My friend Jack Ditto shared this quote with his clients last week: “Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times.”(unknown) Where do we fit in this philosophy?Are we a part of the solution or a part of the problem? God gives us […]
I’m thankful that God is always within easy reach. “His right hand will hold me fast.” “We may ignore, but we can nowhere evade the presence of God. The world is crowded with Him. He walks everywhere incognito.” (C.S. Lewis) “Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If […]
God does His best work when we are exhausted and facing hopelessness. “I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint.””(Jeremiah 31:25) Keith MadisonSCORE International
Games aren’t won by hurling insults at your opponents. Games are won from preparation, execution and competitiveness. I didn’t always get this right. But looking in the rear view mirror, I wish that I had. “Be sure you taste your words before spitting them out.” (Unknown) “Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not […]
Back in the 60’s millions of young people were moved by Bob Dylan’s lyrics and the heart felt way he sang. One of my favorites is “Like a Rolling Stone.” In one line he wails, “How does it feel, how does it feel?To be on your own, with no direction home.” For those of us […]
Through the years I’ve always tried to keep things that have sentimental value to me…the glove I used in Little League, a few of my father’s tools, my mother’s guilts, my wife’s notes to me that I would find in my suitcase on a road trip and notes and drawings my sons crafted for me […]
Someone once said that everyone makes an honest mistake, but there is nothing honest about covering it up. “Honesty is the fastest way to prevent a mistake from turning into a failure.”-James Altucher “For, Whoever would love life and see good days must keep their tongue from evil and their lips from deceitful speech.”(1 Peter […]
Do you ever have times when your heart is heavy with the burdens of life…the room or office you are in becomes claustrophobic with problems, self doubt and negativity? There is a way out of this stress. Go to your knees and look up. Share your burdens and find refuge with the One who cares. […]
“The older I get the less I listen to what people say and the more I look at what they do.” (Andrew Carnegie) “…let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.”(1 John 3:18) Keith MadisonSCORE International
It’s easy to make every aspect of our lives “all about me.” In John Maxwell’s outstanding book, Winning With People, he outlines 25 “people principles.”Principle #6 is called “The Big Picture Principle” which simply says: “The entire population of the world, with one minor exception, is composed of others.” “Let each of you look not […]