Life is full of whirlpools. You know the feeling. Life’s waters spin and we get twisted and twirled. A new baby, a move, a death, a new job, an illness etc. Life starts rotating at an incredible speed and when the water finally settles we…
Where are you going? Good question. I’ve been thinking about it a lot myself recently. Last year, we set our goals for the year and spent the first 6 months working hard towards them. Then we hit a major bump financially and all other…
Most people know what they want to run away from – a job they hate, a living situation that’s not ideal, an unhealthy friendship – but few people know where they want to run to. Here is the problem with this scenario. By only…
Often times when a door opens up, we think it must be God’s way of saying, “This is the way you should go.” This is especially true if we’re in a desperate situation. We’re looking for the quickest way out and asking God for…
Make it quick. A decision, that is. I’ve heard it said a quick decision is often your best decision and better than no decision at all. I tried it. Here is what I found. I feel great about myself when I actually decide something rather…
Life has a strange way of lulling me into mediocrity. Or does it? I keep thinking that I need to enjoy the moment so much that I don’t even enjoy the moment. Or I have this long drawn out dance in my mind about…
In an effort to act on our goal of de-cluttering for 2012, I decided to sell one of the items that has been collecting dust in our basement. My homebrew beer kit. This was something I was really excited about a couple of years…
“All my life, I always wanted to be somebody. Now I see that I should have been more specific.” – Jane Wagner…
Claudia and I have been on a quest for a more meaningful and purposeful life now for a little over a year. By no means have we arrived at where we want to go, but there have been a lot of things that got…
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…
