I was watching a re-run of The Andy Griffith Show last week over the Thanksgiving break. It was one of my favorite episodes. Here is the basic premise of the episode: The Mayberry choir has an opening for a tenor and Barney volunteers to join the choir. After just a few minutes of practice it [...]
Category Archives: Passion
You Won’t Accomplish Anything Great Until You Know Yourself
Have you ever looked at your life and tried to figure yourself out? I have taken spiritual gifts tests, personality profiles, asked other people how they would describe me, and spent a lot of time looking inward to see what I am good at, what I love to do, what I am bad at, and [...]
Just Killing Time
Henry David Thoreau said, “You cannot kill time without injuring eternity.” Are you just killing time every day? I have been there. A lot of “jobs” get where you can just manage them with minimal effort after a while. You don’t have to put any thought into them and you can basically coast through your [...]
Letting Your Vision Direct Your Life
“Dissatisfaction and discouragement are not caused by the absence of things but the absence of vision.” – Anonymou When we have a clear vision for each aspect of our lives (professional, financial, relationship with God, personal relationships with others, and physical) the different things that pull at our lives and demand our time will be [...]
Going Somewhere…
Alice: Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here? The Cat: That depends a good deal on where you want to get to Alice: I don’t much care where. The Cat: Then it doesn’t much matter which way you go. Alice: …so long as I get somewhere. The Cat: Oh, [...]
Set Yourself on Fire and See Who Comes to Watch You Burn
John Wesley, an eighteenth century theologian said, “When you set yourself on fire, people love to come and see you burn.” When you are in touch with your God-given passion you are on fire for life. People can easily tell whether you are passionate about your life or if you are just getting by. You [...]
Don’t Be Lazy and Wicked: Use Your Gifts
Most people have probably heard Jesus’ “Parable of the Talents” from Matthew 25. In this parable Jesus told of a master who gave five talents to one servant, two talents to another, and one talent to the third servant. The first two servants invested their talents and doubled what their master gave them. The master [...]
Does Your Passion Seep Out
Have you ever noticed someone that is just 100% sold out and passionate about what they do? Are you that person? One definition of “passion” from M-W.com is an intense, driving, or overmastering conviction. I was at a real estate law seminar for attorneys and legal staff this week – a place I would usually [...]
