Daily Doables
Bad Beginning? You CAN Change The Ending!
How does one start where they are and change their ending?
Read More3 Mistakes Dads Make In Teaching Values
And what to do instead
Read MoreThe Jedi Solution to Writer’s Block
From a galaxy far, far away…
Read MoreCreate Amazing Experiences With Joy & Excitement
4 ways to LEAP into your inner child again
Read MoreVISIBLE: 7 Keys to Master Online Visibility
With authenticity and without compromise
Read MoreThe Power of a Kind Gesture
How to heal the deep wounds of a hurting friend.
Read MoreThe Amazing Brilliance That Lies Deep Within You
Are you willing to get M-E-S-S-Y to discover your brilliance?
Read MoreIdea: Let’s Make Everything Simple… Promise?
A 6-word acronym story about simple
Read MoreImagine Finding Perfection in Imperfection?
Gratitude lessons from the hiking trail.
Read MoreMaking Memories
One marshmallow at a time?
Read MoreClarity: Take Action, Be Aware, and Accept
Trust the process that leads to clarity
Read MoreFRONT PORCH: An Acronym Story
Fond memories from a simpler time
Read MoreAre You Grateful for the Gift of Time?
How to live life more deliberately with gratitude
Read MoreGrateful for Difficult People?
And 3 reasons why it’s a good idea.
Read MoreGratitude for the Extraordinary, Ordinary of Everyday Life?
Appreciation for the gift of a simple, everyday life.
Read MoreGrateful: The Unique & Amazing You?
Why you should embrace your amazing uniqueness?
Read MoreAccountability: A Story About Personal Failure?
And the motivation to never repeat it again.
Read MoreAfter 32 Years, I Lost My Job!
And it was the best thing that ever happened to me.
Read MoreThe Amazing Gift of a Genuine Friend
Gratitude for genuine friends, furry and human
Read MoreJournaling: It’s More Doable Than You Might Think?
The benefits, effectiveness, and importance of journaling
Read MoreLove a Lifetime of Clarity Without Limitation?
It’s easy as look, listen, and learn
Read MoreSpecial Rock: Simple Opportunity to Be Kind?
An unexpected surprise to brighten my day
Read MoreStop Worrying: Simple Solutions to Comfort a Sad Friend?
And you can do it without saying a word.
Read MoreTears Are The Silent Language of Grief
A language that speaks louder than words.
Read MoreA Different Kind of Pretty
It’s all about what lens you choose to look through.
Read MoreHit Reset and Avoid Regrets
Don’t play the woulda coulda shoulda game?
Read MoreClarity: Calm, Clear, and Creative
How to calmly clear your path to creative clarity?
Read MoreTake Action!
3 excuses why people don’t take action. And what to do instead.
Read MoreComfortable Inaction?
Will you take flight toward the horizon of opportunity?
Read MoreThe Present Distress
Resolve has gotten us through difficult times before. It can do so again!
Read MoreTake Charge of Adversity?
3 steps to help you take charge of adversity
Read MoreKnowing What She Did Will Make You A Better Person?
For 2–1/2 years, she made plans to encourage my family.
Read MorePersist! Sunrises Proclaim The Future, Not The Past.
A story about persistence from a sunrise lover.
Read MoreSomeone Unsubscribed From My Email List and It Didn’t Ruin My Day!
7 lessons from an unsubscribe survivor.
Read MoreThe $89K T-Shirt: Episode 2 - Everyone Matters
One of the reasons people don’t think they have any power is because they don’t think they matter.
Read MoreOf Making Many Lists, There is No End?
Confessions from a recovering idea hoarder and perfectionist.
Read MoreThe Pivot Principle for Entrepreneurs?
Have you ever dreamed of quitting your day job and starting your own business? Maybe you’ve taken the first steps and turned your dream into a reality.
Read MoreAdoption Trauma: How to Peel Back Layers of Hurt, Loss, and Anger?
My son Jonathan was changing! I could see it. His Mom could see it. It was gradual, but it was happening. Finally, there was hope! After years of searching, we had found the help he needed.
Read MoreLORD, Please Help Me Get One More!
The story you’re about to read covers one day during the six months my son Jonathan was away from us in a residential, behavioral treatment facility.
