I’m at the Salvation Army thrift store
standing in line to purchase a small
dresser I’d found to help organize
what is my clothing chaos.
And I see him.
If one were to judge him by appearance,
they might say he had run out of luck
long ago and spent much time amongst the
out of work and possibly even the homeless.… —-> Continue…
For a moment
turn off the noise
and listen.
No music.
No video.
Simply be still
and try to hear You.
This might take some time -
because we have been inundated
and conditioned to have so much
sound become the background of
our lives that we don’t even
know what “We” sound like.… —-> Continue…
So here we are:
Now I know
a lot of people around
the new year have spent
time making resolutions
to finding solutions to
those things that weren’t
quite so right last year.
A new year -
what better time
for a fresh start, right?… —-> Continue…
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
It’s that time of year again where they play all those songs
that are supposed to put us in the Christmas Spirit.
Among these songs is a more recent one called
“The Christmas Shoes”.
I get a lump in my throat whenever I hear this song
- even more when I’m driving at night alone.… —-> Continue…
Do you know why I want more for you?
Do you know why I stay up at night, often
pushing past into the hours of the morning?
Because you can reach more people and make
a bigger difference in this world than I can.… —-> Continue…
My son and I were listening to a live
rendition of a song called “Need You Now”.
I told him that I like to hear the sound
of the fingers as they move across the
strings looking for the next chord.… —-> Continue…
My hat is off to the person at the great and wise
Fortune Cookie Factory who wrote this:
” You will enjoy true in whatever you do. “
Now, I’m not 100% sure what they intended,
so I’m going to go with the first thought I had:
The secret to success lies not
in doing what one likes,
but in liking what one does.… —-> Continue…
