Soup….of the day. I remember being a kid, growing up and playing hockey on the frozen ponds and lakes of New England. Of course, we would always have to walk home, freezing, with our skates tied and slung over our shoulders, hockey sticks in our hand and pucks in our pockets. The one and…
There’s a saying, “Once time is lost you can never get it back.” But there is a better saying about time, “Do the very best, with the time you have left.” Yesterday may be gone, but today is still here. One of the bizarre realities concerning time is that we often don’t give it much thought.…
Just about every morning we face the reality of hard work. Many times we feel it goes unrewarded or even unnoticed. The great heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali said, “The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses – behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance…
Has this ever happened to you? Recently, a friend of mine was helping out to get something brought in for our ministry. After making the phone call, and going through the “robots”, he finally got a real person on the line. While speaking with their customer service department, he was then put on hold,…
Regret: to be disappointed over something that happened, especially a lost opportunity. We’ve all done things that we regret. For some, not taking that dream trip, for others, it may be harsh words that were spoken to a friend or loved one, and for some, it can be worse. I have spoken to many…
Helen Keller said, “When one door of happiness closes, another opens – but often we look so long at the closed door, we do not see the one that has opened for us.” I never did like the sound of a slamming door. It normally means something has gone wrong, or a teenager! There…
I wrote a song from an awesome verse in the Bible which says, “Be still”. Think about it. Everywhere people shouting, horns honking, dogs barking, TVs blasting, alarms going off, police sirens screaming, cell phones ringing. Even if you put on noise canceling headphones, the worrisome and anxious thoughts breakthrough and then they’re yelling…
George Bernard Shaw said, “We don’t stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing.” I thank God for grandchildren. One of the great things they do is remind you how to play. It is a true but often sad thing that the older we get, the more caught up we…
I love this one, “What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the Master calls a butterfly.” Talk about having a right perspective! We have all felt like the caterpillar from time to time. Fatigue, stress, daily struggles, heavy workload, pain, deadlines to meet, even loneliness. If you could get inside the head…
Christopher Columbus said: “You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.” Do you find yourself having to go somewhere you’ve never been before – or do something you’ve never done before? Maybe new surroundings, new responsibilities, new job, new school, new city, even a new…