Feeling inspired or expired? Which word best describes how you feel about your midlife and beyond years? We're used to everything having an expiration date these days. Even a sealed bottle of pure water has a date when it expires! A close friend told me recently his...
Have you thought about what it would be like to live until you're 90 years old? That time may be so far into the future it's hard to imagine. You may feel somewhat daunted by having another 30-40 years to go. Or you may welcome the idea of the new adventures and...
Did you know that the longest tennis match in history lasted more than eleven hours and scored a combined total of nine hundred and eighty points? It took place over three days in 2010 at Wimbledon, England between John Isner of the United States and Nicolas Mahut...
Comparisons can be helpful. I heard an interesting one recently. The pastor was talking about the difficult trials we experience on our life's journey. The Bible refers to them as "momentary light afflictions" (2 Cor. 4:17). He said that while the trials seem huge to...
What do you see in your future? This question implies that you are looking forward into your future, not in the past through the rear view mirror. That's an important distinction. The rear view mirror often distorts what took place. Regrets and disappointments can...
My sister and her husband are boat captains. They are in charge of a 100' racing yacht that has taken them and the boat's wealthy owners all over the world. One of the pictures I received was their boat flying downwind riding the swells in 30 knot storm winds. It was...
How often have you thought that your life or family situation is unusually hard...unique...unlike anyone else's? That somehow your problems are different from most people who have it easier? While it's natural to think that way, you'd be making a mistake. What's...
In a conversation recently, a friend made an insightful comment about life from a musical perspective. He said that a "pause" in music is just as important as the notes. It contributes to the the flow of the overall score. I thought that was especially profound...
One area that seems to trip us up frequently deals with managing our expectations. Or better said, managing our unmet expectations. Without realizing it we have expectations for everything. From less serious things like how long we have to wait in line, how many red...