“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.” J.K. Rowling This has been a tough and heart-wrenching weekend for a lot of people. Tragedy has a way of stepping into our lives when we least expect it. And we frequently need to lean on other people to help us [...]
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7 Life-skill lessons to teach your children
Children will not remember you for the material things you provided but for the feeling that you cherished them. Richard L. Evans Although your children can learn to read and write at school, there are many important and beneficial life skills that schools are not equipped to provide. These are skills that all [...]
Are your kids feeling you?
It’s not only children who grow. Parents do too. As much as we watch to see what our children do with their lives, they are watching us to see what we do with ours. I can’t tell my children to reach for the sun. All I can do is reach for it, myself. Joyce [...]
Be Sticky
Building blocks We are working our way through a discussion about the foundation of relationships. Number one: Be Boring Number two: Own up and step up The third basic building block is, TENACITY. “Stick-to-it-tive-ness”. I’m not sure there is such a word, but you know what I mean. There is no“I” in Team We are [...]
Be Responsible
My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you in t he best place for the next moment. Oprah Winfrey Be Boring We have been spending a little time on the building blocks of good relationships. The first element was introduced [...]
You’re Fired!!! : The Biblical model
We are at the Garden of Eden. Eve has been successfully deceived. Adam has, who knows? God has shown up and flushed them from their hiding place. And, everyone is pointing fingers at everyone else for blame. God’s clearest word to them was one of condemnation, but He does not leave them without hope. [...]
Men in Black, Leadership and the Garden of Eden: Taking Responsibility
We all want to be the “best of the best of the best.” (“GIJoe” and Agent J, “Men in Black”). Everybody wants to know how to stand out as leaders, and rightfully so. Your life is complex, and there are many areas in which you are responsible for leading “your”people. And, you are [...]
Parental Responsibility
Now we know The kids, Adam and Eve, are in the Garden of Eden. They have eaten the forbidden fruit. As painful as it might sound, Adam was probably not too far away while Eve was having her interaction with the serpent. There are a number of things that Adam did not do. He, Adam, [...]
Are You Leading or Following?
Our subject is: Taking Responsibility Recap: We are in the Garden of Eden. We have 2 people, Adam and Eve. Satan approaches Eve while she is alone. He comes to her as a seeker of knowledge and enlightenment. But he soon gains the upper hand, making Eve doubt the motives of God behind [...]
Is Your Team Sabatoging You?: Taking Responsibility
We are in the Garden of Eden looking at how Satan used his approach to Eve, and derailed an ideal system. I want you to see and take away the lesson that, the same tactics used in the Garden, are the same ones taht people still use against us, our family members, and work-mates every day. These are [...]
Beware the “Super-Nice”!
Genesis Three chapters into the Bible, and things begin to literally and figuratively fall apart. The falling part goes pretty quickly, it only takes about 7 verses. Adam and Eve have a perfect life. I mean really, what did they have to do? Tend a few trees, watch the animals, etc etc. So how did this [...]
Taking Responsibility [1]
It is important that we step up, stand up for people and take responsibility for our own actions. This is a long-standing societal issue. Many people would like to point fingers at politicians, greedy corporations and claim that they bear full responsibility for the state of our economy, the state of our world and the [...]
Martina G. McGowan
