My awesome friend, Tracy, sent this along as food for thought. Thanks, T.
Many people live in quiet desperation, waiting for retirement, doing something they hate. Marcus Buckingham put it very simply in his winning book, “The One Thing You Need to Know”: “Figure out what you don’t like doing, then stop doing it.”
Just got this from my brother, Scott. Thanks for sharing bro.
“Just because you haven’t found your talent yet doesn’t mean you don’t have one.”
–Kermit the Frog
I bought a daily devotional for myself this year called Daily Gifts of Grace. The goal was to read one devotion each day (duh). That hasn’t quite worked out as planned. I fall behind and then end up reading a weeks worth of devotions in one sitting.
I thought I would share an excerpt from one I read today, that hit home with me. Maybe it will touch you too:
“Working so hard to pretend that we have our lives totally together – and therefore should be in charge of everybody else’s – makes me want to say bad words and gobble up chocolate. But there is hope beyond cussing and carbohydrates. There is a path that veers away from the exhausting effort of self-reliance and back to the security we have in divine redemption.
And we’ll find the trailhead when we take our eyes off ourselves and instead focus on who God is.”
— Lisa Harper
“By far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing”
– Teddy Roosevelt
Thanks, Jay.
Courage is the power to let go of the familiar.
- Raymond Lindquist
Courage doesn’t always roar.
Sometimes courage is the quiet voice
at the end of the day saying,
“I will try again tomorrow.”
- Mary Anne Radmacher
We all know people who are humble and ones who could use a little humility. I run into both types daily in my job.
John Maxwell describes the difference here.
He ends his message with a quote from John Wooden:
“It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts”
