Certainty of death

Considering the certainty of death can provide a dynamic approach to life.
-Our Daily Bread 12/31/2012
Psalm 39:4-13

Hard Work

Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing. 

Theodore Roosevelt 

Hours and minutes

Pay attention to the minutes in life..the hours will take care of themselves.

Trials

Don't just GO through your trials, GROW through them.

Encouragement

Seek to encourage others, not impress them.

-104.9 The River positive thought for the day.

Free will versus predestination

In the closing section of chapter 10 of The Harbinger by Jonathan Cahn, the main character, Nouriel, is having an exchange with a prophet:

"So a prophet can change the plan...the appointed plan?"

"Who said the plan was changed?"

"But I was the one who came up with the idea."

"And how do you know that your coming up with the idea to change the plan wasn't the appointed plan in the first place?"

"If it was a change of plan...then it wasn't appointed."'

"And if it was appointed," he replied, "then it wasn't a change of plan."

"So you're saying you planned to continue here all along...before I mentioned it?"

"Whether I planned it or whether it happened because it was planned without my planning it makes no difference."

"I think you're just saying all this."

"And you're free to think that," he replied.

"So I'm free to think that. I don't have to think that."

"But that doesn't mean it wasn't planned," he added.

"How could it be both," I asked.

"It takes two oars to make a boat go straight."

"Meaning it's both free will and predestination?"

"Meaning you need to use both oars and focus on keeping the boat straight, so we can make it back to dry land."

Fatherhood

...All any father wants from his kids is that they don't embarass him and they don't break things that cost money.

-Homer Simpson

Hate within will eventually destroy

Hate within will eventually destroy the hater.
-George Washington Carver

A S H

A little acronym to help oneself remember 3 important things not to be/do in order to allow God to do His work:

A nxious
S trive
H urry

Getting Even

Only try to get even with those who have helped you.

-heard on 104.9 The River

Don't long for the past

Do not say, "Why were the old days better than these?" For it is not wise to ask such questions.
-Ecclesiastes 7:10

Worldly wisdom

For with much wisdom comes much sorrow; the more knowledge, the more grief.
-Ecclesiastes 1:18

Light

The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.
-John 1:5

Burning dog

Never pet a burning dog.

You have reached the pinnacle

You have reached the pinnacle of success as soon as you become uninterested in money, compliments, or publicity.
-Dr OA Battista

Ill gotten gains

Ill gotten gains lead to gain gotten ills.

The Disease of Me

The disease of me = the defeat of us

Six danger signals of the disease of me:

1. Chronic feelings of under appreciation - focus on oneself.


2. Paranoia over being cheated out of one's rightful share.


3. Leadership vacuum resulting from formation of cliques and rivalries.


4. Feelings of frustration even when the team performs successfully.


5. Personal effort mustered solely to outshine one's teammate.


6. Resentment of the competence of another- refuse to admit his contribution.

Greener grass

The grass isn't greener on the other side of the fence. It's greener where it's watered.

-Text from a calendar entry from March 8th, 2012 Page-A-Day calendar

Falling apart

Sometimes things fall apart so other things can fall into place.
-heard on 104.9 The River

Get your goat

Don't want 'em to get your goat? Don't show 'em where it's hid!
-David Lee Roth's lyrics from song Stay Frosty on Another Kind of Truth album

When was the last time

When was the last time you did something for the first time?
-David Lee Roth's lyrics from song That's the Trouble with Never on Another Kind of Truth album

Borrow money

When you borrow money, you are kissing goodbye to future income.

Eliminate pride

Remember, a pat on the back is only 6 inches from a kick in the rear. Don't ever become prideful.