Posts Tagged ‘wonderful’
Monday Love
It's a great feeling when you're doing something that you love. Even on a Monday. I was getting on the elevator today and this guy gets on with me. He was only going to the 2nd floor and I was headed all the way up to 12. So I didn't have him with me for much of the trip... He was talking to someone as he boarded and he was laughing and smiling when he jumped in and pressed the appropriate button. "Are you having a good time so far today?" he asked me, as he continued laughing a little bit. (Whatever it was he was talking [...]
What a Character!
The dictionary defines a person's character as "the aggregate of features and traits that form the individual nature of some person or thing". You may have hears this little diddy somewhere along the way as well; "Sow a thought and you reap an act; sow an act and you reap a habit; sow a habit and you reap a character; sow a character and you reap a destiny" Charles Reade is credited with that saying, and I think it's a very good one and full of truth. It really outlines for us the things that we need to be mindful of, as it pertains to [...]
Real Life Perception
Perception is reality. You've probably hear that many times. I know I have. It took a while to really register with me, though. How about you? It's a pretty deep concept, this whole notion that we are what we think we are, that we can do what we think we can do, and that we are happy to the degree that we can...well..be happy. But it is a concept worthy of our attention. And certainly worthy of attainment. The culture that we live in, particularly in America, screams at us that in order to be happy we have to possess [...]
Kid Stuff
My kids really inspire me. I listen to them, and watch them, and just think that it is such a wonderful life for those who can live in a world of endless possibilities. No limits. Now right away I can hear you thinking, "Sure Mike, it's a great life to be a kid. No responsibility, no job, no family to take care of, no bills to pay, no stress, of course they are happy all the time!" And I would say, well, you've got a point...but I would also ask you to consider how truly happy they are. And consider how much happiness they [...]
