Today is the last day of school for this year. My daughter is excited. The end of the school year and a non-uniform day as well. As I thought about today, I reflected where we were a year ago. We had no idea where Miss K would go to school in September. Her special needs were making things a bit complicated. Add to that the school system is something I have not experienced as a parent or even as a…
Can I tell you a little secret? I know it might not be that little and it might not be that much of a secret. Are you ready? Here it is — Life changes. Did you get it, just two words? Life changes. What does that have to do with setting goals? What does that have to do with knowing yourself? Well, as life changes it can bring about new or different roles, responsibilities, and relationships. We need to know…
Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. You can view my full disclosure here. Do I really know myself? I think I do. After all, I have lived with me and known me for a long time. But. I know that if I can’t find something, it usually means that a cleaning spree is about to begin until…
When you make an ice cream sundae, what would happen if you start by putting the cherry on the bottom and then putting everything on top of the cherry? You would not have much of an ice cream sundae. That is the wrong base for an ice cream sundae. You need ice cream at the bottom and then you put all the other things on top. The same thing is true with your goals. You need to have the right…
I stood in the kitchen with a spoon in one hand and a container of pasta salad in the other. I was shoveling it in, not because I was hungry but because it was there. No, that was not weeks ago long before thinking deep about self-control. That was just the other day when I was in the middle of writing this. I had no self-control. The Fruit of the Spirit Paul is writing Galatians to believers who were adding…