Category: Balance

Why am I Living?

If you want to identify me, ask me not where I live, or what I like to eat, or how I comb my hair, but ask me what I am living for, in detail, ask me what I think is keeping me from living fully for the thing I want to live for.

— Thomas Merton —

  In our 3rd Thursday leadership group I often share with the group the 3 questions we must all ask ourselves and create answers to: 1.  Why am I here? (Purpose) 2.  What do I stand for? (Principles) 3.  How am I doing? (Progress) The final question Merton poses in his quote above will be…

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Balance

I believe that being successful means having a balance of success stories across the many areas of you life. You can't truly be considered successful in your business life if your home life is in shambles.

— Zig Ziglar —

  …need I say more? Matthew 6:33, “But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.” P.E.A.C.E Jay@EagleLaunch.com  

Balance & Choices

“Balance is not better time management, but better boundary management.  Balance means making choices and enjoying those choices.”  ~Betsy Jacobson Do you have boundaries in your life?  Are you managing them?  Are you enjoying the results of your choices? 2 Timothy 2:22, “Run from anything that stimulates youthful lusts.  Instead, pursue righteous living, faithfulness, love…

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Calm & Balanced or Hurried & Agitated ???

 “The calm and balanced mind is the strong and great mind; the hurried and agitated mind is the weak one.”  ~Wallace D. Wattles I don’t know why I’ve written about balance the last couple of days, but I have a feeling one of my readers needs to hear about balance. How calm and balanced are…

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Balance

“The key to keeping your balance is knowing when you’ve lost it.”  ~Unknown So true.  Ever since my crash and burn years of 1982-1987, I’ve tried my best to have balance in my life.  It hasn’t been easy, but for me it is a necessity.  Balance begins with determining what is important in your life…

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Ships and Life

“I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning how to sail my ship.”  ~Louisa May Alcott                      Storms are all a part of life.  Running and/or hiding from them will only make you weaker than you already are.  Freaking out about them will only tell others just how much faith you don’t have.  But facing up…

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Creativity*

“Everyone has the ability to be creative but not everyone has the ability to sit down and let the creative juices flow.”  ~Lori Meyer My wife will probably cringe when she reads the opening blog quote but she said this in passing to me the other day. Everyone is so busy and/or lazy with their…

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Busy*

“No matter how busy you are, or how busy you think you are, the work will always be there tomorrow, but friends and family might not be.”  ~Unknown P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Luke 9:24, “But whoever loses his life because of me will save it.”