I was a bit choked up that night
after I put my son to bed and we’d
kissed each other goodnight.
I almost made it to the door
when his little voice said
“I love you, Dad”
Looking back at the morning’s events,
I’d carried a heavy heart through the day.… —-> Continue…
Over the weekend I ran across this
quote by Martin Luther King, Jr.
“You don’t have to see
the whole staircase,
just take the first step.”
When I read this, I pictured a spiral staircase -
one that quickly turned out of sight as it twisted upward.… —-> Continue…
I’ve got to ask you something a bit personal.
But… the “when” of my question might seem a bit… off.
You see, I want to ask you what was that one dream -
the one thing that you’d wanted your entire life,
BUT
were never able to do… to have… to accomplish.… —-> Continue…
When I heard the 
tapping on the window,
I froze. It’s dark out,
and I had pulled off the
road into an empty parking
lot of a closed service station
to find out what had fallen
off of the seat next to me.… —-> Continue…
Many years ago I heard a story
about a letter Abraham Lincoln
had written to one of his generals
at some point during the Civil War.
From what I recall, the general had
been hesitant at a time when
immediate decisive action was
needed to achieve a victory,
and because of his delays and
decisions a defeat seemed eminent.… —-> Continue…
By the time you had your 1st Birthday
(Happy belated Birthday !) the earth
spun around the sun and you passed
the 31,536,000 second mark.
Over an average lifetime,
that’s 2,112,912,000 seconds !!!
Just think about it -
TWO BILLION seconds.… —-> Continue…
Can you find peace?
Sorry. Wrong question.
WILL you find peace?
Still not right.
Will you allow peace?
There. That’s more like it.
It’s actually easier to find than you might think – the tougher task is that our focus tends to drift toward everything that ISN’T “it”, sometimes by choice – most times our unawareness.… —-> Continue…
