GOOD THOUGHTS
Better People – Better Business – Better World
Decisions
I’ve always loved the poem, “The Road Not Taken,” by Robert Frost. The poet paints a clear picture of what it’s like to stand at the divergence of two roads and wonder which one he should choose. I feel deeply connected with the place he describes each time I read it. Especially the line that says, “And be one traveler, long I stood; And looked down one as far as I could…”
Do Overs
Think back to your childhood. Remember playing games that were all about having do-overs? Maybe the game wasn’t going as you had hoped, so you shouted, “Do-Overs.” Calling do-overs meant you got to start all over from the beginning. It didn’t make the game any less...
Rapport
When we think of people being in “rapport,” a picture comes to mind of a type of “emotional harmony” — sort of an “agreement between one another’s spirits.” The two people “get” one another. They enjoy each other. Rapport can actually be built very quickly when there...
Debt
While writing this blog, I looked at the US National Debt Clock. Ouch! The United States of America has $35,168,760,900,784 in debt. That number only lasted two seconds and then went up. That is approximately $104,424 for every person in America. Those numbers are dynamic and have the potential to be devastating.
Seasons
I’ve often thought about the familiar verse in Ecclesiastes 3:1, which says, “For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven.” Here is some insight into the meaning behind the verse, including this important truth, “Our situations will not last forever. If you are in a certain season of life, you can be confident the season will end at some point.”
Faith
Sometimes, we make faith a little bit too mystical when it is, in fact, something we apply wherever we go. For instance, when you enter a restaurant, you apply faith that the restaurant employees follow health standards and prepare your food correctly. When you board a plane, you apply faith that the plane will take off, fly to its destination, and land.
Freedom
July 4, also known as Independence Day, marks the anniversary of the Second Continental Congress adopting the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. The Congress, made up of delegates from the United States’ original 13 colonies, unanimously approved the...
Dads
Are you old enough to remember when TV dads were portrayed as pillars of wisdom and strength?
Trust
As kids growing up in the South, we played in the Woods. The “woods” are the wooded areas we entered to play, build forts, dig foxholes, camp out, explore, and hike. There were trails to follow, trees to climb, thick brush to navigate, fallen trees, bugs, spiders, and snakes.
Barnstorming
Long ago, “barnstormers” were pilots who traveled across the country offering airplane rides and showcasing aerial stunts.