From “Listen To Your Day: The Life-Changing Practice of Paying Attention” by Paul Angone Believe it or not, your whole life is influenced by what you pay attention to. When you give your time, energy, affection, and money to whatever it is you are focusing on, you are literally paying someone or something your attention. […]
From “The Speed of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything” by Stephen M. R. Covey Here’s another example on a much smaller scale. “Jim,” a vendor in New York City, set up shop and sold donuts and coffee to passersby as they went in and out of their office buildings. During the breakfast and
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From “Listening to Your Life: Daily Meditations with Frederick Buechner” by Frederick Buechner A CRAZY, HOLY GRACE I called it. Crazy because whoever could have predicted it? Who can ever foresee the crazy how and when and where of grace that wells up out of the lostness and pain of the world and of our
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From “Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life” by Richard Rohr It is when we begin to pay attention, and seek integrity precisely in the task within the task that we begin to move from the first to the second half of our own lives. Integrity largely has to do with purifying
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From “Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation” by Parker J. Palmer Vocation, the way I was seeking it, becomes an act of will, a grim determination that one’s life will go this way or that whether it wants to or not. If the self is sin-ridden and will bow to truth
From “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success” by Carol S. Dweck, PhD Believing that your qualities are carved in stone – the fixed mindset – creates an urgency to prove yourself over and over. If you have only a certain amount of intelligence, a certain personality, and a certain moral character – well, then you’d
From “The Language of the Soul: Meeting God in the Longings of Our Hearts” by Jeff Crosby The music of your life is subtle and elusive and like no other – not a song with words but a song without words, a singing, clattering music to gladden the heart or turn the heart to stone,
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From “Listen To Your Day: The Life-Changing Practice of Paying Attention” by Paul Angone Your Treasure Is Here What if I told you that you’ve already been given the answers to your biggest questions? Your day, each day, is speaking to you and showing you so much. It’s gold, I’m telling you. The problem is,
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From “Life Worth Living: A Guide to What Matters Most” by Miroslav Volf, Matthew Croasmun, and Ryan McAnnally-Linz We are all seeking the same things. We’re all seeking dignity. We’re all seeking joy. We’re all seeking love and acceptance, seeking to be seen, to be safe. And there is no competition for these things we
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From “The Speed of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything” by Stephen M. R. Covey Consider another example, The Sarbanes-Oxley Act was passed in the U.S. in response to the Enron, WorldCom, and other corporate scandals. While it appears that Sarbanes-Oxley may be having a positive effect in improving or at least sustaining trust
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