“The most powerful thing you can do to change the world is to change your own beliefs about the nature of life, people, and reality to something more positive … and begin to act accordingly.” — Shakti Gawain
No brainer, eh?
Are You Present?
Month: April 2010
Finishing Strong
At Saturday’s Run Among the Lakes 5k, there was an unexpected surprise.
One of the sponsors, First Baptist Church of Windermere had a booth with free Barnie’s Coffee.
After the 5k race and a Chick-fil-a (another sponsor) breakfast biscuit, I visited the booth for a cup.
That’s where the book, Finishing Strong, caught my attention.
Finishing strong.
What a metaphor for running a 5k.
What a metaphor for life.
The back cover stated, “One man in ten will finish strong. You can be that man.”
One in ten? That’s it? How can it be such a low number?
Always Try To Make It Better
No matter which of the five blogs you are on, always click on the Blogroll’s top link to go directly to the next blog. No more confusion. Gonna leave this reminder here for awhile. Scroll past this for today’s post.
Diary Of A Wimpy Kid
Yesterday, Chapin and I went to the mid-day showing of Diary of a Wimpy Kid at the Pleasure Island AMC 24 Theaters.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid is based on the New York Times Best Seller book series by the same name.
I don’t do movie reviews, but I do pay attention – even when I try not to. And there was one line that I had to write down, in the darkness of the AMC theater:
“It’s our choices that make us who we are.”
Sometimes Most of the time, I feel like the lead character: misunderstood, freakish, and out of place.
But with Faith and Hope, our journey continues, and it begins anew today – like it does every day.
Will you have the presence of mind to think about the long-term effects of your choices today?
Of course, it is hard work. That’s one of life’s secrets. Some call it “the cross we bear”.
The long way is the short cut.
Pray
Prayer is good.
But you already know that, right?
Still feeling the glow of Easter?
It’s up to you.