Life is never as straightforward as we would like it to be.
It's funny how the older as person gets, the more we realize that we cannot control our future. There are times that we point ourselves in a certain direction, but the place we end up is somewhere quite different, and you look back and feel "well how the heck did I end up here?"
Remember doing aptitude testing in grade school? You sit down with a counselor and answer 25 questions and BAM - they gave you a list of 10 occupations perfectly suited for you. You could be a pilot, an...
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Friday, July 5, 2013
Self Control
I’ve worked with teenagers for more than 10 years and any
story you can imagine I’ve heard, witnessed or experienced. They light themselves
on fire with hairspray, shoot fireworks at each other in a tag game, surf on
the back of moving vehicles, put icy/hot rub in places that should never be “icy-hotted”
and and and. Self control is not exactly the cornerstone of life for teenagers.
This past week I read a few articles in SI about what...
Sunday, June 16, 2013
Real men Fall... & get back up again
For Father's Day this year I decided to run a triathlon. For me, 51.5
km of swimming, biking and running beats the heck out of watching golf
on the couch any day.
Well most days.
Today
it was 15 degrees and raining with a chance of thunderstorms. Not
exactly a morning I wanted to be outside. Yesterday all day I tried to
create a decent excuse for why I didn't need to go. I couldn't ABANDON
my family like that. Surely they would want me around...
Monday, May 6, 2013
Ya I Know But...
Ya I know but...These words send chills down the spine of almost every parent I know.“I thought I asked you to clean up your room?”“Ya I know, but I just needed to finish this level first.”Or sometimes they even try to make it seem logical“Ya I know but I was working on homework and I figured that was more important. I have a test tomorrow you know.”This morning’s reading from the Life Journal (http://www.lifejournal.cc/bible) was in 1 Sam 15, where Samuel details for Saul that God would rather have us be obedient, than to make a sacrifice that...
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Life Changing Tips
By: Murray Kingwell
1. Memorize something every day. Not only will this leave your brain sharp
and your
memory functioning, you will also have a huge library of quotes to bust out at
any moment.
Exercising the brain staves off Alzheimer's, while stress shrinks the short
term memory area of
the brain (hippocampus).
2. Constantly try to reduce your attachment to possessions. Those who are
heavy-
set with material desires will have a lot of trouble when their things are
taken away from them or
lost. Possessions do end up owning...
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