Chronic Imbalance

Growth inside is the counterweight to growth outside. Allow me to explain. If you spend your days growing on the outside, that is, honing your "doing" skills and fail to grow on the inside, the resulting imbalance will eventually lead to implosion. If, on the other hand, inner growth in any person or collection of …

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Give Thee Rest

Thou giver of my deepest thoughts of joy, Who from the solemn darkness doth proclaim Words unformed through my heart no longer coy, How can I give thee rest and fan thy flame? The world has grown cold, embers once red hot Now smolder with righteous indignation And earth, disfeatured by man's cold fiat, Yearns …

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Time to grow up!

“The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That's the day we truly grow up.” - John Maxwell Taking total responsibility for your attitudes requires that you eschew blame altogether. To turn your back on blame you must: Realize that you have a choice as to …

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At Length, Truth Will Out

Miserable comforters are ye all, Ye who bray and shout; My ways are true, I did not fall At length, truth will out. Though thorns and nails and fantastical tales Give thee brief redoubt, Rest assured for all your travails At length, truth will out. The patience of Job is thine, dear compeer Sink never …

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Radiant Redoubt

The answers that you seek dear friend Cannot be found without. And if you ask me how I know I'll say "without a doubt." Too long you've kept the truth inside Your scarred and troubled heart. But now I say to you dear friend It's time for a new start. "What can I do?" you …

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Uncompromising Living

One of the great secrets of living is this: if you live radiantly, truly radiantly, then you will begin to recognize compromises you have made in your expression of who you really are and abandon those compromises forthwith. To be sure, true expression is tempered by many things, not the least of which is the …

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My Wishes for You

My wish for you is that you can truly say in this moment and every future moment: "The world is a better place because of what I have thought, said or done for the last hour." My wish for you is that you can know more than the shallow satisfaction of achievement by coming to …

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In the Saddle, In the World

"No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle." - Winston Churchill The greatest challenge is not in learning lessons, but in applying them in as many other areas of your life as you can in the few precious years you have on earth. Some of my most important lessons have come …

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