Tag: perspective

How do you measure success

August 23, 2010 | 1 comment

Here’s a new-to-me-version of an old story that has been widely circulated in the past that illustrates success in a simple life, well lived. The businessman was at the pier of a small coastal Mexican village when a small boat

Perseid Meteor shower

August 16, 2010 | 5 comments

Last Friday at 3:30 a.m., my wife and I went out to our patio, cuddled up together on our backs in our swing hammock, threw a blanket over us and looked up, scanning the heavens for meteors shooting through the

What does God look like

August 9, 2010 | 5 comments

A little girl was busy drawing at her desk in the back of her second grade classroom. The teacher was curious what picture was being created so she wandered to the back of the room. She looked over the busy youngster’s

It’s up to you

August 5, 2010 | 6 comments

There was a rivalry in the mind of a young man who wanted to show himself superior to an elderly wise man of the local village. One day, the young guy hatched a plan to put the debate of who

Are you looking for the blessing

July 30, 2010 | 4 comments

While attending the Humor Conference at Silver Bay last June, I watched one of the speakers put his audience through an interesting exercise to prove there is a lot more good going on around us than we realize. But we