by skimhenson | Apr 22, 2021 | 100-day plan
“It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires a great deal of strength to decide what to do.” Elbert Hubbard After I wrote yesterday’s blog post, “Keep Your Eyes on Your Own Paper,” I thought how difficult that advice was to follow when my paper was...
by skimhenson | Apr 21, 2021 | 100-day plan
“ … and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands, just as we told you, …” 1 Thessalonians 4:12 NIV I grew up hearing this phrase repeated again and again. Every one of my elementary school teachers said...
by skimhenson | Apr 20, 2021 | 100-day plan
“May we think of freedom, not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right.” Peter Marshall I gave both of my children a frame with this saying, “Freedom equals responsibility.” I needed it as much as they did. Freedom eluded me...
by skimhenson | Apr 19, 2021 | 100-day plan
“Never ever underestimate the importance of having fun.” Randy Pausch I’m not sure I ever read The Joyful Christian by C. S. Lewis, but I heard about it in a sermon. Bishop Chuck Murphy asked, “Do people who know you’re a Christian equate it with you being...
by skimhenson | Apr 18, 2021 | 100-day plan
“He knows not how to rule a kingdom that cannot manage a province; nor can he wield a province that cannot order a city; nor he order a city that knows not how to regulate a village; nor he a village that cannot guide a family; nor can that man govern well a family...