You can change your mind. If you said “yes,” you could now say “no.” If you always have…, you can choose to not… anymore. You made the purchase, signed the line, shook the hand. You can return the item, sign another line, and consider another option. Did you get dressed and promise you were coming? You can get undressed and assure them you meant no wrong. We make decisions based on the information we have at that moment. When new information presents itself, it is wise, mature, and allowed to Continue Reading
Trust Silence
I cannot tell you exactly what the topic was, but I can tell you that this speaker on this day said “um,” “uh,” and “so” a lot! This stood out to me not as a critique, but as a reminder. I thought about my time as a member of Toastmasters International, an organization for public speakers who want to improve their skills. One of the many forms of training we received was how to minimize and ultimately eliminate filler words such as “um,” “ah,” “so,” and “uh.” We tend to use them to fill in the Continue Reading
Hugs in the Valley
Whenever my daughter gets into trouble, with tears streaming down her face, gasping for her next breath, she will ask for a hug. The question is: why does her heart long for us most visibly when it is broken? Perhaps, it is in the crevices of this brokenness that the good news of daddy’s affection for her is realized? Could it be that in this brokenness the good news of mommy’s admiration for her is remembered. Maybe, this is the moment when she suddenly recalls the good news told to her Continue Reading