Category: progress

Don’t give up

August 22, 2006 | 1 comment

I’m vacationing with my family at our cabin in the Blue Mountains in Oregon State for a few days. My son and I have been splitting wood for burning in the woodstove this winter. Operating an axe is not one

Relax

August 17, 2006 | 1 comment

While working on improving my tennis serve, my coach told me to relax. I was too tense, he said, causing me to make many errors. He was right. I quickly saw that I needed to loosen up. When tense, my

Worry less love more

August 4, 2006 | 1 comment

An adage I find helpful to remember at times… “Worry is like a rocking chair. It gives us plenty to do, but gets us nowhere.”

The Israelis, the Palestinians, and land

July 27, 2006 | No comments yet

The Hizballahs attacked the Israelis with rockets over Israel’s northern border, and the Israelis are counter-attacking fiercely. There’s fear of a larger conflict erupting in an already red-hot Middle East. Will the conflict between the Palestinians and Israelis ever cease?

Testing the depth

July 10, 2006 | No comments yet

“Never test the depth of water with both feet.” The above proverb caught my attention on a reader board I saw in Spokane, Washington, this weekend. If wondering how deep a pond is, you don’t jump in with both feet