How many yesterdays are you dragging around with you? Such weighty invisibles … slowing us down, holding us back. If I’m looking in the rear view mirror, how can I be aware of what’s happening up ahead? How can I be prepared for the future if I’m mired in the past? The question that has lingered with me all weekend …
In Others’ Words: The Difficult Road
I don’t know about you, but I’ve looked for various forms of success for a lot of my life. One of the earliest forms of success started way back in grade school spelling bees … and I’m still wrangling with words in pursuit of success. I don’t know about you, but I’ve always hoped that success would be found, well, …
In Others’ Words: To the Future
Some days are weights … and others are stepping stones … and still others disappear before I even grasp “What happened?” I’m aiming for something … so many things … and I don’t want to miss what’s right here, now, because I just may find this moment was the most important thing of all. Sometimes I dream when I’m asleep …
In Others’ Word: Weariness
When you’re weary, do you ever stop to discern why? Are you weary because you are not doing the things you want — or need — to do? Or are you weary because you are doing the things you do not want — or need — to do? It’s a question worth asking … and a question worth answering. …
In Others’ Words: Good Enough
When do you decide that you’re good enough? Are you only satisfied with yourself when you’ve reached the goal you set for yourself? Maybe you finally lost those (fill in the blank) pounds. Or you gave that presentation at work. Or you finished making that craft project you’ve been working on for years. You pat yourself on the back because, …
In Others’ Words: Words and Music
Sometimes I find myself at a loss for words … and I allow silence to fill the space between my inhales and exhales. And sometimes, someone else has found the words for me and put them to music. And I don’t need to grasp how to somehow, someway express my loss … or my joy … or my questions … …
In Others’ Words: The Right Time to Quit
I have always been intrigued by this particular passage of Scripture: Cease striving and know that I am God. (Psalm 46:10 NASB) Of course, this isn’t the only passage of Scripture that intrigues me, but it’s the one that’s got my attention right now. Cease striving. Aren’t we supposed to work hard? Aren’t we supposed to keep at it? Aren’t …
In Others’ Wisdom: The Wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Sometimes a person’s legacy is left behind in the lives of those they influenced. And sometimes a person’s legacy is heard in the echoes of words they said. Maybe that’s why I am such a quote aficionado. Today is set aside to remember Martin Luther King, Jr, a man most famously known for the words, “I have a dream … “ …
In Others’ Words: From Failure to Failure
People like to talk about success — they like to bandy about different definitions for it. Success is this. Success is that. And they’re all usually talking about something as far from failure as you can get. I’ve been reading Alton Gansky’s book Imagination @ Work. (Alton’s a friend and a colleague. I admire him. Even if I didn’t know …
In Others’ Words: Wrinkles
Wrinkles. Yes, I notice them when I look in the mirror. I don’t care for them, but I don’t post whiny comments on Facebook or lament about them in my journal because, well, what am I going to do? Botox? I don’t think so. When I look in the mirror I see me — not my age. But the reality …