This is my favorite oven at work. This is the only oven at work. So technically it’s also my least-favorite. It just depends on how we’re getting along. We’re learning to become friends. When you choose ONE, then that ONE becomes Everything: your best and your worst and your in-between. This guy doesn’t close all … Continue reading overlooking weakness in friends & ovens
The bedrock of healthy relationships is no One Thing. It’s a variety of beautiful and messy things, not easily classified by science. But one ingredient that goes by different names is the sense that the person next to you values you as a person. That even if your face changed, or your heart fell apart, … Continue reading freedom
Why isn’t one leader Out Front Always? Because wise leaders adjust the pace occasionally. A slower pace creates room to consider others and the ramifications of decisions. It broadens a leader’s Perspective. It’s not always possible, but ideally, one leader falls back while the other goes on ahead. The leader in back attempts a slower … Continue reading leaders taking turns
“…And you have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn’t work, don’t buy it. Create your own. Most people can’t do it.” ― Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie Continue reading if your culture doesn’t work…
I’ve learned something about Control in the last ten years. We tend to place Control on both wrists, both ankles and around our necks like miniature life-preservers. We learn from all the times we failed: not prepared enough, not informed enough, not charming enough, not whatever enough, that Control will Save us. I don’t think … Continue reading life without control
So we are practicing letting go of tension, stress, anxiety. That’s a big one. By the way, that works all year long, not just for the holidays. Now let’s practice letting go of the demands we place on others. Half of you just closed this page. I know. It’s okay, you can come … Continue reading this is the year you (finally) enjoy the holidays | part two
We can all take notes from this committed father. He is faithfully building a solid foundation for his six-year-old son. What would change in our lives if we wrote our own script and started our days like this? Let’s try it for 10 days! Let me know what happens! Jenabu Williams video Here’s Joshua’s Daily Pledge to help … Continue reading way to go
I’d like to introduce you to one of the best sabotagers I know: Unrealistic Expectations meet Everyone; Everyone, Unrealistic Expectations. Oh, you’ve already met? Let’s not waste time pointing fingers at the myriad reasons we’ve grown up expecting too much. Let’s just identify how to let go of what we can’t control, and embrace what … Continue reading this is the year you (finally) enjoy the holidays | part one
I’m surprised when someone’s response to what God’s asking them to do is: But that makes no sense. I don’t say it, but I’m thinking, “Since when does God lead us into things that make SENSE?” If that’s been your journey–can we trade? Because NOTHING about my journey made sense on the front side…it wasn’t … Continue reading but that makes no sense
“Reason could not discover love for the other, because it’s unreasonable.” – Tolstoy Continue reading choosing between god & money…or the proverbial rock & a hard place
