Tag Archives: Wisdom

On Regrets

Posted on September 17, 2020 by

I’d rather regret the things I’ve done than regret the things I haven’t done. -Lucille Ball Good and bad, we all have our stories, don’t we?

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Tell Me How You Really Feel

Posted on September 9, 2020 by

Here is a lesson sent to me this morning by our middle daughter, the mother of our granddaughter. It was being passed around by some teachers.  The great oracle, Google, attributes it to Joey deVilla and about a dozen others. … Continue reading →

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Opening Paragraphs

Posted on September 3, 2020 by

  Two monks were walking down a country road. They came across a beautiful young girl standing by a muddy stream, afraid to cross it by herself. One monk went over too her, picked her up, and safely carried her … Continue reading →

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Encouragement

Posted on September 1, 2020 by

“There are high spots in all our lives and most of them come about through encouragement from someone else. Encouragement is oxygen to the soul” -George Matthew Adams   While this has nothing to do with encouragement, here is a … Continue reading →

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More Wisdom

Posted on July 22, 2020 by

From time to time I remind myself that I am surely not the smartest guy I know and that I would be well served to read the words of others. From time to time over the ten and a half … Continue reading →

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Tomorrow

Posted on July 21, 2020 by

“You don’t have to worry about tomorrow because God is already there” –Zig Ziglar This man had such great insight and the ability to communicate it. I wrote about his death here: Thanks Zig.    

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A Choice

Posted on June 15, 2020 by

We all have heard the hypothetical question, “If you could pick one person, dead or alive, to sit and talk with on a park bench for an hour, who would it be? Well, from the first time I was ever … Continue reading →

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On Dirt

Posted on May 20, 2020 by

“It is almost impossible to throw dirt on someone without getting a little on yourself” -Abigail van Buren

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Best Quote Of 2020, So Far

Posted on May 16, 2020 by

Being an active blogger just might make you smarter. If not actually smarter, you might at least appear smarter. Blogging buddy and mentor, Kurt Harden came up with a quote so cogent that I had to text him to verify … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 12, 2020 by

aka Two-for-one. “The explanation of triumph is all in the first syllable” -Zig Ziglar And speaking of trying and triumph, here is a song by the boys from Canada performed in 1982. Fight The Good Fight, originally from the Allied … Continue reading →

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