-
Translation Please (Throwback Thursday)
Every Thursday I feature a “throwback” post from my blog archive. The goal is to look back and discover new lessons or opportunities to grow. This week, we’ll look at “Translation Please” You can view the original post here. For today, here’s a quick recap and a few more thoughts about the language we use when…
-
You Get Out What You Put In (Sometimes)
Have you ever been told, ‘You get out what you put in’? It’s a great saying that encourages us to invest our full effort, especially in areas where we may feel vulnerable or uncomfortable. While this mantra is inspiring and it seeks to motivate us to go ‘all in,’ it’s not always the complete truth.…
-
Unbreakable (Throwback Thursday)
Every Thursday I feature a “throwback” post from my blog archive. The goal is to look back and discover new lessons or opportunities to grow. This week, we’ll look at “Unbreakable” You can view the original post here. For today, here’s a quick recap and a few more thoughts about trusting in God’s strength, especially in…
-
Being a Beginner… Again.
We often look at our life or personal development as if it should always be a straight line that goes from start to finish, here to there, or beginner to expert. We look for progress over time and believe the more we do a thing, the better we get and that’s just the math of…
-
Dynamite and Duct Tape (Throwback Thursday)
Every Thursday I feature a “throwback” post from my blog archive. The goal is to look back and discover new lessons or opportunities to grow. This week, we’ll look at “Dynamite and Duct Tape” You can view the original post here. For today, here’s a quick recap and a few more thoughts about moving beyond our…
-
The Keys to the Perfect Risotto
It’s no secret that you can no longer simply look up a recipe online. If you’d like to read a recipe from the internet, there are several things you will, without a doubt, encounter. First, you are going to discover the creator’s life story. If you read everything on that page, you’re going to know…
-
Baked Goods and Heart Conditions (Throwback Thursday)
Every Thursday I feature a “throwback” post from my blog archive. The goal is to look back and discover new lessons or opportunities to grow. This week, we’ll look at “Baked Goods and Heart Conditions” You can view the original post here. For today, here’s a quick recap and a few more thoughts about snap judgements…
-
The Calm Amidst the Storm
In September of 1989 Hurricane Hugo ripped up the Carolina coast killing 50 people and doing over 17 billion dollars in damages. At the time, it was the most expensive hurricane to ever make landfall. I was six years old and living in North Charleston, about 20 miles from where this storm would make landfall.…