Preface: Who is there, that has not wondered who God is? Where did He get His power? Why is it that even the elements obey His voice? Why did He tell us to be perfect even as He is; is that even possible? Why are humans so special that He tries to improve us and…
Tag: Challenges
On We Know What Works
George H. W. Bush recently passed away at the ripe old age of 94. He was a one term president of the United States. He had accomplished many good, and great heroic things in his life and was a Navy pilot during the second world war. He was a Texas oilman in his private life,…
On Hard Things
My wife has been combining the brief histories of her pioneer families. They were brief but interesting histories she wanted to share with our children and their families. While doing so she read to me, how her grandfather had moved to Salt Lake prior to the ‘Great Depression’ in the mid 1920’s. He was fortunate…
On Writing Our Personal Histories
I have written about Writing Your Personal History but my thoughts here are taking a motivational approach. It is not because the things stated before, in other writings, are less important but because there are different ways that we are stimulated and/or motivated. We all seem to look at things a little differently. I rather…
On I’ve Been There
Jeff Reagan tells this story, “That when I was trucking through the produce aisle of the grocery store when I heard it. There was an exasperated cry from a woman ahead of me, as her purse was being overturned by the toddler seated in her cart. As her belongings poured out all over the floor,…
On Record Breakers
The New Orleans Saints Quarterback, Drew Brees, recently eclipsed the all-time passing record and his message for football fans was that everything begins with God. An emotional Brees surpassed hall-of-famer, Peyton Manning, and offered both thanks and advice after the Monday Night Football contest. The league stopped the game after Brees shattered the record while…
On The Best And The Worst
Charles Dickens, in writing his book, A Tale of Two Cities, began his story by saying, “It was the best of times, and it was the worst of times.” That statement could apply to every era, every generation, and to every household in every country that has ever shared this beautiful earth. Too! It represents every period of…
On Problem Solving
The Falcon and The Branch Once there was a king who received a gift of two magnificent falcons. They were peregrine falcons, the most beautiful birds he had ever seen. He gave the precious birds to his head falconer to be trained. Months passed, and one day the head falconer informed the king that though…
On Patience II
Patience is one of those words in the English vocabulary that sounds like and mentally feels like it means. It is also an attribute that I haven’t always had much of, if it were a substance it would be very difficult to can or bottle in order to have a secondary supply in case of…
On One Moment In Time
The song, “One Moment in time” was sung by Whitney Houston, as written by Albert Hammond and John Bettis: “Give me one moment in time,When I’m more than I thought I could be, When all of my dreams are a heartbeat away, And the answers are all up to me,Give me one moment in time,When…