Read MoreSelfish Selflessness: The Two-Minute Warning Principle
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we were kinder to one another; if we looked out for the best interest of others over our own; if we were more selfless? This might surprise you but I believe selflessness starts with selfishness.
Read MoreThe Last Handshake: Episode 7 Principle 7: Hero Saves the Day
I had just given Dorothy the T-shirt when Jim did the most amazing thing. The one thing only he was capable of doing.
Read MoreThe Last Handshake: Episode 6 Principle 6: Tension
For the 30-minute drive to Jim’s house, my head was full of questions. What will I say? Have I waited too long? Will Jim know me or even know I’m there?
Read MoreThe Last Handshake: Episode 5 Principle 5: Intrigue
I knew Jim had cancer but I didn’t know how much time he had left. I just knew I had to tell him what he meant to me before it was too late.
Read MoreThe Last Handshake: Episode 4 Principle 4: Relatable
I hadn’t seen Jim in a while and I was starting to wonder why? This was unusual. I was used to seeing Jim at gospel meetings. Then one day, I heard the news from a mutual friend. Jim has CANCER!
Read MoreThe Last Handshake: Episode 3 Principle 3: Empathy
It was an impromptu conversation. I guess all of our conversations were like this because we would just run into each other from time to time. I remember telling Jim, “Dad doesn’t agree with me.” He said, “I know. I’ve been where he is. But he’ll come around.” That’s all he said.
Read MoreThe Last Handshake: Episode 2 Principle 2: Saga
I had known Jim for well over 40 years. I was just a boy when we first met. He and my Dad were close to the same age. We didn’t run into each other very often but that did not diminish the impact he had on my life.
Read MoreThe Last Handshake: Episode 1 Principle 1: Once Upon a Time
Once upon a time, there was a man with a BIG handshake, my friend Jim. When people saw Jim coming, they braced themselves, because they knew what was about to happen.
Read MoreThe Death of a Parent! Remember the Good Times?
After the death of a parent, life has a way of getting out of balance. The story I’m going to share illustrates ONE way I’m regaining my balance after my Dad’s passing. It’s just what the Dr. ordered! One of my fondest childhood memories was my Dad taking me to Kentucky Colonels’ basketball games. The…
Read MoreThe $89K T-Shirt: Episode 1 - Recovery is Possible
It was one of the worst days of my life, March 2, 2012, because on that day I thought I had just killed my boys. Unintentionally, I had put them in the path of an EF-4 tornado. By the grace of God, we didn’t die! On the anniversary of that day, there are a lot of memories myself and those in my town reflect on.
Read MoreCount Your Blessings: One Stitch at a Time?
How dear friends comforted me following my Dad’s passing. The story I want to share with you is about some very special ladies.
Read MoreTim’s Inspire Point: The Past – Reference or Residence?
What can you do today to leave your past in the past?
Read MoreHow Uncomfortable Is Your Comfort Zone? The Daily Doable – S1:E11
I believe one of the reasons is we don’t like criticism. I’m not talking about constructive criticism. Because I believe we all need to…
Read MoreThought Police! A Good or Bad Idea?
Before you click away, hear me out.
Read MoreBrokenness: Don’t Know What to Say? It’s Okay!
Be There even if you don’t say anything. Be There even if you don’t understand. Because YOU being there is ALL your friend needs right now.
Read MoreBrokenness: DAK – Deliberate Acts of Kindness?
It’s one thing to understand the impact a kind deed can have on someone and in the spur of the moment, decide to act.
Read MoreBrokenness: And The Oscar Goes To?
I believe the best actors aren’t in Hollywood! I believe they’re our neighbors. They’re our…
Read MoreThankful for a BROKEN Sledgehammer? The Daily Doable – S1:E10
I am thankful for this broken sledgehammer. Yes, I’m thankful for this broken sledgehammer.
A friend of mine told me once about this notion of “quality time” and he said really “quality time” should be anytime that you can spend time with your children. It shouldn’t be that one special time you just set aside. And I agree with him. Those little things that you can do such as cutting firewood. To me, that’s quality time. Let me explain why.
No More Mistakes About Adoption
If we only knew. I believe most parents love their children so much that they would do whatever it takes for them to be healthy and happy if they only knew what to do. Sometimes mistakes are made because a parent simply does not know any better.
