My 100-Day Plan, Day 17: Do It Uncomfortable
“Embrace the discomfort that comes with moving from where you are to where you want to be.” Unknown “Do it afraid.” That quote never freed me like it did friends who preached it with a passion. I wanted it to, but I couldn’t make it work for me. It wasn’t until another friend noticed how much I struggled that she said, “Do you know what...
My 100-Day Plan, Day 16: Write Naked
“Do whatever it takes.” Unknown I skimmed an article today about strange writer habits and how Victor Hugo coaxed himself into writing. He locked up his formal outfits and wrapped up in a shawl or he turned over his clothes to his servants and ordered them not to return them until he wrote a chapter. That’s something to consider when the...
My 100-Day Plan, Day 15: Do The Right Thing
“For you will certainly carry out God’s purpose, however you act, but it makes a difference to you whether you serve like Judas or like John.” C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain While thumbing through a book today, I ran across a story that illustrated yesterday’s blog post – do the hard thing, do the right thing. A runner...
My 100-Day Plan, Day 14: Do The Hard Thing
“The right thing to do and the hard thing to do are usually the same.” Steve Maraboli For me, the hard thing is typically the one thing I know I’m supposed to accomplish that day, but I procrastinate. It’ll be midnight and I’m still avoiding it. Sometimes it’s because of fear, sometimes rebellion, sometimes both. I organize my clothes by...
My 100-Day Plan, Day 13: How To Change Yourself and Others
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Psalm 51:10 Jesus … Get in a relationship with Him. Join a church where He’s believed and talked about. Read the history book that tells His story. I could stop now and have this be my shortest and most comprehensive blog post I’ve ever written. It almost didn’t...
My 100-Day Plan, Day 12: The Tragedy of Having to Grow Up
“Every human being on this earth is born with a tragedy, and it isn’t original sin. He’s born with the tragedy that he has to grow up. That he has to leave the nest, the security, and go out to do battle. He has to lose everything that is lovely and fight for a new loveliness of his own making, and it’s a tragedy. A lot of people don’t have...
My 100-Day Plan, Day 11: Does Time Heal?
“They say time heals all wounds.” Unknown While I waited for time to work its magic, I did some searching on my own. I went to counseling for two decades, attended weekly Al-Anon meetings for a long time, read self-help books, sat in church on Sundays, and signed up for too many weird workshops like the one where I rebirthed myself. Don’t...












