Today is Easter. That probably is not shock to most people. I think it’s not a surprise to anyone who has been following me for anytime that I am a Christian; a pretty devout Christian at that. That makes today important. I actually am writing this on Friday – Good Friday – the day that […]
Book Review – The 100 Thing Challenge
Could you reduce your life down to 100 possessions or less? Would you be able to narrow down your clothes, computers, phones, cameras, cars, hobby materials, and everything else to 100 things? It’s an interesting question, and one put to the test by Dave Bruno who wrote about his experience in The 100 Thing Challenge: […]
Moving beyond fear, doubt and worry – it’s not about me.
Last Sunday, I made this simple note for myself. It’s not about me. The note came from the sermon I was listening to at church. It was in reference to more spiritual things, but I applied it to business. It’s a broad principle that goes way beyond my business, the photography business, or anything in […]
Making time to do what you love
I posted the other day about being devoted to creating art. In my mind, that means you take the time to: decipher what you love. devote time to do what you love. I believe that we are all bent toward different ways of creation. Some may be bent toward creating art through photography, oil paint, […]
Life is Precious
Three years ago, I wrote about a near tragedy happening in our family. Our neice (Kia’s brother’s daughter) was born two months early. As is the case most of the time, it was really touch and go for a while. The situation was very poignant for Kia and I. Beale (our youngest) had been born […]
Word of the Year…an update
In the first couple of days of 2011, I posted about a concept that I was incorporating into my life this year – a “word for the year.” I haven’t said much about it since that initial post. I thought I would give a quick update on some thoughts I’ve had just recently on my […]
2011 – What’s Your Word for the Year?
Kia meets with a friend on a weekly basis to help her stay grounded. Someone to help her not get too high or too low. Another person in her life to be a sounding board and a friend. So they came up with this plan to pick a word for 2011 that would help them […]
Creating Margin in your Life and Business
Last week I was swamped between life and business. At the end of the week, I had to make some choices. Do I blog or do I let it rest? Do I Facebook or do I let it rest? Do I twitter or do I let it rest? A quick look back at my activity […]
Thankfulness
Sunday our pastor preached a sermon on thankfulness. Specifically being thankful as opposed to being angry and cynical (what he considers the exact opposite of thankfulness). Two great points he made. In general, he sees people who are really angry and/or cynical. More angry than they were 15-20 years ago. People are angry about the […]
Happy Thanksgiving!
So many things to be thankful for… How many times have you heard that. How many times have you said it? Do we really mean it? Why does it take something like Thanksgiving, a once a year holiday, for us to truly consider it? This year, I have an even different perspective on what I […]
