Choosing laziness will always make you feel worse. For example, if you’re sitting on the sofa eating popcorn and watching the fifth episode of a series, you’ve chosen to stay sitting there and snack rather than get up and do something that leaves you feeling satisfied. Picture the feeling of a library book dropped back, [...]
Have you let the vision for your life blur? Ask yourself when the last times were that you felt fully alive and see what the commonalities are in those moments. For some, it's time with friends. For others, it's travel, and for others, a good book. We all need moments to inspire us and steep us [...]
Have you thought about giving up on life? It’s quite possible that shutting down, avoiding, and dissociation are what got you to the point you’re at now, and if so, ask yourself this: Have any of those behaviors given you any happiness? Let’s assume the answer is no. And that’s because in order to really [...]
Imagine you’ve worked incredibly hard to get to where you are. You’ve written more than ten books. You’ve taken every class on speaking you could find, and you’ve taught for free wherever they’d have you. You’ve spent decades working on your artistic skills. You’ve served in every position you could find that would teach you [...]
Some random thoughts I've had: We each fit into a bigger picture somewhere, so never overestimate your own importance and, more importantly, never underestimate the significance of others. If you always talk about people and say, "He's/she's great BUT..." that habit needs to be loved out of you, and it starts with loving yourself. [...]
Back in my teens, I often ran to the front just as quickly as the one beside me when there was an altar call. "Will you go to the nations?" "Will you change the world?" "Will you obey the call and sacrifice it all?" "Yes, yes, a thousand times yes." It was such a noble [...]
We all reflect something, but if the only time we sparkle is when we're reflecting other people's light, it begs the question: Why is your own light so dim? And if the only time you feel good about yourself is when other people give you attention, it begs the question: Why can't you give yourself [...]
It is not a woman's job to make a man feel better about himself. It is not a man's job to make a woman feel better about herself. Value must come from within, and the responsibility to feel better about yourself comes from within too. When someone then treats you with value, you can nod your [...]
If it's time to make a decision and everyone around you is telling you it's not such a great idea, but all you do if fire back all the reasons why it is, it usually means it's a terrible idea. If it's time to make a decision and you know deep in your heart that [...]
Some of my latest musings: We are here to serve others with our very best amalgamation of our skills, talents, experience, knowledge, Holy Spirit fruit, and personality. This means we have to leave the house from time to time and actually talk to people in person. Imagine if husbands tagged their wives on every post [...]
