I hesitate to write this post for fear someone might happen across it and feel any amount of condemnation so I have to start by saying: DON'T! I have stared blank-faced into the abyss of deep depression, and those experiences have only made me more convinced that the only way through them is up. I survived by looking up and being lifted up. So, please know that this choosing joy is ...
Faith
Don’t do…Just be.
I married an engineer. He's a planner. Every Saturday morning, no matter how early, he looks at me and says, "So what's your plan for the day?" Honestly. Let me drink my coffee before you make me plan. He's also the kind of person who needs to do something….even if not much actually gets accomplished. Me…I'm a bit more mellow. There's a place for both us in this world ...
Effort does not always get an “A.”
We live in a world where people think they should be rewarded for showing up, that presence is enough for the prize. It simply isn't so. I hate to disillusion you, but you are not entitled to an award just because you tried. Sometimes you will do your very best and still fall short. I know I have. And, it hurts. Failure isn't fun. It is, however, part of life. It's part ...
Who you are is more important than where you are.
We Southerners have a real sense of place. For us, it's not just enough for the place to be home; it's got to be the "home place." Often, we live where one generation after another has walked the same paths and loved the same land. We know what it means to "belong" to a place and among a people. So what happens when we find ourselves somewhere we don't quite fit? What happens ...