Posted in Daily Life, Happiness, Vision, tagged Daily Life, goals, Happiness, inspirational, life, motivation, Optimism, outlook, proverb, proverbs, quotes, sayings, stories, wisdom on November 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.
–Carl Brad
I like Brad’s perspective for several reasons. First, looking backward rarely helps us. When we concentrate on our past, we miss current opportunities, sometimes with disastrous results. The TV show America’s Funniest [...]
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Posted in Character, Daily Life, Happiness, Leadership, relationships, tagged Champs and Chumps, death, grief, Happiness, inspirational, life, life lessons, loss, motivation, outlook, Personal Experience, Positivity, proverbs, quotes, Real Life, relationships, sayings, Southwest Airlines, stories, success, Tales, Terry "Moose" Millard, Vision, wisdom, Work on February 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Captain Terry “Moose” Millard passed away on February 3, 2009. While I knew that over 18 years of fighting kidney cancer had worn his body out, I wasn’t ready for his flight into the next life. I was losing a deep friendship that was spiritually, intellectually and emotionally enriching. A fog slipped into my consciousness, [...]
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Posted in Character, Daily Life, Happiness, tagged criticism, Daily Life, effectiveness, feedback, Happiness, ideas, inspirational, life, life lessons, Optimism, outlook, parenting, Personal Experience, potential, productivity, proverbs, quotes, Real Life, sayings, self-discovery, stories, Tales, Vision, wisdom on February 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When my two sons started elementary school, we began playing a game during dinner. Each of us would take on the role of another in the family. Sons became parents while Dad and Mom pretended to act like Ben and Nate. It was a riot. We never finished an entire meal before we had all [...]
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Posted in Character, Daily Life, Happiness, tagged Bible, effectiveness, Jesus, motivation, mustard seed, parable, Phrases, Positivity, productivity, quotes, sayings, success, The Mustard See Conspiracy, thoughtfulness, thoughts, Tom Sine, work culture on December 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Years ago I read a book by Tom Sine called The Mustard Seed Conspiracy. The book was based on a story Jesus told about a man who planted a mustard seed in his field. Jesus observed that when this tiny seed is planted, a large bush eventually grows to house a variety of birds. After [...]
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