Monday, February 17, 2014
Friday, February 14, 2014
Friday, February 7, 2014
Life's Little Frustrations
Paul Dickson
discovered that the size of the cut he inflicted on himself while shaving was
directly proportionate to the importance of the event he was shaving for. That
led him to an interest in other "universal laws" evident in daily life. The
following are a few of the many he has collected:
"No books you lend are lost except those you particularly want to keep.
"There are three ways to get something done:
do it yourself, hire someone, or tell your kids not to do it.
"You can throw a burnt match out of the window of your car and start a forest fire easier than you can start one under dry logs in your fireplace with a box of matches and the complete edition of the Sunday newspaper."
Let's face it, more often than not it's life's little annoyances that get to trigger our "worry/ frustration button" and cause us to overreact in one way or another.
As one of my favorite ditties goes: "It's the little things that bother us / and put us on the rack / you can sit upon a mountain / but you can't sit on a tack."
Most of us have at least one worry/ frustration button—and as long as this button is active, it's a good reminder that I still have some growing to do—and will until I get to the place where I quit worrying and overreacting and learn to trust God for everything!
Hmm. I see I still have a ways to go!
"No books you lend are lost except those you particularly want to keep.
"There are three ways to get something done:
do it yourself, hire someone, or tell your kids not to do it.
"You can throw a burnt match out of the window of your car and start a forest fire easier than you can start one under dry logs in your fireplace with a box of matches and the complete edition of the Sunday newspaper."
Let's face it, more often than not it's life's little annoyances that get to trigger our "worry/ frustration button" and cause us to overreact in one way or another.
As one of my favorite ditties goes: "It's the little things that bother us / and put us on the rack / you can sit upon a mountain / but you can't sit on a tack."
Most of us have at least one worry/ frustration button—and as long as this button is active, it's a good reminder that I still have some growing to do—and will until I get to the place where I quit worrying and overreacting and learn to trust God for everything!
Hmm. I see I still have a ways to go!
Changing Needs for Changing Times
It goes without saying that we live in a world of rapid change. Yes, we need to
hold fast to that which is permanent and eternal, but in other areas of life if
we don't change, we, too, may miss out and get left behind.
Here's a classic example from the business world: "From 1900 to 1967, the Swiss were the leading watchmakers in the world. In 1967, when digital technology was patented, the Swiss rejected it in favor of the traditional ball bearings, gears, and mainsprings they had been using to make watches for decades. Unfortunately, however, the world was ready for this advance, and Seiko, a Japanese company, picked up the digital patent and became the leading watch manufacturer in the world almost overnight. Fifty thousand of the 67,000 Swiss watchmakers went out of business because they refused to embrace this new technology. It was not until years later that the Swiss caught up and regained their position in the marketplace with the creation of Swatch watches."
This principle also applies to each of us in today's marketplace—if we don't keep up our training with the needs of today's changing marketplace, again, we may be left behind.
Here's a classic example from the business world: "From 1900 to 1967, the Swiss were the leading watchmakers in the world. In 1967, when digital technology was patented, the Swiss rejected it in favor of the traditional ball bearings, gears, and mainsprings they had been using to make watches for decades. Unfortunately, however, the world was ready for this advance, and Seiko, a Japanese company, picked up the digital patent and became the leading watch manufacturer in the world almost overnight. Fifty thousand of the 67,000 Swiss watchmakers went out of business because they refused to embrace this new technology. It was not until years later that the Swiss caught up and regained their position in the marketplace with the creation of Swatch watches."
This principle also applies to each of us in today's marketplace—if we don't keep up our training with the needs of today's changing marketplace, again, we may be left behind.
Monday, February 3, 2014
Wo Hamsafar Tha ..
Adavaten Thein, Taghaful Tha, Ranjashen Thein Magar ...
Bicharne Waley Me Sab Kuch Tha, Bewafai Na Thi ..
Saturday, February 1, 2014
Friday, January 31, 2014
Guilt Be Gone
The
story is told about the old-time circuit-riding preacher who was visited by
three men. They came to confess to him that twenty years before they had loaded
his horse and buggy with a load of heavy rocks and hidden them so he wouldn't
see them. They wanted to apologize because they still felt guilty about it for
all these years. To which the preacher replied, "You have carried these rocks
for twenty years. I only carried them for a day."
Simple story. Profound truth. There are three things we can do with guilt. We can bury (repress) it from conscious memory and deny it. We can suppress it; that is, be consciously aware of it but not do anything about it. Or we can confess and resolve it.
To repress or suppress guilt can and does affect one's health and often one's relationships. But to confess it and put things right brings great freedom and healing.
Simple story. Profound truth. There are three things we can do with guilt. We can bury (repress) it from conscious memory and deny it. We can suppress it; that is, be consciously aware of it but not do anything about it. Or we can confess and resolve it.
To repress or suppress guilt can and does affect one's health and often one's relationships. But to confess it and put things right brings great freedom and healing.
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