All Blog Posts Tagged 'peace' (46)

It was a routine, with which she had become very familiar: a hurried commute in rush hour traffic. …

If a square peg doesn’t fit a round hole, neither the peg nor the hole is to blame. ~ Jeffrey Bryant

by Pete Ferguson

Last night I came home to a very tearful and broken seven-year-old…

There once was a man who, in his mid-20’s, found himself dug into a trench; doing the same type of work for roughly the same day’s pay, for six straight years.

An older man, a man who would later become his mentor, walked up to him and asked,”How come…

We are not rich by what we possess but by

what we can do without. | Immanuel Kant

We have a tendency to confuse contentment and complacency. Contentment is the state of being satisfied or possessing peace of mind. Complacency is being unaware of a potential danger. Contentment is desired. Complacency is dangerous.

It is interesting, however, that…

A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money.

~ W. C. Fields

by Pete Ferguson

I have a good friend who shared the quote with me:

Money doesn't make a man, it reveals him.

At the time I was new in the…

It wasn't many years ago my family was faced with financial struggles, fear, panic embarrassment and shame. Today, we are living a life full of joy, happiness, abundance, and empowerment.

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If you are struggling with…

I received a wonderful e-mail, the other day, from one-half of the Imperfect Wives team. Rebecca (on the west coast) spoke of the new-found freedom she and her family are now enjoying, with a deeper…

I am a work in progress. I'm not perfect. I don't know that I'll ever be. But I have a path towards continual improvement, and I am 100% Authentically Me!

by Pete Ferguson

As I rode home from a 25-mile bike ride with my son Mark, I saw the setting sun drape across the mountains, now…

Are you feeling the pressure of looming deadlines at home and at work?

School is right around the corner, and you haven't even thought about supplies or clothes for the kids.

Your next project or the boss's additional request lands on your desk and weighs heavily on your heart as it joins the precariously stacked mountain of must-do's.

You sigh, and wonder what it would be like not to be overwhelmed, to actually enjoy a bit of breathing room—margin—in your…

There's a commercial for an insurance company that urges people to “get to a better State today.” I was thinking about that and it made me ask myself the question that titles this post.

You hear people talk about being…

Hello 48 Days Community:

Tolstoy said, "Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself." The process of my new book, Thinking Consciously Rocks certainly gave me a clear perspective on what about me needed to change. Writing this book…

~ LIKE A CHILD ~…

Women who have stepped outside the law and have paid their debt to society, are often still punished, as they try to rebuild their relationships and their lives. (Jump to the podcast.)…

Growing up in the Ramsey house, you would expect her to have a firm grasp on the trappings of debt, as well as the freedom available when one chooses to walk in true financial peace.…

Thank you Dan for making me the …

Just wanted to say THANK YOU to those who have been so supportive of me with my first book. In the next couple of weeks we will have books in hand. Thinking Consciously Rocks will be available on Amazon.com the week of April 16th.

i cannot thank Dan Miller enough for writing the forward.…

I read something in Seth Godin’s new eBook, Stop Stealing Dreams (if you haven’t read this you NEED to!).  Seth said, “Learning is not done to you.  Learning is something you choose to do.”  It was one of those statements you read and exclaim, “YES!” out loud. 

Today is our 44^th wedding anniversary.  I met Dan in 1966….so many years ago. We married in 1968.  We talked this morning about Seth’s quote and how true it is.  We have spent all these years…

 "Our Lord loved each one while sinners still were we;

He died willingly for us that born again we could be."