Day Two Hundred Five of 365 – Things That Inspire Me: Integrity
All day long today I have fought the inclination to write about this subject. All day long, my efforts have failed me. I now find myself compelled to write briefly about integrity. Perhaps the primary reason I have struggled against writing about it is that I see so little of it displayed from so many […]
Day Two Hundred Two of 365 – Things That Inspire Me: The Main Thing!
The Main Thing! I don’t know about you but my head swims from time to time with all the important tasks I must address! First of all, during the school year, I must maintain focus on all the tasks associated with providing counseling to senior high school students (grades 11 and 12) that includes academic, […]
Day Two Hundred One of 365 – Things That Inspire Me: Be Where You Are!
This bald headed brain periodically comes up with some strange phrases. Sometimes they make sense and sometimes they don’t. Occasionally, I share those phrases with folks because they can be a bit comical or ironic. I’m not really sure which the following phrase might be but here goes! The phrase is this: “You Can Only […]
Day Two Hundred of 365 – Things That Inspire Me: What We Gotta Do!
Right off the bat when I write, “When We Gotta Do,” my grammar is incorrect; however, saying what I want to say in grammatically correct construction diminishes the power of the message. That being the case, I choose to be incorrect! Here is the full message to which I allude in the title of this […]
Day One Hundred Ninety-Nine of 365 – Things That Inspire Me: Circumspection
Many of us walk through life with a sign around our necks that says something like, “Tell me anything, show me anything and I’ll believe you! After all, I’m gullible!” We are easy marks from time to time. Remember the State Farm commercial where the young woman says that everything on the Internet is true? […]
Day One Hundred Ninety-Eight of 365 – Things That Inspire Me: What We Must Learn!
In walking the surface of this Rock, I have discovered that there are a few foundational things that we must learn about life in order to live purposefully! I wish I could say that learning these things is easy. It’s not! The things that we must learn carry some complexity. Why? Because the challenges we […]
Day One Hundred Ninety-Six of 365 – Things That Inspire Me: The Act of Acting!
The Act of Acting! Now there’s a thought! I bet you think I’m talking about what happens in theater or television or movies! Acting! Nope, I’m not talking about THAT type of acting. I’m referring to the type related to choice -the Act of taking action. You see, life is full of Acting – making […]
Day One Hundred Ninety-Three of 365 – Things That Inspire Me: Loud Loving!
Alright, alright! I know where many of your minds went when you read the title of this post. Yep! Right to sex! If that’s the place to which your mind traveled, then you will be sorely disappointed and may want to search for something else to read. If you were simply interested and intrigued by […]
Day One Hundred Ninety-One of 365 – Things That Inspire Me: Listening!
Listening, really listening, is an art. Relatively few people know how to listen well. We hear quite regularly; however, listening is another story. I believe that if we were to develop our capacity to listen, many if not all of our shared problems could be solved. Carl Rogers once said, “We think we listen, but very […]
Day One Hundred Ninety of 365 – Things That Inspire Me: Honesty!
We live in a society that I fear is on the verge of losing sight of that which is most important. Now, depending on your religious, political, ideological, cultural or educational biases, you probably already have a word or concept that you believe fits this bill. That which is most important could be many things. […]