Life is 10 percent what happens to me and 90 percent of how I react to it. — Charles Swindoll I hear all the time people say, “I can’t believe this is happening to me.” I probably have said a few times myself, and when I did I hope I said to myself, “Now what…
Month: June 2017
The Four Year Old Philosophers’ Meet Their Match
Jake looks at me after watching the Yingling Three and says, “they wear you out.” The Yingling Three being Jeremy and Caroline’s three little girls, ages 8, 6, and 4. I reminded Jake that he and Will were a such a handful they were nicknamed the “raptors.” Yet despite the energy level exhibited by either…
Who Sinned, This Man or His Parents?
His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind? Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned: he was born blind so that God’s works might be revealed in him.” — John 9: 2-3. I’ve read this passage several times and read it literally each time…
I’ll Try Becomes I Will
Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right. — Henry Ford Do or do not, there is no try — Yoda I can’t think of two characters more opposite, Yoda and Henry Ford. One was an industrialist who actually lived. The other is a fictional Jedi master. Yet they sound quite alike above,…
How Did She Make You Feel?
I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. — Maya Angelou I met Maya Angelou once. She wrote an article about my friend and colleague, Charley Bussey, who was vice-mayor when I was Mayor and when I stepped…