Bourne Identity and Born Identity
Bourne Identity and Born Identity If you were a fan of the “Bourne Identity” action spy thriller movie, you’ll remember that Jason Bourne (played by Matt Damon), was a man suffering from extreme memory loss and spent his life trying to figure out who he was. My word for today is IDENTITY: the fact of…
EVERLASTING is a Long, Long Time
My post today was inspired by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s 8-hour “Dreamer” speech which set a new House record….by quite a lot. She crushed the previous House record speech of 5 hours, 15 minutes. This post isn’t to suggest that her speech seemed to be EVERLASTING, though her fellow Democratic representative couldn’t OUTLAST the…
Intimacy “In-To-Me-See”
INTIMACY: close familiarity or friendship; closeness, rapport, warmth, affectionate Those words that describe INTIMACY are from the dictionary, but I embrace this meaning: being INTIMATE means “In-to-Me-See”. It’s a blending of our heart with another’s so we can “see into” who they really are, and they can “see into” us. Experiencing true INTIMACY begins with…
Living With Expectancy
My friend and I were talking yesterday about the choices we make every day. It starts the minute we wake up. We can hit the alarm over and over again and wish for a day of just sleeping. Or, we can CHOOSE to wake with great EXPECTANCY of what this day can hold in special…
You Bear a Striking Resemblance of Your Father
People often say my daughter resembles me and my granddaughter resembles her, and I resemble my mother. It’s undeniable – we were all cast from the same mold. My son is undeniably, His dad’s son. They RESEMBLE each other. My word for today is, obviously, RESEMBLE: to have qualities or features, especially those of appearance,…
Stuck in the MIDDLE?
The MIDDLE: the center, an equal distance from the extremities of something; halfway, a position at an equal distance from the sides, edges or ends. The middle child. The one in the middle of a circle. The piano’s middle “C”. The middle of the night. I know what being stuck in the MIDDLE is all…
APPOINTMENT or DISAPPOINTMENT
CBS News Headline this morning is this: “Super Bowl 2018: Eagles pull off stunning win over Patriots”. Whether you are a Patriots or an Eagles fan or not a football fan at all, if you tuned into the Super Bowl game last night and watched it for any period of time, you would agree that…