after telling my coach that agency life and consulting firms are not for me, i applied for a job with an entity that is both. i love the idea of what they do (mobile app development) and the list of brands for which they work. BUT. yes, a but sandwich. am i ready to give […]
i took a big step this weekend. i enrolled in a week-long writing workshop that starts this summer. the only writing workshop i’ve taken was a creative writing class seven years ago. i learned about the structure of a novel but i didn’t have an outline. i finally have an outline (actually 2) and i’m […]
a good friend of mine is fond of saying ‘you worried ’bout the wrong thang.” i must agree that she is right. for two weeks i’ve had a dull ache in my lower right incisor (next to the molar for those who aren’t into teeth) and it happens to be one in which i had […]
i had a lovely conversation with d tonight. he said something very profound about forgetting the past. he likened life to driving a car. there are distractions all around you, left, right, and behind. if you fail to look at what’s behind you, it just may cause you to wreck. but your focus remains on […]
in today’s sermon pastor talked about “samson: the man who squandered his gift.” pastor touched on other gifted folks (the late whitney houston, amy winehouse) who could be said to have squandered their gifts. after the Israelites had endured 40 years of oppression under the Philistines, the Angel of the Lord appeared to Manoah’s wife […]
so i’m at a party last night and i make what I think is an innocent remark about my chronic tardiness. a man i don’t know comments that i just mentioned that i arrive at work at 930 and i arrive at church at 1130. 30 minutes late for both. he smiles. a woman i’ve […]
“good luck.” two simple words in the subject line of the email. i giggled. yep. luck is what is needed. she sees it as do i. as we both listened to the nonsense bandied about today, she clicked off those 8 letters via her blackberry and swished out of the room. having worked with her […]
People who complain constantly have nothing to occupy their time. Every conversation is littered with all that is wrong in their lives and with others. Any attempt to introduce a postive bent to their monologue is futile. Yet these people wonder why no one wants to spend time with them. Why their family members don’t […]
For many years my family would have a huge flocked tree with beautifully wrapped gifts spilling out from under it. Lit up by our old chipped color wheel. The house was trimmed in red, blue and green lights, and the monstrous fir tree in the front yard was bedazzled as well. As we got older […]
It’s so easy to complain. “It’s raining” or “It’s too hot outside” or “Gas is 3.78 a gallon!” If we stop to think of about the fact that we can FEEL the rain and the heat and that we HAVE a car to drive perhaps our complaints would cease. I was in a McDonalds and […]
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