7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Take Down Barriers

 "When you introduce synergy...you unfreeze [restraining forces], loosen them up, and create new insights."

                ~ Stephen R. Covey

7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Rate Your Openness to Differences

 "The key to valuing differences is to realize that all people see the world, not as it is, but as they are."

            ~ Stephen R. Covey

Who I Will Become

 "When I fall, if I may fall, WHO I will become will catch me; I will become more"

                     ~ Dr. Kevin Elko

Thought of the Week: October 30, 2022

 

My Heart

"Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts!"
‭‭Psalm‬ ‭139‬:‭23‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Stand Out, Shine Your Light

At the end of a trail behind my house stands this lone tree with some color; shining it's light for all to see, all by itself

Children of God

"See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him."
‭‭1 John‬ ‭3‬:‭1‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Definition of Shame

 Shame is "the deep sense you are unacceptable because of something you did, something done to you, or something associated with you."

            ~ Ed Welch

Thought of the Week: October 23, 2022

 

7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Value Differences

 "The essence of synergy is to value differences - to respect them, to build on strengths, to compensate for weaknesses."

                ~ Stephen R. Covey

7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Seek 3rd Alternatives

 "What is synergy?  Simply defined, it means that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts."

                        ~ Stephen R. Covey

Thought of the Week: October 16, 2022

 

Abide in Him

"And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming. If you know that he is righteous, you may be sure that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him."
‭‭1 John‬ ‭2:28-29‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Beautiful in its Time

"I have seen the business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with. He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man's heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end. I perceived that there is nothing better for them than to be joyful and to do good as long as they live; also that everyone should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil—this is God's gift to man."
‭‭Ecclesiastes‬ ‭3:10-13‬ ‭ESV‬‬

7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Solve a Problem with Synergy

 "Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much."

            ~ Helen Keller

7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Learn from Differences

 "Insecure people have a need to mold them into their own thinking.  They don't realize that the very strength of the relationship is in having another point of view.  Sameness is uncreative - and boring."

        ~ Stephen R. Covey

Thought of the Week: October 2, 2022