“Life is so, so……daily!” Have you noticed that sometimes days and weeks go by, and you only manage to keep your head above water? You have big goals, but today, your main goal is to stay upright. There are days that I run from morning to night. Okay – most days I run from morning […]
Expectations is a daunting word. Every day, we face not only other people’s expectations, but our own. We also face that grey zone of what we think other people expect of us. How do you deal with all these expectations? Here are a few things that might help: 1. Communication. People don’t know what you […]
Today, I spent the day budgeting. There are a couple of ways to manage your life – moment by moment, and planned and on purpose. The truth is, you either manage your life, or it will manage you. There are a lot of ways that budgeting helps us in life. Budget time. Every one of […]
At the beginning of 2012, I posted a new way to look at the new year, based on oneword365.com. (See that post here.) When I wrote the post, I thought that my word for the year “forward” was only going to be a quarterly word. I find it amazing that the word really did shape […]
Almost six years ago, I drew a diagram on a napkin. I proposed that we look at the church in a new way – a way that would make sense and allow every member to live up to their full potential – not only inside the church, but in their every day world. You might […]
Life has a lot of distractions. Sometimes the biggest distraction is our own ambition. We make big goals – goals so big that they just sit someplace in our future, waiting to happen. These goals are often so big that we feel like they are impossible. Here are some goals that might feel so huge they […]
Do you remember that giddy feeling of anticipation? Your heart pumps, your skin tingles – you feel almost like you could leap through time…as you wait. There is a commercial this year that shows four kids, probably ages 2-5, sitting on a couch with headlamps on. They bubble over with excitement and anticipation as their […]
Tonight, my husband wasn’t feeling well and went to bed early. I went through the house telling everyone to be quiet. Then the child with a cold started talking… REALLY Loud. Then the youngest tripped and spilled something – it sounded like marbles, but was probably cereal. In the process of helping her clean it up, the […]
Notice I named this post “when you mess up” – not if, but when. Welcome to planet earth. Scientists tell us that even in the most controlled environment, we are going to have 3% human error. Yet, we as humans seem to expect perfection. This makes or some painful situations. This scientific fact means that […]
Years ago, one of my kids locked herself in the bathroom. One of my friends lived close by and came to the rescue. You see, a 7 year old locking herself in the bathroom is fine – unless you are potty training younger kids. We needed the bathroom. A bit overwrought, I watched my friend […]