Mother Teresa said, in “No Greater Love” (2016), “In order for us to be able to love, we need to have faith, because faith is love in action and love in action is service. In order for us to be able to love, we have to see and touch. Faith in action through prayer, faith in action through service:...
Wisdom is seeing and responding to life situations from a perspective that transcends my current circumstances. Whether at work, with our families, or in our community, there are times when we are called upon to be leaders and other times when we are followers. Both roles require wisdom and we are...
Dependability is defined as “Fulfilling commitments, even in the face of difficulty.” I suppose it could be defined, “in difficulty or in comfort.” Sometimes it’s actually harder to keep commitments when all is well. But let’s keep it simple. Let’s focus on simply...
Resilience is the capacity to recover from adversity. The lyrics to an old song can help us understand resilience. It says,We fall down; we get up. We fall down; we get up. We fall down; we get up.And the saints are just the sinners who fall down and get up. Don’t let the lyrics fool you. Saying...
Can I be honest? Punctuality is something that I have struggled with. Some people just seem to have it down. They have it together. Others have to work for it…or worse, they may be continually three minutes, five minutes, or (you fill in the blank) minutes late. I want to give some encouragement...
Years ago, as a student at Oral Roberts University, I was studying in the library and saw a little daily quote calendar on the counter. The quote for that day said, “If 40,000 people do something wrong, it’s still wrong.” My takeaway was that even if the majority is wrong, there has to be at least...
Tolerance is defined as – Demonstrating respect for others who do not share my perspective. Another definition is the ability or willingness to tolerate something, in particular, the existence of opinions or behavior that one does not necessarily agree with. Tolerance is not a word I would...
