Recovery Efforts
Maybe you heard about the two-seater plane that crashed in a graveyard. Rescuers recovered 300 bodies. Some recovery efforts make more sense than others. The ones that make the least …
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Procrastination- Accumulating Consequences
A few years ago, I had a house with two water supplies. I had a well and pump which provided free water and, as a back-up, a connection to a …
Read More Optimist Jumping from a Skyscraper
An extreme optimist jumped from the top of a skyscraper. As he sailed past the balconies on his way down he told the astonished onlookers, “Everything’s OK so far!” That …
Read More Boston Marathon Cheater
In the 1980 Boston Marathon a young lady crossed the finish line three minutes ahead of the next female runner. She was greeted with cheers, applause, and congratulations. But her …
Read More Preventive Maintenance
A flashlight has been defined as a holding case for dead batteries. All too often that’s true. Preventive maintenance is one of your best investments of time. Changing the oil …
Read More Make a Difference
A young man once observed a man in his 80’s planting a new apple orchard. The old man was carefully tending the soil, nourishing and watering the little saplings. The …
Read More 10 Years Ago
If someone would have asked you 10 years ago to imagine where you would be and what you would be doing today, how accurate would your guess have been? That’s …
Read More Closer than They Appear
On your car mirror there’s likely a little phrase, “Warning: Objects in mirror are closer than they appear.” Sometimes I think calendars should come with a similar phrase like, “Warning: …
Read More Apples in a Seed
Anyone can count the number of seeds in an apple. But only God can count the number of apples in a seed. By that I mean, only God can see …
Read More Outrunning a Lion
Two wildlife photographers suddenly realized a lion was starting to charge in their direction. The first man dropped his camera, took off his boots, and started putting on his tennis …
Read More Using a Map
Have you ever found yourself in a strange place without a map? That happened to ma a few days ago. I was in Washington State doing seminars when I crossed …
Read More Dress Rehearsals
Life is not a dress rehearsal. It’s the real thing. God gives us one opportunity to go through this life, so in spiritual matters we need to make sure we’re …
Read More Endless Hope or Hopeless End?
I saw a sign in someone’s home recently that read, “Man’s way leads to a hopeless end. God’s way leads to an endless hope.” I thought that was a very …
Read More 1 Year vs. 5 Years
It has been said that we tend to overestimate what we can accomplish in one year, but we also tend to underestimate what we can accomplish in 5 years. Long …
Read More Planting Trees
An old Chinese proverb says the best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The second best time is today. Most of us can look back on life …
Read More Mid-Life Crisis Defined
Someone has defined mid-life crisis as the point at which a man realizes he is not going to be able to accomplish everything he set out to do. When we …
Read More Planning for 5 Years
Five years from now where will you be and what will you be doing? If the answer is, “I want to be doing something different from what I am doing …
Read More Will Rogers Quote
Will Rogers said, “We will spend half our life trying to find something to do with the time we rushed through life trying to save.” Will was right. In today’s …
Read More Your Feelings about the Future
How do you feel about your future? In the next three years do you expect to be in better health or worse? Do you anticipate you will have more friends …
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