We all want to be influential. We all want people to remember us. We all want to make an impact on people’s lives. So how can we do this? Simple remember people’s names. Dale Carnegie in his book, How To Win Friends and Influence People,…
I had a neighbor stop by today just to see how I was doing and say, “Hi.” It meant the world to me! It was just a 15 minute conversation but it changed the course of my day. Of course, she didn’t have to…
That’s what we are doing, paddling through the middle. This is the point in the middle of the lake when you can’t see either shore and you really can’t tell if you are going forward or backward. The water around you is swirling in…
Click here to enter the Date Night Contest! (link mentioned in video does not work!) Also, the results of the IDC voting are in! The winner is: Drive to Virginia to meet friends we met on Facebook who are living an adventurous purposeful life.…
I have this fear, that lurks around all my corners. I face it every day. It is a fear of not reaching my true potential. Looking back at the end and regretting the life I lived. Along with this fear, that has the wonderful…
I have a picture of little me on my desk. I see me. The little me, and I wonder if I am who I thought I would be when I grew up? I see sparkle in those eyes and I remember being proud of…
Video Notes: Jude ate his first real food and loved it! LIE: learned, improved, enjoyed; at the end of each day we’ve been asking each other these questions and it’s helped us refocus. —– Can’t see the video in your RSS reader or email? Click…
I opened one of my journals from a year and a half ago. The entry that caught my eye was, “How the days fly by! Oh time, where have you gone?” Do you ever feel like the year that just passed went by so…
Resolving conflict. This has kept me awake on multiple occasions for too many years. Why do we put this type of stuff off? Push it away, try to forget about it? It sits there in the back of your mind every minute of every…
Michael and I got married 8 years ago. I got Mono while on our honeymoon, and that’s when it started. Watching TV. For weeks on end, my days consisted of dragging myself out of bed to eat breakfast and flop onto the couch to…
