I am going to depart from the familiar opening to my articles to get to the point. I heard some thing today that both inspired and challenged me on different fronts. While listening to a speaker the words-- don't let anyone define your success -- stood out to me. I was inspired to set my own course, but challenged to impact more lives through the message that is available … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2008
A Very Powerful Principle — Keeping my Acceptance High and my Expectations Low Part 2
By Second Chance to Live
For context please read Part 1 of the 2 part series Through my experience in the hospital, I found that as I kept my expectations low and my acceptance high, I was able to multi-task as multiple people came into my room amidst my phone ringing -- at the same time -- wanting different things of me, with out becoming / with out being irritable, restless and discontent. … [Read more...]
A Very Powerful Principle — Keeping my Acceptance High and my Expectations Low Part 1
By Second Chance to Live
Hello and welcome back to Second Chance to Live. I am happy to see that you decided to stop by to visit with me. Today, I would like to share a principle that has been of tremendous benefit to me. As I have shared in my 3 part series, Second Chance to Live -- My Presence has been my Absence I spent 16 days in the hospital recently due to a sinus infection that developed into a … [Read more...]
Why I am Free to Trust
By Second Chance to Live
Hello and welcome back to Second Chance to Live my friend. I am happy to see that you decided to stop by to visit with me. Over the past several posts I have been talking about learning to trust the process, even when I am not able to see what lies around the bend. For many years of my life I had a hard time trusting the process because I feared the unknown. Through my process, … [Read more...]
The Choice of Hope
By Second Chance to Live
Hello and welcome back to Second Chance to Live my friend. I am happy to see that you decided to stop by to visit with me. You are always welcome around my table. Through my experiences in life I have learned some very valuable lessons. I want to share several of those with you today. I believe you will be able to identify with the choices that I am going to discuss with in … [Read more...]