I have always taught my kids that we are judged not by what happens to us but by how we handle what happens to us. The other day I was reading in a great book by Richard M Eyre, “The Three Deceivers.” He was talking about one of the deceivers, control, and brought up this [...]
The Daily Lesson two days ago talked about a friend of mine that had a miracle happen to her and her family. She told me the story during a group conversation that I was having with a few friends. I asked the question, “Can anyone think of a time in their life when someone really [...]
My parents and three siblings were running some errands downtown the other day. When it was time for them to head back home they got in the car and turned the key to start it, only to find that the car battery had died. It was getting dark and rain clouds were gathering. They didn’t [...]
One of my friends recently shared a story with me that I thought was worth sharing to all of you. My friend grew up with her dad in the military. As with most military families, they had to move quite often. One such time, when she was around 10 years old, she and her family [...]
C.S. Lewis once said “Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art… It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.” Don’t get caught up too much in the “survival” mode of life, where your life revolves around making money or climbing the corporate ladder. Remember that life [...]
The Compass by Tammy Kling and John Spencer Ellis is a new book that is definitely worth a read. Jonathon (the main character) finds himself in strange company throughout the book and once with a billionaire that isn’t what he appears. Listen to their conversation: “Is it hard work up here in the winters, with [...]
The ancient philosopher Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe once taught, “Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them become what they are capable of being.” My friend talks highly of a basketball coach that knew this principle. One day this coach was running a practice and set a standard [...]
The Golden Rule is simple in word and sometimes difficult in action. It takes a lot of self control. Og Mandino in The Greatest Salesman in the World speaks of self control and being “a master of our emotions.” Listen to his words and his advice about how to accomplish this: “Today I will be [...]
They may not really hate you, you might just perceive that they hate you. Maybe their actions towards you were misunderstood by you and could be because of something you unknowingly did to them. They might just as well be going through some kind of hell themselves. How would you use the golden rule in [...]
We know that you paid for your daily lessons and we were not about to let you down, even though you may have thought we were. We thought we would do something entirely different today… A TWO PART Daily Lesson! Part 1 – In order for this to mean something to you, you must at [...]