Some people have reached the conclusion that it’s better to live without expectations. Life is too unpredictable and events cannot be so predetermined. Better to literally leave it one day at a time and get through that day the best way you can and let the chips fall where they will. It’s a reasonable approach […]
Read More What Do You Expect?The end of the year is nigh and some people will be looking forward to holiday celebrations and the things associated with the start of a new year. It’s a good time to reflect on what’s happened over the last twelve months and to see what went well and what didn’t go so well. It’s […]
Read More Not Disappointed Because of No Expectations?I used to watch Mork and Mindy. (Click the link if you’re not familiar with the hit comedy show of the old century.) The part of the programme I enjoyed was at the end when Mork would submit a report to his superior Orson. I recall that because I wonder: how would life would be […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Mork and Being Mission MindedHe messed up big time. He was dumped from the company. They said he would have no future in the industry. That was that. Apparently It’s just that at his lowest point, someone gave him a chance to operate again, at a lower level, in the background under the radar. More importantly than anything, he […]
Read More When They’ve Written You OffThere it is. What we’ve been waiting for. What we’ve seen from afar. What we were told was ahead. At times it seemed so far away. At times the obstacles appeared to be insurmountable. We lost some people along the way. Some gave up, some fell, some turned their back because they didn’t believe this […]
Read More Reaching the Promised LandSo they’re with you. They’ve heard the offer, they’ve caught a glimpse of the vision. They’ve seen you’re up for the journey – and that idea of where they’re going will be compelling. They’re with you. For now. They left where they were. They haven’t reached where you’ve promised. Then there comes the problems. No […]
Read More Progress in the Journey to the Promised LandThis is not all there is to life. Where you are now is not where you have to stay. You may have reached an agreement with your current conditions and they may have given you the impression that it is satisfactory. Yet there is something better ahead. Something a lot better. Visionary leaders are usually […]
Read More Starting the Journey to the Promised LandIt is so cold outside. It’s freezing. I don’t know how anyone can cope with the temperature so low. That’s why I love to come home to a warm environment and feel cosy. Wrapping myself up and keeping myself free from the effects of the cold. There’s a reminder, however, that it is not about […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Warm Inside and OutApparently it’s a familiar story. At first he didn’t think he could do it. He had seen others really do it well, but he never thought he could make it. He had a coach who trained him diligently and slowly but surely he made some progress. Then he had a chance to do it. And […]
Read More Looking Up, Staying GroundedAuthrine was captivating when I first met her. She was even more captivating on our wedding day. She was yet more captivating when we celebrated ten years together. She is even more captivating now though there’s no significance in today. This is because of God who presented a captivating vision of what married life is […]
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