Work and Family
What do you pour yourself into more- your work or your family? For most men in today’s society the answer is undoubtedly our work. That’s where the creative energy is …
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Let it Happen or Make it Happen
The bakery owner knew he was in trouble when the he asked the new baker to fix a batch of chocolate chip cookies only to return a few minutes later …
Let it Happen or Make it Happen Read More Invest Before Spending
Someone has noted that the difference between the rich and the poor is that while the rich invest their money and spend what’s left, the poor spend their money and …
Invest Before Spending Read More Businessman and Fisherman
A retired businessman met a fisherman returning from the sea early one morning and asked, “Why don’t you stay out longer and catch more fish? He replied, “I have enough …
Businessman and Fisherman Read More Working in Vein
Did you hear about the blood transfusionist who quit his job? He felt all his work was being done in vein. Maybe you’ve felt that way at times. If so, …
Working in Vein Read More Job Worries
What are you afraid of? When we spend time worrying about all the things that can go wrong, we are generally not spending time trying to improve our situation which …
Job Worries Read More Doing What You’ve Always Done
If you want something you’ve never had, you’re going to have to do something you’ve never done. Nearly all of us say we want some things we’ve never had. They …
Doing What You’ve Always Done Read More Rat Race
Someone noted the problem with being in the rat race is that even if you do win, you’re still a rat. It’s true. Probably one of the greatest wastes of …
Rat Race Read More Mental Reset Button
Just after communism fell, my wife and I served as missionaries to Czechoslovakia. Lots of things there took some getting used to. One was our communist designed refrigerator. On the …
Mental Reset Button Read More Sabbaticals
You know you’ve been spending too much time at the office when the only way you recognize your kids is from their pictures on your desk at work. If that …
Sabbaticals Read More Beginning a Family
A mother sea horse lays her eggs but then it is the father sea horse that carries the eggs in his pouch until they hatch. For some ladies who have …
Beginning a Family Read More Michaelangelo’s Work
Michaelangelo spent four grueling years on his back painting over 400 larger than life figures on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. The task was so demanding that when he …
Michaelangelo’s Work Read More Answering God’s Call
Two Eskimos in a kayak were chilly, so they started a fire, which sank the craft, proving the old adage you can’t have your kayak and heat it too. Many …
Answering God’s Call Read More Doubling to $1,000,000
Would you like to have a million dollars? The formula is simple enough. Just take one dollar and double it twenty times and you will have $1,000,000. Let’s suppose you …
Doubling to $1,000,000 Read More Blood Type Not Renewed
Maybe you heard about the man who was so old his doctor informed him that his blood type would no longer be renewed. Lots of us get surprises as we …
Blood Type Not Renewed Read More Jupiter Effect
In the 1970’s a bestseller called “The Jupiter Effect” predicted that when all the planets of the solar system came into alignment in 1982 the earth’s gravity would be so …
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