Exciting Changes Afoot.
Hello Friends! Back in February, Kendra Kinnison came to me with an idea, which became a shared vision of a company that offered a vast array of faith building, goal setting, technology, training and communication tools under one umbrella – Imagine More. We didn’t see anything that looked like what we wanted – so we built it, each bringing part of our own companies into the mix and blending them into what you see today. Kendra’s blog and library is now a shared resource, she crafted a fantastic “goal attaining” course called YouSchool and willed CareerSchool and Evernote Essentials into existence, bringing the wonderful Pat Bell and Jessica Pedraza on as instructors. I built the websites, managed the hardware and...
Read MoreMental Remodeling
Within the last two years, my capacity for forgiveness has been stretched, challenged and tested. Beyond what I thought I could bear. Beyond what I was sure I could take. By a trinity of people very closest to me, in the most gut-wrenching ways that others might think wasn’t really a big deal – but to me, huge. Mammoth, even. Contrary to my instincts, my choice has been to “fake it ’til you make it,” smile sweetly, say, “I forgive you.” – and pretend to mean it. Then I put the issues (and, mentally, the person) in a little box, wrapped the box in pretty tissue paper, put the box into a drawer in a dresser in a mental closet, shut the door and then wallpapered over the door in a lovely Rachel Ashwell Shabby Chic Rose...
Read MoreBen Franklin Said It Best…
My intention being to acquire the habitude of all these virtues, I judged it would be well not to distract my attention by attempting the whole at once, but to fix it on one of them at a time; and, when I should be master of that, then to proceed to another, and so on, till I should have gone through the thirteen; and, as the previous acquisition of some might facilitate the acquisition of certain others, I arranged them with that view, as they stand [below]. 1. TEMPERANCE Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation. 2. SILENCE Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation. 3. ORDER Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time. 4. RESOLUTION ...
Read MoreCan Anyone Spare A Time Machine?
Every single Summer of my childhood I looked forward to the last day of school, knowing that within 2-3 days after that final day my Grandma GG would show up and whisk me off for “THE SUMMER” to a place where it stayed light until 10pm, fireflies lit our night sky, we could see every star in the universe, we stayed out late to play freeze tag, I worked at an ice cream parlor with her, and I had an endless supply of quarters for Defender and Skeeball in the village arcade. Growing up, nothing much changed from year to year. The same kids came back, like a refugee summer camp. I had friends from the Palisades – the neighborhood where my GG had lived since the 1950′s, friends from Orange County whose parents owned major Jaguar and Cadillac...
Read MoreCarrots, Eggs, and Coffee
A carrot, an egg, and a cup of coffee…You will never look at a cup of coffee the same way again. A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up, She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved, a new one arose. Her mother took her to the kitchen.. She filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to boil. In the first she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and in the last she placed ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil; without saying a word. In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled...
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