I am a big fan of the Serenity Prayer. I repeatedly think of it day in and day out: “God,* grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the…
Category: Personal Growth
Day 23: Staying in the Sweet Spot of “Important but Not Urgent”
A long time ago, I read a book by Stephen Covey called “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People.” In it, he suggested that the things we humans spend our time on…
Day 22: Resistance Does Not Indicate Unworthiness
(Note: I wrote the draft of this post earlier this week. Since I’m in marathon training, doing progressively longer weekend runs that are both physically and mentally taxing, I might turn to…
Day 18: Pursue Your Own Personal Version of Greatness
I think it’s important to believe that you are capable of great things. I’m not talking about doing what other people think is great. I’m talking about pursuing your own personal version…
Day 16: Countering The Negative Monkey Mind
I’ve been doing a lot of self-examination recently. Wait, I’m always doing self-examination! Yesterday I wrote about being hard on myself. To look at that theme a little closer, I’ve been noticing…
Day 15: Using my great focus for good
So I am a GREAT FOCUSER. And when I use this power well, it is amazing what I can accomplish. I can run marathons, adopt Intermittent Fasting to lose (and keep off)…
Day 12: Everybody Has Strengths…Here Are Mine
Everybody has strengths. I find that the more I acknowledge my strengths, the happier I am, because the more I appreciate who I am, and the more I can focus my life…
Day 9: Focusing on What You Want
(Note: Our Internet was down for three days, so this post is being posted on July 14, 2022, though I wrote it on July 11, the day I consider it “published”) Sometimes…
Day 2: That Time I Got Jealous of Idris and Dwayne
Today my wife and I went to see “Jurassic World: Dominion.”* I enjoyed watching familiar faces from the legacy “Jurassic Park” movies–Laura Dern, Sam Neil, and Jeff Goldblum–on screen with the newer…
Recapping My Marathon Year
HAPPY NEW YEAR. It’s nice to be back blogging after an eight month hiatus! I think it’s fair to call 2021 my Marathon Year. Last April, after three-and-a-half months of intense training…