All Blog Posts Tagged 'transformation' (13)

My growing passion over the last few years has been anything sustainable.  Our family jokingly calls me a modern hippy...I use to take offense at that but now it's a badge of honor.

I recently built my first "chicken tractor" for our 3 backyard, egg-producing, composting machines.  What I discovered in this…

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I love summertime! Even feeling cruddy on a summer day doesn't seem as bad as on a cold winter day.

With our first hot weekend arriving, we decided to use our entertainment money this month and scrape a little out of our groceries (eating Ramen noodles and hot dogs a little more this month will be worth it) we bought a 24 x12 ft swimming pool…

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I drop my son Nicholas off at school in the mornings and in doing so I have to go through a car pool line. At the stop where he gets off there are a line of teachers waiting to escort the kids out of the cars and into the buildings.

I noticed at the beginning of this year, one particular lady was very intentional…

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Shifting his bike into the highest gear possible, he cranked back on the accelerator, hunched his body downward, and, with all the force the machine could generate, the undefeated prize fighter let it fly forward at 100-plus miles per hour. (Jump to the podcast.)

Unstoppable in his chosen profession, as a stray car found its way into his lane of traffic, he…

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11/1/11

 

Give yourself permission to be adventurous enough to fail and learn today. Then use the lesson for tomorrow's win.

With today being…

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Do you follow your feelings? What is the relationship between action and feeling? How can understanding the relationship help us in purposeful living?

 

As we travel purposefully upon our personal pathways, we often encounter areas of necessary growth…and,…

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Every day you’re bombarded with images of people doing better than you. There is an endless stream of reality shows selling the fantasy that somewhere out there are celebrity trainers, designers, and talents scouts helping people just like you lose weight, spice up their wardrobes, or launch music careers. (Jump to the podcast and full article.)

 

Of…

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A powerful book, taken in at just the right time, can provide the necessary voltage for transformation.

 

“Stop Saying you Fine” by my new friend Mel Robbins, (I just finished it for the second time) is one of those books.

 

It’s an action-packed book that is written and designed to…

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Discipline. It's a word that can send shivers up your spine. But I am convinced, now more than ever, that discipline, in the form of being organized and on top of all of your responsibilities and commitments, is probably one of the greatest ways to improve yourself...EVER!

Well, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. I have struggled to be more disciplined for much of my adult life. Some of you may be aware that I have a blog called…

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OK, you may be saying, “So, I now realize that God has not saved me just to sit, soak, and sour” in the pew! Now what? How do I get out this rut I have carved for myself?"



What a great question to start with! Instead of looking at it from the standpoint of despair, understand that just by asking this question alone is a huge step in the right direction. As the old saying goes, “You won’t know what you don’t know, until you know that you don’t know it”!



So, let’s analyze… Continue

I have several posts up already focused on Mid-Life Metamorphosis at http://deepcogitation.wordpress.com/category/transformation/ so rather than re-post every one here, I have linked to that particular category and will be posting future entries here as well.



Any thoughtful comments or personal experiences are welcome. I am currently writing a book on the subject of mid-life change, which will incorporate the material in the these blog entries. Any personal experiences, lessons… Continue

Okay... So, the Instructor told us to ask our friends, family, leaders, etc. If they consider us [um yes-me] to be a "godly" person... I immediately thought well, my goodness -NO! Really, I don't need to ask that of anyone, cause, No more than likely Not!



However, a childhood song did come up right away -- flooding my thoughts -- thought I'd share it with yall. Now, if I could Only Get it out of my mind I might could watch the remainder of the lecture! LOL… Continue