Nancy Reagan told a story of how President Ronald Reagan was once challenged by a college student who said it was impossible for Reagan’s generation to understand his. “You grew up in a different world,” the student said. “Today we have television, jet planes, space travel, nuclear energy, computers. …”
10 Guidelines for Making Vacation Faces, Happy Faces!
We just returned from a week at the lake with all our children and grandchildren. Here are some fun pictures of happy faces mixed with a 10 practical guidelines that help keep faces happy during a vacation.
Silence Isn’t Golden!
A man and his wife were feuding at home and were giving each other the silent treatment. After a week of no communication, the man realized that he would need his wife to wake him at 5:00 AM for an early morning business flight to Chicago. Not wanting to be the first to break the silence (AND LOSE), he wrote …
Three Steps to Eliminating Explosive Emotional Buildup!
When I was speaking with Women of Faith, I listened as Nicole Johnson spoke about emotional explosive gases that had built up in her life. One day she couldn’t find a sock that she knew she had put in the dryer. Suddenly there was an explosion of rage and frustration. This was not “Sock Anger,” she explained. The missing sock …
Make Time to Live!
Several years ago I backed out of my garage and screeched to a stop in the middle of the road. I didn’t have my Day-timer. (Yep! that’s how long ago it was) Without that calendar I was paralyzed. As I sat fretting over how I could go on living, I realized I had planned the life right out of my …