Category: Life Issues

Be Blessed

“Blessed are those who can give without remembering and receive without forgetting.”  ~Unknown The term “selfless” came to mind when I saw the above quote. At the core of the strongest human beings I know is humility derived from believing in a power greater than themselves and a key by-product of humility is a selfless…

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Live

“Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future, and live in the only moment of time over which you have any control:  now.”  ~Dennis Waitley Nuff Said. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Psalm 119:105, “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.”  (NIV)  

First

“Strive to be first: first to nod, first to smile, first to compliment and first to forgive.”  ~Unknown I have found the best way to be the “first” as described above is by trying to be 3rd in all situations.  God->Others->Me. This doesn’t mean I’m a doormat but it does help me become a better…

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Specks and Planks

“You bring out the best in yourself by looking for the best in others.”  ~Gene Bedley I would wager to say that some of my best days are when I make it through the day without trying to dig a speck out of my brother or sister’s eye but instead look for the good in…

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Content and Wealth

He is rich who is content with the least; for contentment is the wealth of nature.”  ~Socrates Several days ago I made a subtle “shout out” post to my wife Lori and it went something like this; “The richest people I know, need the least.”  #mywifeisrich and then I stumbled across the quote above by…

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Experience

“Experience is not what happens to you, it is what you do with what happens to you.”  ~JJM P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Romans 5:3, “More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance.”  (ESV)

The Present is all that Matters

“That is the simple secret of happiness.  Whatever you are doing, don’t let past move your mind; don’t let future disturb you.  Because the past is no more, and the future is not yet.  To live in the memories, to live in the imagination, is to live in the non-existential.  And when you are living…

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Listening

“God calls and you do not hear, for you are pre-occupied with your own voice.”  ~A Course in Miracles A Course in Miracles was published in 1976.  You have to believe if it was published today, the quote above would read: God calls and you do not hear,  for you are pre-occupied with social and…

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Gifted

Everyone has a gift.  Some never open them. Some just never open their packages. …and that is sad. Have you opened your gift-packages? P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com James 1:17,  “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.” …

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HELP OTHERS

“The way to feel better about our own situation is to improve someone else’s circumstances.”  ~Ezra Taft Benson So true. Whose circumstance is God calling you to improve? P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Philippians 2:4, “not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.”  (NIV)