The deeper the roots, the stronger the tree…
Falling Forward – Day 17 – Roots Before Fruits
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The deeper the roots, the stronger the tree…
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Reflection We live among farmland, and this time of year we watch our farmers work tirelessly to bring in the harvest. I’m not a farmer, but I imagine they look forward to winter. The fields rest, the pace slows, and there’s time to repair, plan, and prepare for spring. Winter slows things down. Energy moves…
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Reflection Eventually, autumn’s beautiful colors disappear. What looks magnificent today will soon dissolve into nothingness as branches become bare. Life has seasons like that too. A job ends. Children leave home. Plans change. A relationship disappears. Something that once defined our days is suddenly gone. Empty doesn’t necessarily mean finished. Sometimes God clears the branches…
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We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty…
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Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die…
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Reflection As I’ve mentioned several times this month, autumn rewards anyone who lives it with eyes wide open. I can’t stop marveling at the transformation unfolding around me. Leaves blaze into color, let go, and drift to the ground, where they slowly become the soil that will nourish next spring’s growth. Nothing is wasted. What…
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You can’t start the next chapter of your life if you keep rereading the last one…
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You must learn to let go. Release the stress. You were never in control anyway…
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It’s not the daily increase but the daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential…
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Reflection As fall settles in, my walks through our woods become more frequent, especially now with our new puppy, Coco. Yesterday, I noticed the path I carved through the woods years ago was disappearing beneath a blanket of fallen leaves. This was not apparent to me two days earlier as I walked the same route….