SONG OF THE WEEK

This song reminds me to hold on and know that I am undefeatable https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5iqtQLm-BM

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Where is your focus

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Your attitude and drive can get you where you want to go

SONG OF THE WEEK

“This is ten percent luck, twenty percent skill, Fifteen percent concentrated power of will ,Five percent pleasure, fifty percent pain”. Focus and work hard, it’s not going to be plain sailing, but if you want to reach your destination, you need determination. -- I needed this song to remind me to never give up. Hope it speaks to you as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=88&v=VDvr08sCPOc&feature=emb_logo

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Where is your focus

GOD SMILES

This week has been filled with distractions.
People have died.
People have been placed in hospice
People have been forced to move
People have been going through
the most challenging of times
So many people in need of prayer.
In the midst of the storms,
I seek God’s smile.

in the midst of the distractions,
in the midst of Mr Mittens needing surgery,
in the midst of friends having to move in with us.
in the midst of the end of month stress
in the midst of the first week of school confusion
in the midst of the grief, the frustration, and the pain
I seek God’s smile.

When I seek God’s smile
I lose track of the distractions,
I lose track of the pain,
the suffering,
the stressors
and find myself in a
momentary state of peace.

Then it fades
and the distractions suck me back.
It becomes like a game of
hide and seek while I try to
hide from the distractions and
seek God’s smile and
work to stay in the presence of
God’s smile.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Don't let anything hold you back.

SONG OF THE WEEK

This week's song of the week reminds us to focus on the eternal, not the materials, as that is where our wealth comes from https://youtu.be/hT_nvWreIhg

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Keep your focus on the success and you will see more of it

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

How are you helping your pile grow?

WHERE IS YOUR FOCUS?

As many of you know, I am a Food Network junkie and have no plans to join a 12 step group to kick my addiction. A friend of mine and I were discussing some of our favorite and least favorite shows, especially the competition ones. What we realized is that there is one ingredient, which we have seen several cheftestants use, which regardless of the show seems to get them eliminated and losing. This ingredient is the opposite of an ingredient I discussed a few weeks ago in my blog on humility.

This ingredient is cockiness. Ironically, it is those who you hear complain about the quality of the ingredients and how they are beneath them or who, like on Beat Bobby Flay, are overly cocky about their ability to beat him that they are not able to execute properly the very dish they have spent years perfecting. This tendency to focus on the prize and not the process is one that has been discussed for years. It applies to everything from cooking to learning to competitive sports. It is a lesson that I always associate with a poem called The Archer by Lao Tsu.

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"IF YOU CAN'T FIX IT, FEATURE IT!"

This seems to be the theme for this week, “If you can’t fix it, feature it1.” I wish I could say I created that phrase, but it was given to me by a colleague of mine Rev Glenna Tillery Shepherd, pastor at Decatur UCC in Decatur, GA. It is like that old saying, we have all heard – “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” We all have things, situations, and parts of our lives that we can’t fix. It is not about what it is, but what you do with it.

This week, for me, has been filled with examples of featuring it, when you can’t fix it. For example, the other day I met an amazing person who has Tourette’s syndrome (his can’t fix it thing), however, when he is drumming he becomes asymptomatic. Therefore, he drums. He has taken what has helped him all his life and features it in every aspect of his life

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