot of pain attached to them. I truly appreciate the growth that the Lord has allowed me…
If The Foundation is Solid… how often do you check it?
In Wisconsin? Every spring. What about you? What about your personal foundation? I have this “do over” “re-visit” “re-brand” thought recurring lately. Time to “circle back” or better yet, take a walk around the foundation. If Christ is my cornerstone, and is set, then how…
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