Tag: intelligence

Hold your tongue and love more

September 8, 2016 | 12 comments

“Smart people know how to hold their tongue; their grandeur is to forgive and forget.” ~ Proverbs 19:11, The Message Forgiveness is not weakness. It’s power. It’s the ability to not let anger, resentment and vengeance overwhelm one’s perspective and

Resist the bully

February 8, 2016 | 13 comments

In high school, there was an upper classman that would bully me on occasion. He wouldn’t hurt me, nor did he want to hurt me, but he saw me as an easy target to mock and physically manipulate. He’d grab

What is your mental standpoint?

September 11, 2015 | 13 comments

Everyone has a standpoint. A farmer stands on his land and expects to grow a crop. A software engineer sits in front of his computer screen and writes code. A cook stands in the kitchen preparing meals. A teacher stands

Do something about the problem

February 23, 2010 | 3 comments

Obstacles? Deal with Them Now By Brian Cavanaugh An old farmer had plowed around a large rock in one of his fields for years. He had broken several plowshares and a cultivator on it and had grown rather morbid about