Day One Hundred Sixty-Three of 365 – Things That Inspire Me: Wanting To Want To!
Wanting to Want to! I often find myself asking clients, “What do you want (to do, be, have, accomplish, etc.)?” To be honest, I ask myself those same questions quite frequently along the way as well! Very often, the answer takes one of two paths. The first is something like, “What I DON’T want is […]
Day One Hundred Sixty-Two of 365 – Things That Inspire Me: Flipping the Switch!
As part of my 365 day personal writing challenge in which I will write something on this site every day for the entire year of 2017, I’ve discovered that writing about short series topics helps me focus. I’ve been writing about Things That Bug Me. Today, I am switching gears. Today I begin a new […]
Day One Hundred Fifty-Two of 365 – Things That Bug Me: The Small Stuff!
Sometimes when I’m really, really honest with myself I come away from that self-reflection session a tad bit ashamed. I know . . . feeling ashamed of oneself tends to indicate that an event for which one should feel that way has occurred. More often than not, we think that an egregious act has taken place – […]
Day One Hundred Forty-One of 365 – Confessions of a Recovering Bapticostal: Be Still and Know!
It seems that frenetic activity becomes embedded in the practice of religion. Notice I said religion and not spirituality. I know that was the case for me growing up. So much energy was spent creating an illusion of importance surrounding the practice of faith as I knew it. Church services at least three time a […]
Day One Hundred Thirty-Six of 365 – Confessions of a Recovering Bapticostal: Step Back!
When I was a child, I recall how strains of a particular song spurred hearts and souls to action! “Onward Christian Soldiers” was the song. It begins with the words, “Onward Christian Soldiers, marching as to war . . .” The stirring anthem generated passion and energy in ways no other song did. Very often, […]
Day One Hundred Twenty-One of 365 – Confessions of a Recovering Bapticostal: What Early Memories Might Mean
What is your earliest memory? How old were you? How clearly are those images burned into your brain? Early memories create questions for some and clarity for others. Early memories are often questioned, especially when they are formed before the age of five. And yet, before the age of five is exactly the time period […]
Day One Hundred Eighteen of 365 – Hitting the Wall
Hitting the Wall! This simple phrase has many meanings depending on the context in which it is spoken. Hitting the Wall finds expression in our mental, emotional, physical, spiritual and relational ventures. Every single one of us hits the wall from time to time. When you hit that Proverbial Wall, what do you do? How […]
Day One Hundred Fifteen of 365 – Staying on Track!
Today is the final post in this series. It began with the idea that merely “thinking outside the box” means that we are still in the box. We simply “toss our ideas over the edge of our box” without necessarily engaging in the process of taking an idea to fruition. Living Outside the Box requires […]
Day One Hundred Fourteen of 365 – A Review of the Four Givens
Today is the next to last post in the series of posts that address Nine Keys to Success. Both today and tomorrow will serve to review and summarize the information shared over the past couple of weeks. When we use these Nine Keys as a Dream Building System, four concepts work together to form what I […]
Day One Hundred Thirteen of 365 – Affirmation From Within, Part Two
The key to the success of realizing any dream or completing any plan of action lies in the choices of the individual involved in the process. The most complete dreams or well-conceived plans are useless unless the responsible individual steps in and acts to give life to both! What does this mean to you […]