Life is half over before we know what it is – George Herbert Watch the video version here: My story begins one Saturday around 2 pm while I was lying on the couch. I still had not shaved or showered. I got up to go get another Mountain Dew and some junk food. I don’t [...]
90-Days to Live: Top Bloggers Share Their Last Wishes
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It is not length of life, but depth of life. –Ralph Waldo Emerson We are all terminal. With each passing day, every one of us is one day closer to death than we were yesterday. Our time on this earth is limited. Shouldn’t you make the most of it? Tick Toc Morbid thoughts? Maybe it [...]
My Weekend Story – 3/30/12
Occasionally I post my plans for the weekend and let you know what I’m up to. Not because I’m so special and live such an exciting life. Quite the opposite. I’ll post my plans just to prove that you don’t have to wait to live a better story. You can do it everyday, every weekend starting [...]
Courageous: It’s Never Too Late to Change the Story You Tell Your Kids
Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children. - Charles R. Swindoll We don’t always get things right the first time. If you’ve played any golf at all, you may wonder if you will EVER get it right. But with most things, you get better over time if [...]
The Third Key to Living a Great Life – Engage Others
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The first follower is what transforms a lone nut into a leader - Derek Sivers When you find something truly worth of wanting… Something good, Something self-sacrificing… Something you want, not because of the glory or to feed your ego, When you find THAT… You become much more interested in life. Your story not only [...]
The Second Key to Living a Great Life – Be Clear on What You Want
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Do you know what you want? I mean what you REALLY want? You have to WANT something or want to DO something or your life will be pretty boring. Define Happy But you say, “I just want to be HAPPY.” You’ve got to be more specific than that. What does happiness mean to you? Define [...]
The First Key to Living a Great Life – Take Resposibility
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You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today. -Abraham Lincoln Taking Responsibility Not taking responsibility may be less demanding and less painful. America is a culture that avoids responsibility so you’re just doing what everybody else is doing. It’s more comfortable. You can just take it easy and blame problems in your [...]
Six Deep? – You Need At Least Six to Carry the Casket
Next to marriage, I think the gift of friendship is one of the greatest things God has given us. But many men don’t do well at either one. When someone you know dies, for better or for worse, you get to watch what it takes to organize a funeral. Part of the decision-making process includes [...]
Life Engineering Experiments–February 2012
2012 is going to be a year of change. To engineer that change, I plan on doing mini “life experiments.” Experiments to last anywhere from a week to a month to possibly the entire year. Since one of my primary intentions for this year is to SIMPLIFY, I am starting with the PhD of simple [...]
Season of Life
Baseball spring training starts soon. I spent several years as a chapel leader with the minor team of the Cleveland Indians. And of the guys I met as strangers in the beginning of the season, some became friends. As the season progressed I saw them grow and change on and off the field. And [...]
