Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important. - Stephen R. Covey We use the word priorities a lot, and I would venture to guess that most of us struggle daily keeping our priorities straight in our mind. Sometimes...
When I was a kid in junior high I wasn't always the nicest kid. The mental health experts would probably say I was a product of being bullied in grade school. In my post bully world, I would do things like upset a board game if I wasn't winning or...
I just spoke with Ania in the hallway about perspective. “I asked Joel this morning why we were so blessed to end up in the right community, the right church and with the right friends … we are so blessed!” (Joel is Ania’s husband) We then talked about perspective. Ania...
None of us is as smart as all of us. -Ken Blanchard We are gearing up for dance competition at the end of this month. The girls are excited and have been working hard to clean their routines. We talk a lot about the commitment to the team and why...
Kudos to all who braved the blizzard and went above and beyond. I seriously hate February. Not in a jokey humorous way - but rather, in a full out deep seated hate. I realize that February, and all its dreadfulness is as it is in Iowa AND nothing short of...
February. Uh…a short dreadful month that is marked with bad weather. (This is also a leap year so it just adds insult to injury.) This month so far is not enjoyable. A lot of us were stranded at home Tuesday (Thanks to those who were able to make it in...
The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, and to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Lately, I have heard Steve make reference to this concept of being...
Every time the show Hoarders is on TV I watch it. I think for validation purposes. “If they and their house are that bad, I have nothing to worry about” I tell myself. In reality, I have nothing to worry about anyway – I don’t have hoarding tendencies but sometimes...
I am a duck. I’m cool and calm on the surface, but underneath it all is a nonstop struggle to succeed. My feet are like orange spatulas. - Jarod Kintz A couple of weeks ago as I was driving Shaila and two of her friends home from Webster City, we...
Today the stock market is tanking. Worse day in a long time. Worst January in history (I made this up but it’s probably true). For a lot of us, thinking about this is kind of like being in the house during a blizzard. In the house I’m warm and cozy...
