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That Take Too Much Time
1. Deciding to do something perfect
2. Arguing to win pride points
3. Complaining about a delay
1 Thing You Can Do This Week to Relieve Depression
Place Your Problems in Perspective
If you don’t do this, your daily difficulties will line up, each insisting it is more important than the other. Pretty soon, all you’ll be able to hear are your problems screaming for attention.
I like to use the number system, starting with 5 and going down to 1. Let me show you:
5 is a situation that requires immediate attention.
4 is one that can be set aside for the afternoon.
3 can wait until tomorrow
2 is in no big rush—seems to be no hurry
1 is one of those bugaboos that might just work itself out without your interference
If you don’t assign numbers to your trials, they will all start seeming to be “1’s,” until suddenly you fear them as “5’s.”
Each day has just enough time to handle the necessary aggravation.
There you go—that’s it.
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Drawing Attention … December 19th, 2018
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3 Things… October 26th, 2017
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Three things to do when trapped in a traffic jam:
1. Stop changing lanes.
Unless your lane is completely closed, switching to another one does not help. All of them move at the same rate, and lane jumpers slow progress further.
2. Locate your classical music station or carry a CD.
Play the music softly in the background–Brahms and Mendelssohn are particularly good gridlock busters.
3. Take off your watch.
Don’t look at the clock. It just makes you crazy and you won’t get there any faster by staring at the time–just frazzled, with high blood pressure.
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PoHymn: A Rustling in the Stagnant … November 11th, 2015
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A Picture of Time
The first shall be the last
The slow will run fast
What we think must surely change
All our plans will rearrange
The price will exceed our wealth
We will struggle for better health
What we believe will soon evolve
As the world continues to resolve
Our family grows to travel away
While dreams threaten to go astray
For we must learn to prepare our feast
Set the table for those deemed least
And conquer the fear that swallows our love
Soar like eagles but live like the dove
Learning the power of speaking what’s true
Keeping some old but embracing the new
No, life is not a bowl of cherries
Settled by destiny or holy fairies
It is at best a time to learn
To spy the corner and make the turn
Uncertain of what may lie ahead
Resurrecting breath and burying the dead
For soon we all will cease to be
A picture, a thought, a memory
So stand for something, as dear souls should
And pray to God that it is good.
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PoHymn: A Rustling in the Stagnant … September 30th, 2015
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A Well, Defined
Precious must confirm some value
Faith is better with substance
Love requires a commitment
Hope is energized by a vision
Kindness is empty without action
Belief, annoying minus fruit
Equality should prepare for the challenge
And peace must outsmart all war.
God is mean without mercy
Church comes alive through heart
Music is tuneless when heartless
Money mocks without a companion
Salvation begins in the here and now
Heaven, the sequel to a well-written Earth
Hell is always denying there is more
Romance, the culmination of great conversation
Failure is the chance to humbly succeed
Success, the spotlight on our remaining need
Parenting is God’s therapy for wounded children
Childhood, the time to question blind tradition
Freedom is what allows the truth to be told
Truth is what grants us the freedom to be bold
Knowledge is the book, but understanding, the eyes
Patience is the learning that makes fools wise
Time is our friend if we don’t surrender
Surrender, our savior when it’s time to remember.
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“Ifing” Way: Part 2… October 27, 2014
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What if a voice of sanity had risen up at various stages in the story of human history, to offer a challenging view when craziness was about to win the day?
If …
Dad arrived just in time.
His youngest son was already primed and ready to run out the door to go see his older brother to try to reconcile hurt feelings. The siblings had never really been close, yet the bond of family had always meshed them with a sense of loyalty. But recent events had exacerbated the tenuous feelings, generating a volatile situation. A simple misunderstanding had turned into a sense of rejection, culminating in a looming burst of rage.
When the incident happened, Dad stepped between them to prevent violence, but the younger son, having a more optimistic nature, believed all that was needed was a good conversation. So he had privately decided to go off on his own, without any counsel, to see his brother at the work site so they could “rummage through their feelings” and arrive at resolution.
Fortunately, Dad came on the scene–just in time.
“Where are you going?” Dad asked.
The young man paused for a second, wondering if he could possibly deceive his father and achieve his own purposes, but then realized that was contrary to his heart.
“You know where I’m going. I’m going to make peace with my brother.”
The father smiled. “I know that seems like a good idea to you, and far be it from me to be against peace, but your brother is a complicated man and his emotions and thoughts are not privy to you, and therefore not available.”
The young man frowned.
Sensing his son’s disagreement, the father continued. “We could talk about this all day and we wouldn’t agree. What I would like you to do is trust me. If I end up being wrong, I’ll be the first to admit it. But I would like you to leave your brother alone for a while, until you and I agree on a better time. Because if you go and see him now, all you’re going to do is remind him of the pain of the conflict, and perhaps incense him over the idea that you appear to be the better brother because you’re trying to make things right. I want you to promise me–based upon our friendship and bond–that you will stay away from him until things are better.”
The young man objected. “But how can things get better if we don’t make them better?”
The father patted him on the shoulder and said, “Son, sometimes things don’t get better. But if we interfere, we can make them worse.”
He gave his younger son a hug. The boy agreed to stay away from his older brother until such time as was deemed appropriate.
As it turned out, the conversation never actually happened. The two brothers, who had never been particularly close, maintained a distance throughout their lives. They learned how to be appropriate during family gatherings, and gave each other proper respect and space.
Cain and Abel never became close friends.
But because Adam took his position as a father and intervened in a dangerous situation … no one had to die.
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