We have all heard the phrase “He or she knows the big picture.” When we say that about someone, we mean that they grasp the general, overall, or long-term scheme of something rather than just what is right in front of them. On the flipside if someone doesn’t understand the big picture, it means that …
Trusting someone enough to do hard or seemingly unachievable things takes real faith. It really does. Saying yes when yes makes no sense is not easy. It really isn’t. My college football coach convinced his teams to work harder than they wanted to work. He saw the potential and didn’t want it to go to …
Have you ever witnessed a thunderstorm over the ocean? We enjoy spending time at the beach. And when we go for any extended period of time, we stay in an oceanfront hotel. When at the beach we hope for sunny days to relax in the sun, sand, and surf. But also, there is something fascinating …
A number of years ago we had an inground swimming pool at the house we lived in at the time. One summer the vinyl liner began to leak due to a small pin-sized hole. At first, the leak was small and undetectable. Soon we were losing enough water that we knew there was a leak. …
In 1949, after being re-elected for a second term as President, Harry S. Truman told his staff not to pay attention to the criticism over their appointments. When pressed by his staff, Truman said – “I’ll stand by you, but if you can’t take the heat, get out of the kitchen.” Does your loyalty to …
The culture in which we live continues to be a steady stream of negative, tending to suck the life right out of us. Maybe it is not the culture that has you feeling dry. It could be that you have experienced something of immeasurable hardship. Alone. Isolated. Trapped inside walls that seem to reach to …