Wisdom*

“To finish the moment, to find the journey’s end in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of good hours, is wisdom.”  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Great stuff and so true Mr. Emerson. I challenge you to take a week and journal how many “good hours” you live.  If you do, make sure…

Read more »

Joy*

“To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.”  ~Mark Twain On the flip side of that coin, misery loves company. Who are hanging out with these days? Do they bring you joy or misery? With all of that being said, there is only one thing worse than two…

Read more »

Daily focalPOINT – Merry Christmas!*

“I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round, as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them…

Read more »

Be Yourself

I went for my six month follow up on my heart problem yesterday and received some very good news.  There was no further increase in the size of my aorta and the heart was pumping blood quite effectively.  Thanks to all of you who’ve been praying and thinking of me during this interesting time in my life. My…

Read more »