Do Good If you can't do the good you would, do the good you can. (Chuck Swindoll pastor, author) Some folks have been heard to say that because they can’t do all they want to do, they can’t do anything. Swindoll would likely, say to them, “Do whatever you can; a...
Speaking Well done is better than well said. (Poor Richard’s Almanack) There are times when we’d like to share those wise words of Benjamin Franklin with people we hear, speaking in glowing terms of what they promise to do for us. We’ll hear a lot of that sort of...
Foundations II Giants are not always people who live exhilarating or famous lives—they are faithful people who create foundations for success. (Media 212) Isaac Newton once said, “If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” We sometimes have...
Foundations I Storms reveal the quality of the work of the builder. (Bruce Barlow, pastor) Barlow was referring to the biblical parable of Jesus. He spoke of two builders; one built a house on the sand; another on a rock foundation. When the storm came, obviously, the...
Think! Feelings are, with a few exceptions, good servants. But they are terrible masters. (Dallas Willard, writer) Nearly 50 years ago, the popular song You Light Up My Life assured us that “It can't be wrong when it feels so right.” That pretty well expresses the...
Impact My biggest success is not something I do but someone I impact. (Greg Groeschel, leadership speaker) When we dream of success, we’re most often thinking of winning a contest, earning an award, accomplishing a worthy business venture, and the like. Groeschel...
New Beginnings New beginnings are in order, and you are bound to feel some level of excitement as new chances come your way. (Oscar Auliq Ice, author) It’s only the third day of the New Year, and you are about to return home from vacation, or to go back to school or...
Big Plans There is nothing like a dream to create the future. (Victor Hugo, 19th century French novelist) You’ve been waiting for this New Year to pursue some of your most significant dreams. What have you planned to do that you will now begin working toward? Plan...
Happy New Year! Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering, “It will be happier.” (Alfred Lord Tennyson, 19th century British poet laureate) We’ve been waiting for 2020, and now, here it is. As Tennyson wrote, many of us are glad that 2019 is over,...
New Year’s Eve Someone asked me when is my birthday? The poet inside me replied, "My birthday is on the last day of the year, It's 31st December my dear!” (Anamika Mishra, author from India) That’s an interesting way to look at New Year’s Eve. Every year is the...
Looking Back What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals. (Zig Ziglar, late motivational speaker) We’re approaching the end of the year, and some of us are beginning to think of our resolutions for the New Year....
Friendship A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him, I may think aloud. (Ralph Waldo Emerson, 19th century American essayist) How many “friends” do you have on Social Media? Are they really friends? Would you feel free to share your most intimate...