You have to find your focus to stand strong against what comes at you. It will take focus to get through – through the storms, through the opinions of others, through the next step. Find your focus and then hold on tight. I started down the path of words when I was looking for a…
It rained . . . and by rain, I mean all day for several days. Normally, it’s not a big deal. We have lived out here for 24 years, so we are used to it. The problem was not us, but the people that were coming out to the house for the first time for…
You can stand firm and have peace through the storm when you have calm DESPITE the crashing waves. When troubles rock our footing, we forget what we know. Panic slips in to rob us of our ability to think. Instead of standing strong, we are slipping in the storm and hitting our head as we…
Better habits build a better life and if you want the better life you will have to be consistent in better choices. It shouldn’t be complicated, and yet I seem to find masterful ways of making it complicated, convoluted, and just plain crazy. I know to do better, but I choose what’s behind the other…
Excuses show up and demand attention. You have to find the way to see beyond excuses and find one more step. There will always be a reason not to do it and there will always be a way to get it done. You have to choose. I know it’s up to me, but I don’t…
If you want to then you will. When we really want something or really feel like we have to do something then we make a way. It becomes a priority and we do what we have to do to make it happen. If you aren’t where you want to be then ask yourself if it…
You have to know our unique design if you are going to reach it. You can’t get to where you need to be if you don’t even know where to go. It takes a vision of the destination to drive the next step. If I am focused on here then I can make choices to…
Diligent Focus: The determination to keep going even when circumstances don’t behave. You only get closer to purpose when you move with diligent focus. You can’t get there without going. You can do what you need to do unless you begin doing. If you stay put or stay still then you will remain where you…
Feelings attack – and when feelings attack they make things that aren’t into some that feel like they are. Just because it feels like it doesn’t mean it is. Feelings can be deceiving. Feelings can distract you from something better. Feelings will hinder focus. I had been talking to my husband for ten minutes without…
It may be important to be willing to listen to others opinions and ideas, but it is equally important to take time to research and understand the situation before you offer your thoughts and ideas on the topic at hand. An uninformed opinion can be dangerous. Being offended because someone uses facts to discuss your…