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My former boss passed away this week. His death was unexpected, and I’ve spent the past couple of days reflecting not only on how much he did for me, but on who he was as a person.  The word that keeps coming to my mind is “honorable.”  My boss was an honorable man. Honorable isn’t…

When we keep our focus on God, we are able to feel joyful, or at the very least, peaceful about life. The problem is that our natural inclination is to focus on other human beings, rather than God.  That is a recipe for frustration.  Other human beings aren’t reliable.  They are fallible.  They have moods. …

  “Sometimes the bad things that happen in our lives put us directly on the path to the best things that will ever happen to us.” ― Nicole Reed, “Ruining You” Whether or not we are successful often is a matter outside of our control.  For instance, you can be incredibly nice and love someone deeply,…

“Let no evil talk come out of your mouths, but only what is useful for building up, as there is need, so that your words may give grace to those who hear.” Ephesians 4:29 In this day and age, at a time when it has become socially acceptable to immediately tweet and post every thought we…

Very often, when I become overwhelmed by life, I stop and ask myself, “Why are you running yourself ragged? Who are you trying to impress?”  Typically, the answer is that I am trying to impress other people. Trying to impress others is a recipe for stress. For instance, I have a friend who lives in a…

New Year’s resolutions are a wonderful tradition.  We always should be striving to improve ourselves and our lives with each passing year.  The problem with New Year’s resolutions is not our trying to better ourselves, but rather how we go about doing so. Resolutions tend not to work when they are based on quantifiable goals.  “I…

Whenever I talk to people who are in their late twenties, they always say that turning 30 will mean that they are “old.”  They act as if being older than 29 is a tragedy.  My response is always the same: You couldn’t pay me enough money to go back to my 20s.  With every decade, my life gets…

We complicate and create conflict in our relationships when we have unrealistic expectations of those we love.  We do that by expecting the wrong things from the wrong people.  When we do so, the result is disappointment for us and frustration for others. Spouses often over-complicate their marriages with inappropriate expectations.  It is good for your…

We all have aspects of our lives that we would like to improve. We may struggle with our weight.  Or we may have a relationship that is fraught with conflict.  Perhaps we have a job which doesn’t suit our skills or aspirations.  When working to improve these areas, it is easy to get discouraged if…

“How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world.” – William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice We live in a weary world. We struggle with terrorism, racism, sexism, ageism – every “ism” you can imagine.  We live in a world in which acts of violence are committed…
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