Reminding you I received a thank you card today. “Thank you for reminding me who I am, what I have, and what to do with it!” Wow!!! She nailed my job description – to remind you that you are amazing, wonderful, talented, loved, capable, and a much loved child of God – that you already […]
Purpose of our gifts
November 9, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Change happens in moments
July 31, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Change happens in moments Of course, we want big sweeping instantaneous change. However, that is not the way change usually happens. Changing habits, ways of being, ways of thinking, ways of acting – this happens in moments. Moments strung together become minutes. Minutes become hours and hours becomes days. Focus on the moments. Appreciate the […]
Facts and Feelings
May 17, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Facts and Feelings There are times to pay attention to our feelings and ignore the facts and then there are times to pay attention to the facts and ignore our feelings. When we are visualizing, affirming, and thinking about our goals, we want to ignore the facts and concentrate on positive feelings. Because, the facts […]
Objectivity, Emotion, Kindness, and Accountability
January 24, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Objectivity, Emotion, Kindness, and Accountability There’s an interesting interplay between the concepts of objectivity, emotion, kindness and accountability. Let’s use the example of having a goal of making 10 phone calls today and only making 6 calls. Objectivity: I made 6 calls today and my goal was 10 which means that I was 4 […]
Pet Peeves – how ridiculous
January 3, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Self-taught by an idiot
October 13, 2016 by Leave a Comment
The right question
August 30, 2016 by Leave a Comment
The right question Do you spend more time asking what is right with me or what is wrong with me? Unfortunately, most people habitually do the latter. Whenever we do that, we pay a significant price in terms of happiness, confidence, self-worth, enthusiasm, productivity, effectiveness . . . Our brains are trained to answer questions. […]
Adjustments
August 9, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Adjustments “Fishing like life is a series of adjustments.” ~ Kurt Jacobson That’s what my friend, Kurt, said to me this morning as we were standing in the Kenai River. I had caught a few and was also having lots of action. Meanwhile Kurt, who is undoubtedly a more skilled fisherman than I am, had […]
Intend and love what is
August 8, 2016 by Leave a Comment
