STOP AND THINK - Change is the end result of all true learning. (Leo Buscaglia, author and motivational speaker) We live in an age of learning. Resources are readily available to study almost any subject. But, as the Bible says, we may be “… always learning but never...
STOP AND THINK - Leaders don’t force people to follow; they invite them on a journey. (Charles S. Lauer, healthcare publisher) A leader who forces people to follow is a dictator or tyrant, someone who doesn’t give his “followers” a voice in the direction or goal of...
STOP AND THINK - All cases are unique, and very similar to others. (T. S. Eliot, playwright and poet) Sounds like a contradiction in terms, doesn’t it? It’s true that virtually every circumstance in life is unique to your own personal experience. But, it’s also true...
STOP AND THINK - Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err. (Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the independence movement in India) Gandhi was thinking of freedom in a political context, but the principle holds true in a more personal way, too. Unless...
STOP AND THINK - Resolve to keep happy and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties. (Helen Keller, American author and lecturer) To consider such words from a woman, who could not see or hear, is a challenge to us who are not so tested. To...
In my last blog, I related the story of how my Dad lived what he believed, and because of that, the people that were watching him saw the difference. It played a part in at least one man and his family coming to a faith in Jesus. The other piece to belief...
STOP AND THINK - Better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all. (St. Augustine, 4th & 5th century Christian theologian) Almost everyone has lost something or someone he or she held dear—a favorite toy, a pet, a beloved person. We cherish the...
STOP AND THINK - Envy = sadness on account of the goods possessed by another. (Thomas Aquinas, 13th century Dominican priest) It seems to be part of our human nature. We’re never satisfied with what we have; it’s never quite enough or it’s not exactly like what we...
STOP AND THINK - On the path to success, you will notice that the successful ones are not whiners, nor do they complain often. (Jack Ma, Chinese entrepreneur and philanthropist) Ma goes on to say, "If you complain or whine once in a while, it is not a big deal....
STOP AND THINK - We must be willing to fail and to appreciate the truth that often "Life is not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be lived.” (M. Scott Peck, late psychiatrist and author, quoting Friedrich Nietsche, 29th century philosopher) These two principles...
STOP AND THINK - People will remember how you treat others far longer than they will remember what you accomplished. (Dan O’Deens, compassion director and author) Most people probably think they will be remembered for the good work they have done. Such fame is usually...
STOP AND THINK - Forgiveness is the only way to stop the cycle of unfair pain turning in your memory. (Lewis Smedes, late theologian and professor) Smedes has suggested the one successful way to handle wrongs done against us. Anger is not the answer. As Smedes says,...