Read MoreNo More Myths About Adoption
We were FINALLY ready to begin our happily ever after. We never thought this day would come. People were so happy for us! We were happy! Our happily ever after was a reality! Or so we thought.
Read MoreNo More Misconceptions About Adoption
Love is important in parenting, but with the children of adoption it is not enough. We found out the hard way. I’m sharing our story with you because I don’t want you to find out like we did.
Read MoreConsidering The Storms of Life? The Daily Doable – S1:E9
When you’re going through a storm in life, how do you feel? And how do you react to those storms in life? Maybe that storm is clearing the path for you.
Read MoreWhy You Should Schedule Time For Work and Play? The Daily Doable – S1:E8
You want to be able to look back on your life with few your regrets because you balanced your life with work and play.
Read MoreThe Daily Doable – S1:E7 What Do You When You’re Stuck?
What do you do when you’re stuck?
What do you do when you need to clear the cobwebs out of your head?
The Daily Doable – S1:E6 They Made Mistakes Too!
When you’re learning a new skill and you’ve been trying to get better at it for awhile, do you ever get frustrated and throw up your hands and say, “I CAN’T do this?” I know I have.
Read MoreThe Daily Doable – S1:E5 What Makes You Smile?
What do you do when you’re feeling down? What do you do when you’re feeling broken? I would like to suggest to you, maybe it’s time to smile.
There’s a great quote by Phyllis Diller. She said, “a smile is a curve that sets everything straight.” I think there’s a lot of truth in that. “A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.”
The Daily Doable – S1:E4 Do What You Can
Have you ever said something like this? Well, I can’t do what he can do or I can’t do what she can do?
Welcome you to Episode Four of the Daily Doable. Today’s episode is entitled Do What YOU Can.
The Daily Doable – S1:E3 Others
Who Do You Do Good To? Welcome you to Episode Three of the Daily Doable. Today’s episode is entitled Others.
Read MoreThe Daily Doable – S1:E2 Opportunities
Do you actively seek opportunities to do good?
Read MoreThe Daily Doable – S1:E1 Gratitude
What are you grateful for? Think about that question.
Read MoreBrokenness: Emotional, Physical and Mental Exhaustion?
What do you do when you are emotionally, physically and mentally exhausted? My family goes on vacation with 200 of our closest friends! What? A vacation with 200 people? Yep! That sounds exhausting! It is. So WHY do we go?
Read MoreBrokenness: Playing With Your Pain?
Is it possible for a little laughter and a little silliness to help heal brokenness? I believe so.
Read MoreInspire Points: Will You Wear Away Or Rust Away?
Then there’s my friend Forrest. He was like a grandfather to me. Forrest was always moving, always tinkering. One day we were talking and with a tinkle in his eye, he said something I’ll never forget.
Read MoreHe Didn’t Choose Easy, He Chose Right?
Joseph didn’t choose easy, he chose right. When you find yourself on your own, away from Mom and Dad, remember what Joseph did.
Read MoreWhere is Your Safe Place?
Where is your Safe Place, that place you go to when when life is overwhelming? What is a person to do when all of this chaos is swirling around? Let’s explore that question in this Inspire Point.
Read MoreThe Loneliest Kind of Lonely?
There’s a verse in Mama Cass Elliot’s, “Make Your Own Kind of Music” that stopped me cold, “You’re gonna be knowing the loneliest kind of lonely.” That’s True but it’s not The Truth. Read on to find out why.
Read MoreInspire Points: If You Have Rain in Your Heart?
Do you have rain in your heart? In their pre-disco days, the Bee Gees, recorded a simple love song called “Run to Me.” The opening line in that song is the inspiration for this Inspire Point. “If ever you got rain in your heart.” Think of those times when you had rain in your heart. Sometimes…
Read MoreThe Beauty in Brokenness?
Embrace the brokenness in your life. By that I don’t mean wallow in self-pity. Our life’s stories are sometimes filled with periods of brokenness.
Read MoreBrokenness: What If Humpty Dumpty Could Be Put Back Together?
Embrace the brokenness in your life. By that I don’t mean wallow in self-pity. Our life’s stories are sometimes filled with periods of brokenness. There are cracks in our armor. Scars we desperately try to hide from others. Don’t try to hide from those broken pieces. Rather, embrace them! Accentuate them! Our cracks, our scars, the fissures in life exhibit to others a life lived, a life that has prevailed.
