Learning to stay focused can be a challenge, even on those days when I think I have it all together. I was this close . . . Netflix called out to me and I was this close to clicking the button. I had managed to get a lot of tasks done. The family enjoyed to…
The definition of hope sets the groundwork for building a life in hope. What is the right definition of hope? Possible. Someone recently asked me to give my definition of hope, or more precisely, she asked me what hope meant to me. Possible was the first word that came to my mind. I know that…
Learning gives me another tool to grow up my success. I need to invest in learning if I am going to grow up to where I desire to be. Learning must be unique. I can learn from others, but I have to take the time to weed through all that learning and find what works…
Joy comes from God, but it is my responsibility to nurture it. That seed has to be tended regularly. It has to be weeded consistently. It has to be fed daily. Joy will only grow in my life when I make the investment. I must make that investment because the Joy of the Lord is…
I Really Do NOT Care About Shaun King . . . or Rachel Dolezal . . . or that lady at church that you think is sneaking out on her husband. I got sucked into the controversy this morning only because I had the opportunity to meet Shaun King a few months back at a…
Growing up relationships is vital for what you do. No matter what your focus – business, church, family, or hobbies – it is all fundamentally about relationships. The only way to reach my desired success goes straight through the heat of the relationships I create. I have to invest my time my effort, and my…
The joy of the Lord is my strength – it is one of the first things that I think of when joy comes to mind – that, and all of the decoration my mom had around the house. Her name was Joy and being a “Joy” meant folks sent a lot of joy items her…
I like my family. Most of the time I even want to be around my family and doing things with them because I like them. We play games together. We attend activities together. We even have meals together, sometimes up to three times each day. My friend Dawn shared a blog post about the feelings…
It can be easy to want change. It can be simple to make a plan. The real challenge arrives when I have to make the choices that will drive that change. Change happens – either the change that I create or the change that I allow to be created. Simple and Easy Path to Change…
It can be tough remaining hopeful when faced with the newsfeed I face every day. I work on my computer – which means that my work requires daily online activity which requires that I open my internet browsers. No matter what kind of day I am having, the internet attempts to pull me down into…