Category: gratitude

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

Open your eyes and see

June 28, 2010 | 2 comments

If you could use a jolt to snap you out of any pot-hole of self-pity today, put some warmth in your heart and a smile on your face, this short video will do it…

Expect good to happen as a rule

March 4, 2010 | 12 comments

On February 21, my wife and I drove to the St. Louis airport to fly home after an eventful visit with our daughter at college. I handed our itinerary over to the ticket agent at the Delta counter. She looked