My last post focused on the book, “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff … and It’s All Small Stuff by Richard Carlson. Here’s a few more of the book’s principles. “Smile at strangers, look them in the eye and say hello.” Carlson says there’s a parallel between our attitude toward strangers and our overall happiness. “In other words, it’s unusual to find a person who walks around with her head down, frowning and looking away from people, who is secretly a…
I recently bought a car. My old car got totaled in a wreck several weeks back. The car I bought is a smooth riding Oldsmobile Aurora. It’s got a number of bells and whistles my old car didn’t have. Among them is a gadget on the dashboard called an information center. The information center tells me all kinds of things about the car, including how much oil life is left and how the battery is doing. The thing that intrigues…
Earlier today I was putting our riding lawn mower in the shed. My son had mowed the front yard for probably the last time this year. The boards that we usually use to help the mower ride up into the shed were missing, but I thought I could just drive the mower over the ridge between the ground the concrete floor of the shed. I was wrong. The mower got part of the way in the shed and stopped. I…
I recently heard an excellent presentation about making the most of our talents. It included this old proverb: “If you want to know what you’re doing in the future, tell me what you’re doing right now.” As I thought about it, the wisdom of the statement stuck with me. So often we go through life hoping things will get better. But if we want our lives to change for the better, we have to change for the better. I’ve also…
I was on a conference call recently when several people talked about the change that they’ve had in their lives due some nutritional products. The stories were moving. After several of them, I thought to myself, “I wonder if I should try that product.” Later on, I was thinking about why the stories were so powerful. It occurred to me that every one of them was personal. The person was sharing from their experience and from their heart. I know…