Recently, I watched a video of a mama-bear and her cub climbing up a steep snow-covered mountain. As they scaled the mountain side at a quick pace, they would slip and slide back down. However, backsliding didn’t seem to phase the bear and her cub as they continued to climb. As the mother bear...
The farmer and the cowman should be friends, Oh, the farmer and the cowman should be friends. One man likes to push a plough, the other likes to chase a cow, But that’s no reason why they cain’t be friends. Territory folks should stick together, Territory folks should all be pals....
Last week, I packed up my dad and moved him out of his home of 45 years in Miami, OK to a one-bedroom assisted living apartment in Owasso. It’s been a long road to get to this point and I had a plan. I was organized. I was ready. What I did not anticipate was being flooded by 40-plus years of...
DISCIPLINE is a simple word, but yet one of the most powerful words in life. The most successful people exert discipline on a daily basis. Without it the world would be in utter chaos. Great leaders, people that inspire high achievement and those that fight valiantly under tremendous challenges...
The character trait of the month is orderliness. Orderliness is defined as “arranging myself and my surroundings to achieve greater efficiency”. Orderliness is a much-needed trait that can be used in all areas of our lives: personal, professional, faith, and so on. But orderliness is not a...
Knowing how important right timing is in accomplishing right actions. When speaking of speak of my oldest son, I often jokingly refer to him as Thing 1…born on New Year’s Day, 1/1. But…then there was Thing 2 who arrived years later on 2/22. The year our second son was born we plotted a calendar...
I can’t give what I don’t have. About 5 years ago I memorized Colossians 3:12-14, “Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance...
It is my pleasure to write about the character trait of the month for September, Loyalty. It is defined as: The state or quality, or an instance of being loyal: Faithfulness to commitments or obligations. I like what General Colin Powell said, “Loyalty means giving me your honest opinion, whether...
My almost three-year-old loves puzzles. Hands-down, her favorite thing to do, more than food, or cartoons, or swinging, or swimming, is to have a puzzle spread out in front of her, pieces in a fragmented chaos, and, piece by piece, make the picture appear. More often than not, she likes it to be a...
There’s a secret out there that really isn’t a secret as much as something that is just overlooked: and that is, we are in control of how we respond to everything that happens to us and everything around us. You hit every red light on the way to work. You could be angry at life that you are late...
Why get up day after day and go to work? Why do the laundry? Why budget and pay bills? These tasks bring order to the business of life. Some people don’t clean their home. They don’t pick up after themselves. Orderliness can be described as “arranging myself and my surroundings to achieve greater...
There’s a cryptocurrency being circulated today. It has its roots in ancient markets. Many have forgotten its real value and the possibilities open to those willing to invest. Politicians, some who are quite wealthy by American standards, are often accused of misusing, undervaluing, or having too...
