Category: Humility
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How Much Does It Really Weigh?
Today, April 17th, 2017, is the deadline for everyone’s favorite annual activity: filing federal income taxes. This year was a little different than normal for me as after my first pass through my taxes, I took an additional 10 hours to read through tax law concerning deductions and credits looking for anything I may be able to take…
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Peacocking
I was recently driving on the interstate, cruising along in the left hand lane, as is my usual custom. That lanes tends to be where I spend most of my time since I often consider those numerical signs on the side of the road as “speed suggestions”, and the other lanes aren’t quite as amenable…
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Positively Charged
While public speaking continues to remain the #1 fear in America, I am one of those strange people that actually enjoys it. When an opportunity presents itself to do some kind of public speaking, I get excited rather than anxious. In fact, I enjoy public speaking so much, I take time off of work so…
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Something is Going to Die
“And the Lord sent Nathan to David. He came to him and said to him,“There were two men in a certain city, the one rich and the other poor. The rich man had very many flocks and herds, but the poor man had nothing but one little ewe lamb, which he had bought. And he brought…
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A Matter of Perspective
For many, the battle lines have been drawn. The political beliefs that are deemed “right” or “good” seem very clear and anything that doesn’t agree with them needs to be opposed. Many social media sites are no longer friendly places to stay involved in the lives of friends and family, but rather, have become battlegrounds.…
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Where is the Power?
It had been one of those days at work. Constant interruptions from coworkers with things they needed my input on. Interruptions from customers calling in with random requests. Tasks that should have taken a few minutes took several hours because the software kept crashing. Swarms of emails filled my inbox with various additional requests.…
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But I Don’t Wanna…
I have a confession to make. I don’t actually like writing. It’s tedious, time consuming, and requires seemingly endless editing. Agonizing over finding just the right words to convey the desired message, or just the right metaphor to describe something can be headache-inducing. Then there are issues of order, flow and organization – the constant…
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Becoming Good Soil
“While you enjoy some great wisdom as a result of your relationship with God, I often feel that you take a position of authority in our relationship and advise and instruct rather than simply listen.” The truth can hurt. That’s an understatement; the truth can hurt A LOT. The above words were spoken to me…
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