Category: perseverance

Find the peace

February 22, 2012 | 5 comments

At several lectures recently, when relating a story to my audience about a time when I had a tough decision to make, I’ve said, “I waited until I felt the peace.” And then I went on to explain that once I

The word "Can’t"

February 6, 2012 | 4 comments

A friend was explaining to me that when he was a kid, whenever he went to his mom with a complaint of, “I can’t do my homework,” or “I can’t figure out my problem,” or “I can’t do this,” or

Count the cost

January 30, 2012 | 4 comments

Have you ever started a project but were unable to finish? If so, did you “count the cost,” before you started? One time, when Jesus instructed his followers that they had to leave everything to follow him, he shared two parables

Break out

December 8, 2011 | 1 comment

Are you under the power of frustration’s dark spell? Then remember this truth and ponder it well… The tiniest chick must break its own shell.   ~ Author unknown     Each and every one of us has the shell-breaking

Catch the wave

November 30, 2011 | 3 comments

I was watching my two children take surf lessons with a group of beginners last week off the coast of Kailua-Kona, in Hawaii.  The waves were minimal, but enough to teach one how to stand upright on a board and