 Family: The Second Circle “At one point in my life I hadn’t been home for two and a half years. I hadn’t spoken to anyone or sent any emails. And I remember the day I came back I had all my luggage with me and, um, I just … I knocked at the door. She opened it. She said ‘hi.’ She smiled and she, she just asked me what I wanted for dinner. ..." Read more>> |
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 | Self-Service People count on you every day. They’ve grown accustomed to your kind words, friendly smile, and helping hand. You are happy to make a difference using your strengths and passion. This is your personal ministry, your daily expression of faith. Sometimes, though, it seems the need is never-ending, causing you to hesitate. ... Read more>> |
 | Micro-Philanthropy: 10 Ways You Can Change the World with a Dollar What difference can you make with a single dollar? Can anything be gained with a few measly coins? Is there any value in de minimis giving? These are the questions Google is asking with their app One Today. ... Read more>> |
 | The Process of Creative Genius You are going to do amazing things in the future. Count on it. Present-day insights will percolate in your mind, melding together with memory fragments from days gone by. ... Read more>> |
 | Shadow Days The past is a forge, heating, bending, and shaping each of us through the crucible of occasion and the hammer of experiences. ... Read more>> |
 | Success in Real Time Time is absolute. Or is it? One of the basic principles of how we interact with our environment states perception is reality, at least for the one doing the perceiving. ... Read more>> |
 | Peace Peace is simplicity rooted in trust. Simplicity in that we are each only responsible for being the people we are in the place we have been situated. ... Read more>> |
 | The Meaning of Feeling We are invited to love our neighbor. This means more than having an emotional response toward that person. A response is simply a reaction to an external stimulus, leaving us as passive recipients. A forgotten element of love, the perceptible aspect, is meant to be deliberately proactive with no strings or expectations. ... Read more>> |
 | A Lethal Combination No team will win anything without hope and determination, especially when confronted with overwhelming odds. We continue to push forward and struggle on when the rational minded fact crunchers tell us how doubtful and foolish it is. We have to. It's all we know. ... Read more>> |
 | The True Measure of Success When we think of success we think of greatness and achieving on a large scale. Five championships are better than two. A billion dollars are better than a million. Helping thousands of people is better than helping hundreds. What if our understanding of success is wrong? What if we are compelled to think in terms of magnitude because of our own limited capacities? ... Read more>> |
 | A Sam Friend Many things in this world are easy to find, but others are rarer. Unfortunately, the difficult things are often what people need most. For example, one hard thing to find in life is a good friend. I mean a friend who holds you above everything else in his/her life ... Read more>> |
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People count on you every day. They’ve grown accustomed to your kind words, friendly smile, and helping hand. You are happy to make a difference [more]
Micro-Philanthropy: 10 Ways You Can Change the World with a Dollar
What difference can you make with a single dollar? Can anything be gained with a few measly coins? Is there any value in de minimis [more]
The Process of Creative Genius
You are going to do amazing things in the future. Count on it. Present-day insights will percolate in your mind, melding together with memory fragments [more]
The past is a forge heating, bending, and shaping each of us through the crucible of occasion and the hammer of experiences. Through good times and [more]
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