Category: attitude

Ship unsinkable

July 17, 2007 | 1 comment

All the water in the world No matter how it tried Could never sink the smallest ship Unless it got inside. All the evil of the world And every kind of sin Could never damn a human soul Unless we

Flaws or blessings?

June 17, 2007 | 14 comments

An elderly Chinese woman had two large pots, each hung on the ends of a pole, which she carried across her neck. One of the pots had a crack in it while the other pot was perfect and always delivered

We’ll be happy to help

June 1, 2007 | 6 comments

I have this bad, but maybe good! habit of telling people, “We’ll be happy to do that,” when promising to personally help out in some way. I’ve done it for so many years I often don’t realize I’m saying it.

No need for guilt trips

May 31, 2007 | 3 comments

Have you ever felt guilty for making a mistake? Have you been made to believe by others that you’re the family “can’t get it right” and deserving of ridicule? Most of us do something now and then that we wish

Don’t give into defeatist thinking

May 23, 2007 | 3 comments

My USTA team had a terrific time last weekend in Spokane for the regional tennis tournament we had advanced to this spring. We placed second with scores of 4-1, 1-4, 4-1, and had hoped for better, but considering the stiff