Sometimes, web pages go haywire, slow down, or freeze midscreen. Fortunately, we have a refresh button to help reload the page.
Wouldn't it be nice to have a reload button for your day? It would be especially useful on the day you only made it half way through your important projects. Or on the day that fatigue caused you to stop working halfway through the afternoon to take up a mindless activity. At least you were moving, you reasoned. People could see you were on the job, but could not perceive that you were in need of a reset.
It would be nice if the giant webmaster in the sky would just reload the page for us. Fresh energy is difficult to find. Best wishes as you press on.
Friday, June 29, 2012
Friday, June 15, 2012
Do Something Great
Yes, today is a day to do something great! What will it be?
As I was leaving church this morning, instead of saying, "Have a nice day!" to an elderly woman walking slowing from the service, I felt inspired to say, "Do something great!" Isn't that what we are invted to do every day? Inside this otherwise ordinary-looking day is an opportunity to do something great.
I was reminded of Abraham Lincoln, who was once asked what he thought of the sermon. Pensively he responded that the preacher "didn't challenge me to do something great."
So what will it be? A kind word to a discouraged person can be great! Helping someone across the street can be great! Just being healthy is great. Looking forward to family time, vacation, and a weekend can be great. Greatness can come in small packages.
Look for greatness today.
As I was leaving church this morning, instead of saying, "Have a nice day!" to an elderly woman walking slowing from the service, I felt inspired to say, "Do something great!" Isn't that what we are invted to do every day? Inside this otherwise ordinary-looking day is an opportunity to do something great.
I was reminded of Abraham Lincoln, who was once asked what he thought of the sermon. Pensively he responded that the preacher "didn't challenge me to do something great."
So what will it be? A kind word to a discouraged person can be great! Helping someone across the street can be great! Just being healthy is great. Looking forward to family time, vacation, and a weekend can be great. Greatness can come in small packages.
Look for greatness today.
Friday, June 8, 2012
Graduations and weddings
I am scrambling around for cards, gifts and outfits to wear appropriate to the various occasions. Some events even involve pot luck creations and efforts to out-do the delectable fare arriving from a wide range of relatives and guests.
'Tis the season to celebrate--and yes, it's about 6 months until Christmas.
When did we start buying gifts and cards for preschool graduations, kindergarten "advancements" and moves from grade school to middle school? A year doesn't go by without somebody graduating from something. And weddings? I've seen wedding planning efforts last longer than the marriages.
Still, I am glad to celebrate, especially when people publicly declare their love.
It is marvelous to mark these wonderful transitions of life, even if some of them are not as long-lived or as significant to us as we wish they could be.
Brides and grooms and graduates of June, may you always feel the joy-filled hope that these special occasions engender. May the gifts you receive at your parties be friendships worth keeping and memories to treasure.
'Tis the season to celebrate--and yes, it's about 6 months until Christmas.
When did we start buying gifts and cards for preschool graduations, kindergarten "advancements" and moves from grade school to middle school? A year doesn't go by without somebody graduating from something. And weddings? I've seen wedding planning efforts last longer than the marriages.
Still, I am glad to celebrate, especially when people publicly declare their love.
It is marvelous to mark these wonderful transitions of life, even if some of them are not as long-lived or as significant to us as we wish they could be.
Brides and grooms and graduates of June, may you always feel the joy-filled hope that these special occasions engender. May the gifts you receive at your parties be friendships worth keeping and memories to treasure.
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