Today is the sixth day of Advent. As we approach Christmas and the celebration of Jesus’ birth, what is your focus? Are you baking and preparing special treats for your family and friends? Maybe you are wrapping gifts, listening to holiday music and drinking hot chocolate? Or perhaps you are just getting started with holiday …
Out of the Chaos
Inspiration for living outside of the chaos.
Do I matter? Am I making a difference? These are questions we all wrestle with at one time or another. The innate need to be significant and live with purpose is something we can’t ignore. It tolls within us like the midnight bell…do I still have time? Has the opportunity passed me by?
Do you ever feel like some is watching you? George Orwell did. In 1949 he published his novel 1984 that is still considered a classic today. In this work of fiction, he popularized terms such as Big Brother, newspeak and doublethink through his plot of a post-war society plagued by a totalitarian government.
Walking alongside another in the difficulty of life can be messy but it’s our responsibility. Can we do it with grace and humility?
Today my mind is full of all things holiday. I bought a few last minutes items for the next couple of days when my house will be full to overflowing with my people. This year a few of my family will be in town so I’m looking forward to hosting them along with friends who …
Sometimes our words betray what is in our hearts. What will you do when your heart is exposed?
Next week is Thanksgiving Day. Many of us will gather around a table with family and friends to celebrate and be thankful. The table will be filled with traditional holiday food of turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy, cranberries, green beans
Have you ever imagined walking to your mailbox to retrieve the mail only to find an official but plain looking envelope from the office of a lawyer. With curiosity, you cautiously open it to find that you are the honorary beneficiary of someone’s will. Maybe it was the man next door who didn’t have any …
Home! No matter where my travels take me, there is always a yearning within for home, the place my heart is truly at peace. So while I love to travel, I am always happy to be home again where familiarity and peacefulness embrace me. It begins when I step off the international flight onto American …
Gratitude. That is what I feel today. Gratitude that I am in Bali, Indonesia listening to waves slide silently across the ocean below me making a gentle crashing sound as they meet the rocks and return to sea. Gratitude as I watch the young Indonesian paddle his canoe across the water toward the shore. What …
Out of the Chaos 