Category: gratitude

The power of a compliment

August 18, 2010 | 1 comment

Is there someone you’d like to cheer up today? Perhaps put a smile on their face, more bounce in their step, strengthen their reason to live or desire to serve? Here’s a sentiment to consider… I can live for two months on

Are you looking for the blessing

July 30, 2010 | 4 comments

While attending the Humor Conference at Silver Bay last June, I watched one of the speakers put his audience through an interesting exercise to prove there is a lot more good going on around us than we realize. But we

A blessed life

July 23, 2010 | 2 comments

Last weekend, my wife and I took our teenagers on a jetboat ride down and up the Snake River in Hell’s Canyon on the Idaho and Oregon State borders. It was a grand time and we saw many beautiful works

How do you spend your days

July 20, 2010 | 2 comments

How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.     ~ Annie Dillard This is both a sobering and an exhilirating quote to ponder. For those who complain about lack of opportunity tomorrow, are they