A Forced Timeout
40 Things to Give Up for a Better Life #25 “Writer’s Block” We came to understand that the blockages weren’t an interruption in the process, they…
Sneaky Little Devils
Ill habits gather by unseen degrees — As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas. ~John Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel 40 Things to Give Up for…
Breathe
40 Things to Give Up for a Better Life #23 Holding my breath I’m discovering I need to literally and figuratively quit holding my breath. I…
Hello, I’m…
40 Things to Give Up for a Better Life #22 Old Titles Today I sit in a coffee shop working on a devotional I’ve been hired…
Curiosity Over Criticism
40 Things to Give Up for a Better Life #14 Criticism Be curious, not critical. Unknown Growing up, we used Zest bar soap in the shower…
We Are Beautiful!
If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing right. James 2:8 NIV 40 Things to Give…
How Are You Doing?
Sometimes our stop-doing list needs to be bigger than our to-do list. Patti Digh, Four-Word Self-Help: Simple Wisdom for Complex Lives 40 Things to Give Up…
A Chapter a Day
“It always pays to dwell slowly on the beautiful things – the more beautiful the more slowly.” Atticus 40 Things to Give Up for a Better…
Why Worry?
40 Thinks to Give Up for a Better Life 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your…
Verbs Over Nouns
Forget the noun, do the verb. Austin Kleon, in Keep Going 40 Things to Give Up for a Better Life #16 Titles I’ve been reading Austin…