Worry No amount of regretting can change the past, and no amount of worrying can change the future. (Roy T. Bennett, author) It’s obvious, isn’t it? Yet, we often recall one experience or the other: sorrowing over past mistakes or fretting about tomorrow. Some...
Direction Coddiwomple: to travel purposefully toward an as-yet-unknown destination. (English slang) That’s a word that you’ve probably never heard. But it does seem to fit with the definition, doesn’t it? It doesn’t make much sense to start on a journey without...
Legacy If we had to vanish tomorrow, what would we want as our legacy? (Randy Pausch, late educator) Your legacy is much more than the material things you include in your will. Even the largest of inheritances will not guarantee the success of your heirs. But what...
Focus Where your focus goes, your energy flows. (Tony Robbins, author and coach) A lot of us try to multitask, but few seem to be able to do more than one thing at a time. Robbins also says, “Whatever we focus on expands and intensifies.” It isn’t just that you favor...
Team Play If being a team player requires doing what is wrong, you're on the wrong team. (Source unknown) We don’t know who said this originally, but it is certainly a suggestion that ought to be understood by every reasonable person. Yet the thought that winning is...
Today Today is more than a square on a calendar. It’s an adventure . . . a quest for character that may determine your destiny. (Charles Swindoll, pastor and author) Calendars are part of normal life for just about everybody. Whether it’s hanging on the wall by your...
Common Sense Without the common sense that there is common truth, there won’t be common justice. (Charles Colson, founder of Prison Fellowship) Many people are asking, “Whatever happened to common sense today?” Whether it’s in politics, education, or society in...
Forgiving To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you. (Lewis B. Smedes, late Reformed theologian) You have probably discovered the reality of Smedes’ observation. You remember that relieved feeling that came over you when you finally...
Love He whom love touches not walks in darkness. (Plato, 4th-5th century BC, Greek philosopher) In the confusion of a fast-paced society where old, familiar terms are re-defined, it’s good to be reminded of values that last century after century. In our time love is...
Being Good No man knows how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good. (C. S. Lewis, British writer) The standard for good no doubt varies considerably. But even when we try to be good by whatever measure we choose, we most often discover that we have missed...
Hurry Hurry is the great enemy of spiritual life in our day. You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life. (Dallas Willard, late university professor) It’s more than just your spiritual life that suffers from undue haste. How many times have you discovered an...
Community Community is not something you find; it’s something you build. (James Emory White, pastor and author) White continues: “Community is not something discovered; it is something forged . . . all relationships of worth are products of labor.” Finding the right...