Read MoreHow To: 6 Ways To Think Profitably?
How To: 6 Ways To Think Profitably? (And I’m not thinking about a money mindset.)
Read MoreDaily Devotionals Day – 30: My Favorite Method To Teach And Reinforce Principles
How do you TEACH and REINFORCE principles in your devotionals?
Read MoreDaily Devotionals Day – 29: Want To Reinforce The 4:8 Thinker Principle?
How would you like a FUN way to reinforce the 4:8 Thinker Principle?
Read MoreDaily Devotionals Day – 28: Think In Ways That Serve You Well
How would you like a free tool to track and capture your thoughts so that you can control what you allow into your head? Read on to find out more.
Read MoreDaily Devotionals Day – 27: MIND WARS: THE 4:8 THINKER
6 Time-Tested Strategies To Help You Think In Ways That Serve You Well
Read MoreDaily Devotionals Day – 26: A 4:8 THINKER I AM
Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have HAPPINESS, CONTENTMENT and PEACE OF MIND in your life, regardless of the “stuff” going on around you. It’s possible and you can start right now!
Read MoreDaily Devotionals Day – 24: Sweet Sleep And Many More “So Thats”
A good night’s sleep. Sound wonderful? Read on for that and so much more.
Read MoreDaily Devotionals Day – 23: 3 Stinkin’ THINKS To Stop Right Now!
Stinkin’ Thinkin’ does not serve anyone well. In fact, it can actually hurt your health, destroy relationships and give you a false sense of security.
Read MoreDaily Devotionals Day – 22: Thought Police: A Good Or Bad Idea?
Q. Should your thoughts be policed? Most definitely!
Read MoreDaily Devotionals Day – 21: 5 BEST Times To Have A Devotion
Q. When is a good time to have a devotion? Please watch this video for some ideas.
Read MoreDaily Devotionals Day – 20: 150 Plus Devotional Ideas (at your fingertips)
Going to a House of Mourning is a choice, YOUR choice and it can accomplish so much for you.
Read MoreDaily Devotionals Day – 19: 3 “So Thats” For Comforting A Grieving Friend
Going to a House of Mourning is a choice, YOUR choice and it can accomplish so much for you.
Read MoreDaily Devotionals Day – 18: One Slice Of A Time-Tested Principle
Going to a House of Mourning is a choice, YOUR choice and it can accomplish so much for you.
Read MoreDaily Devotionals Day – 17: The Healing Powers Of A Kind Gesture
Going to a House of Mourning is a choice, YOUR choice and it can accomplish so much for you.
Read MoreDaily Devotionals Day – 16: Comforting A Grieving Friend – Answering 3 Objections
Going to a House of Mourning is a choice, YOUR choice and it can accomplish so much for you.
Read MoreDaily Devotionals Day – 15: Daily Doable – Comforting A Grieving Friend
Going to a House of Mourning is a choice, YOUR choice and it can accomplish so much for you.
Read MoreDaily Devotionals: 3 “So Thats” Infographic
This infographic was created from a video first posted on Daily Devotionals Day – 4 How do you make a concept you are teaching STICK with your children? In a previous post, we examined the idea of Answering Their Objections. In this post, we’ll consider the benefits or in other words, “What’s in it for…
Read MoreDaily Devotionals Day – 14: Devotional Template – My 3 Biggest Regrets About…
Going to a House of Mourning is a choice, YOUR choice and it can accomplish so much for you.
Read MoreDaily Devotionals Day – 13: Devotional Idea – A Valuable Lesson On Attitude
Going to a House of Mourning is a choice, YOUR choice and it can accomplish so much for you.
Read MoreDaily Devotionals Day – 12: House of Mourning – 3 Daily Doable Questions
Going to a House of Mourning is a choice, YOUR choice and it can accomplish so much for you.
Read MoreDaily Devotionals Day – 11: A House Of Mourning – 3 “So Thats”
Why is it Better to go to a House of Mourning?
Read MoreDaily Devotionals Day – 10: And The Living Takes It To Heart
A principle that you should take to heart, regardless of your age.
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