Charles Swindoll wrote, The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company... a church... a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we ... Read More
Attitude
“As a man thinks in his heart, so is he…” Proverbs 23:7 Circumstances do not make the man; they reveal him to himself. James Allen was right! A good friend/mentor of mine named Adrian Despres, an itinerant evangelist for KBM, once told me, "What you are behind the wheel is who you really are!" How true is that! Dr. Victor Frankl (interview), survivor of three grim years at Auschwitz and other Nazi prisons, recorded his observations on life in Hitler’s camps: We who lived in ... Read More
Sanity
So I was at church these past two weeks and twice the speaker or pastor referred to sanity and/or insanity. So it got me thinking. Albert Einstein once said, at least I believe he did, Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result each time (if anyone has the source for this, please let me know). How many times have we done this? Have you ever heard someone say, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it"? How ridiculous is that mentality or approach!? Think ... Read More