Getting Nowhere? ~ A Rescue
To myself: You’re unproductive. You’re too emotional. Insecure. Scaredy-cat. Just push ahead, stupid! Look at Joe (or Susan). He gets after it every day. Steady outcomes. Can’t you be more like th

posted 4:18:13pm Jun. 18, 2013 | read full post »

You and I are a Promise
Today these words infuse new life into me. I share them with you with the hope they will encourage you too. “In our faithful listening to God's Word, we often neglect his first word to us--the gift of ourselves to ourselves: our existence, our temperament, our personal history, our uniqueness,

posted 8:03:35pm Jun. 12, 2013 | read full post »

Who Needs You?
Your gift is an insight wrapped in talent and shared with others. “But who are my others?” you ask. “I’ve tried giving my gift. No one wants it.” Perhaps your gift is mediating conflict. Your

posted 4:43:00pm Jun. 06, 2013 | read full post »

How to Grow Your Talent
In old age, I don’t want to review my life and wish I’d done more with the talent given me. I don’t want to wonder what held me back. Should I have found better teachers? Practiced more? Knocked on more d

posted 4:19:34pm Jun. 03, 2013 | read full post »

Decide to Love Your Life
Cook up your grandmother’s meatloaf recipe. The dirty laundry molding in the closet? Wash it. Two years ago a couple moved in next door. Go introduce yourself. Join the YMCA and sign up for classes. Scrape the mold off the shower tile. Call your cousin. The little church down the

posted 2:27:22pm Jun. 01, 2013 | read full post »