Category: perseverance

The shallow mind

July 14, 2009 | 4 comments

Sometimes the phrase, “a shallow mind” is used in a derogatory way in reference to people who don’t seem to think deeply about important issues, or their attention is preoccupied with topics and interests that require little thinking and effort

Struggles yield benefit

April 8, 2009 | 8 comments

In response to my “Children overmedicated” blog posted last Monday, I received this comment from a teacher, which I thought was very insightful. I’ve been thinking about the “Overmedication of children” blog since I have one building where at one

Worms enough for you too…

March 27, 2009 | 3 comments

The Rooster & the Hen Said the Little Red Rooster, “Believe me, things are tough! Seems the worms are getting scarcer And I cannot find enough. What’s become of all those fat ones? It’s a mystery to me. There were

Harbor no fear of failure

March 12, 2009 | 10 comments

As many of my long term readers know, I took up tennis about 5 years ago, and have learned many spiritual lessons along the way, some of which I’ve shared on this blog. I’m not a natural athlete, so how

Critical moments

December 16, 2008 | 3 comments

Have you ever been distracted for an instant, and then made a big mess of things? It was the funniest thing. I was making whipping cream for pumpkin pie while everyone sat at the table after dinner waiting. We had