Tag: mindset
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When It Hurts To Believe
If I Should Be Honest… I don’t know about you, but this year was hard. It stretched me in so many ways, and when I thought I couldn’t be stretched any further, I was pulled all the more. There were times I felt like I would break. My health was affected, my faith was questioned,…
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What’s Love Anyway?
The most important things on earth are not things. This may sound cliché – like something people say to cope with not having material luxuries. But is this really true? VALUE SYSTEMS The story is told of a man who took his wife and son to the circus. While waiting in line to pay for…
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Haters Are My Motivators
“I pushed to buy this house because they said I couldn’t.” “I chose a neighborhood they thought was out of my reach, then invited them over just to see the look of shame on their faces!” “I worked my tail off for this job because they didn’t think I could get it. Joke’s on them…
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The Comeback Chronicle
The story is told of an old donkey that, after carrying loads for its master for many years, struggled to continue its daily tasks because it had gotten very old. Frustrated with the donkey’s lack of efficiency, the master decided that it would be best to lay the donkey to rest as it no longer…
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What Is Your Center?
TRUE STORY Jim’s wife had been begging him to take his family on vacation for a while. He was a hardworking businessman who took his job seriously and was hardly ever absent. He would go in before everyone else and be the last to leave. While his department flourished, his wife and son were heartbroken…
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Masterminds: Boxed In
THE MOUTH TRAP “We are?” “Limitless!”, replied about 50 percent of my students. The other 50 percent were still discussing the latest gossip, upcoming game, cheer practice, and the fact that having to go to school is by far the worst punishment to have ever been inflicted on them and they cannot understand what sins…
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Does God Give Us Blessings Disguised As Disappointments?
Thank you for the times You said no/Thank you for the doors that You closed/All the ways You never let me go/And the things You never gave me/So many times I didn’t understand/Wouldn’t let You take my hand/But now I wanna fall at Your feet and thank You for the things You never gave to…