Loving the Unlovely – Test or Torture?
This Peanuts cartoon shows Lucy speaking to Linus, “I am human and I need to be loved just like everybody else does.” God bless Lucy. She reminds me of some folks, even my own self, at times. If you’ll remember dear Lucy’s personality — she was characterized as loud-mouthed, aggressive, temperamental, and sometimes dumb. She…
EXCEL – The Attitude AND the Spreadsheet
My Word of the Day is: EXCEL – To perform exceptionally well in an activity or subject; surpass limitations, skillful, talented, soar, to be outstanding, stands out, unparalleled, without equal. When I was googling for the definition of EXCEL, I came across the Microsoft EXCEL electronic spreadsheet history. I remember our first access to electronic…
My Faith Journey Pilgrimage Begins TODAY!
ucket list) trip. I’ve prayed that it would exceed being a tourist. I am purposefully seeking a spiritual experience and deepening of my faith that as I’ve heard others say “You’ll never be the same.” Our first four days will be in Rome. Though my Sweetheart and I were there for our 40th anniversary, and…
Be AnxIous for Nothing (No-Thing)!
Notice the letter in the middle of the word “anxious” — it’s an I. When I am handling MY affairs, when I am the one in charge, when I rely on myself for the outcome of MY decisions and plans, then I can easily get ANXIOUS about every-thing! Yesterday, I practiced those words “Be anxious…
Pray the Alphabet
My son, a 26.2 mile marathon runner (45 of them now), runs without earbuds which, typically, provides for some distraction during a long endurance run. He is just “in the zone” when he runs. So, he got a kick out of me when I told him that when I go on a long run, I…