You’ve heard the lecture about America being the most prosperous country in the world, right? Me too, but if that’s true (and it is) why is it that so many people struggle to eke out a living? Think about it: If you were to ask ten people at random “do you feel prosperous?” what do […]
Month: June 2013
Don’t Be Stressed, Be Blessed
Irving Berlin wrote, “When I’m worried and I can’t sleep, I count my blessings instead of sheep.” That is very good advice for this age of high stress living. Who hasn’t lain awake at night worrying about finances, a teenager, a mean boss, a difficult client, or a serious mistake? I know I have and […]
Don’t Be Someone Else, Be Yourself
The important question, “Who am I?” can be answered many ways. When my mother was in her 90s she still referred to my brother and me as her kids. So I am a kid, a husband, a father, a grandfather, an uncle, a boss, a writer, a speaker, a basketball player, a sinner (though redeemed), a […]
Don’t Pity Yourself – Pretty Yourself
Life is unfair so there are more than a few reasons to have a pity party. I’ve stood at the bedside of a child dying of cancer; and with a woman who lost her children in a nasty divorce; and with a family who lost their mother and father in a single car-crash. You too […]