You are extraordinary – or you are designed to be extraordinary – I know that for me it is just a matter of taking a step out of the ordinary and expected every single day. I do go for a moment and then I stumble or someone pulls the rug out from under me and…
This journey can be tough and sometimes I need all the help I can get just to keep from falling behind. I learned from climbing that maintaining three points of contact at all times would keep me from falling – I might slip, but I would NOT fall. I have translated that idea to my…
All comments of “support” are not created equal. Some are meant to encourage me back on the right path while others are meant to crush me in the black darkness of guilt. Sometimes it is the heart of the giver that makes the difference, but most of the time it is my own heart that…
My thoughts effect my actions, may attitudes and actions. I change where I am going when I invest in changing my thoughts. Five Steps to Take to Think Happy Thoughts One – watch what you read. Choose things that inspire, educate, or encourage. Two – shield your ears. There is a lot of noise out…
Everything is not mine to fix. Everyone is not my job to correct. Living out a life founded on accountability but shielded from guilt starts with me learning how to let go of the need to control it all. Questions that Help Me Let It Go Will it cause me or mine physical harm? Is…
Maybe you answered the call but at some point gave up. You started down the road but decided to retire or settle, and at some point you let go. You settled for good when you were called to greatness.” – Jeff Goins I read the words in a book as the song “I Can Only…
The world pushes us into a place of dark and grey, but HOPE breaks through to the Light. There are few things that can excite my heart as much as seeing others excited about purpose – and pursuing that purpose with boldness. But the power of hope in impossible circumstances may trump even that. [tweetthis]There…
World domination comes when you create a plan for your unique design, walk out that plan, and live your life boldly with peace and joy. It should be simple, right. After all, it’s you. Your plan. Your heartseed. Your walk. But the world gets in the way. Sometimes we get in the way. Always there…
Acceptance means more than letting you do what you want to do. It means I’m accepting my place (or lack thereof) in making you do what I think you should, or what I think is right, or what I want. You let me worry about John. You worry about Peter.” from John 21 The first…
Discovering the Power of HOPE I said: “But we were so happy.” God replied: “But I want you to be holy.” – Sherri Burgess The world – on a good day – will be grey (on a bad day it will be lightless, lifeless, and suffocating). I am not called to live by the directives…