Day One Hundred Eighty-Eight of 365 – Things That Inspire Me: Failure!
Before you stop reading this post, please take a moment to ponder the implications of Failure! Failure is definitely a subject that many of us desire to ignore or avoid. Parents work to keep their children from experiencing failure. Sports teams work to avoid failure every time they take the court or field. Businesses work […]
Day One Hundred Eighty-Six of 365 – Things That Inspire Me: Sometimes . . . Nothing!
I wish I could say that every single day I find myself inspiured by someone or something. That would be wonderful! Reality, however, tells me that will not be the case. The main reason is that some days are filled with anything but inspiration. On those days, I have to look elsewhere. Today was one […]
Day One Hundred Eighty-Five of 365 – Things That Inspire Me: Silence
Words! Sometimes I have too many for my own good or the good of others. I often use words when silence is the better option. Silence is vastly underrated. Silence is power! Silence direction! Silence is illumination! Silence is . . . difficult! Perhaps that is the reason there is so little of it. Perhaps […]
Day One Hundred Eighty-Four of 365 – Things That Inspire Me: Forgetting!
Forgetting! We all do it from time to time. We forget names and numbers. We forget dates and times. We forget people and places. We forget our car keys. We forget our glasses. We forget our lunch. We forget quite a bit it seems. When we forget, we often berate ourselves for our “stupidity” or […]
Day One Hundred Eighty-Three of 365 – Things That Inspire Me: Unalienable Rights
On this Independence Day, I ponder something that stirs inspiration at a level deeper than I initially thought. That something? Unalienable Rights. What is the definition of Unalienable Rights? What’s unalienable cannot be taken away or denied. Within the context of the Constitution, these rights are granted by God. From that particular perspective, it seems that […]
Day One Hundred Eighty-Two of 365 – Things That Inspire Me: Boldness!
Boldness! Perhaps no other quality is as misunderstood as this one. Very often I believe that we confuse Brashness with Boldness and venerate those who act and speak with insolence. In so doing, we miss the meaning of Boldness. Boldness is not insolence. Boldness is not effrontery. Boldness is not impertinence. Boldness is not bluntness. […]
Day One Hundred Eighty-One of 365 – Things That Inspire Me: Presents!
I love Presents! Who doesn’t? Now if you think I’m talking about presents as in Birthday or Christmas, you would be wrong. I’m talking about another kind of Presents. I’m referring to Presents as Moments in Time! Back in 1974 I read a powerful book by C.S. Lewis entitled “The Screwtape Letters.” My favorite quote from […]
Day One Hundred Seventy-Eight of 365 – Things That Inspire Me: In The Middle of Nowhere!
I’ve read a quote that I believe bears mentioning in this series of posts. It goes something like this: “Sometimes you find yourself in the middle of nowhere and sometimes in the middle of nowhere, you find yourself.” I love this quote! It’s funny and profound at the same time. Sometimes we find ourselves lost, […]
Day One Hundred Seventy-Six of 365 – Things That Inspire Me: History!
We are on vacation this week and today we spent a couple of hours in Lincoln, NM. It was a veritable history feast! History inspires me for many ressons; however, today it caught me by surprise. Lincoln County, NM is home to the famous Lincoln County Wars that took place in 1878. Names like Murphy […]
Day One Hundred Seventy-Five of 365 – Things That Inspire Me: R & R . . . & R
Today, we began a week of vacation – the first one we’ve taken in six years. Now this is not to say that we have not taken breaks from time to time over the last six years. We have enjoyed long weekends and Holidays; however, taking a planned vacation has been something whe have not […]