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We got in the car today, turned on the engine and the tire pressure light went on. No big deal. We just went around the block to a tire dealer and put air into the tires. Pretty mundane stuff. That got me thinking about all the other ingredients that the car needs in order toContinue reading “Right Ingredients”

When we lived in Nepal, I hated the suspension bridges for pedestrians. The heights, wind, and lengths of these bridges scared me. But oftentimes we would have to cross several of these bridges to get where we were going. Several times I would sit and pray before crossing. Prayer gave me a different perspective onContinue reading “Suspension Bridges”

As I watch sports, my observation is that the teams that are consistently successful are the teams that have high levels of teamwork. The players on these teams have bought into their roles and seek to handle their responsibilities as effectively as they can. They don’t try to do too much and communicate well withContinue reading “Teamwork”

Have you noticed that our desires often stay hidden, until they go unfulfilled? Then they come to the surface in anger, worry and frustration. For instance we may have a desire for prestige. But when we do not get noticed we may lash out with belittling others or exaggerating our accomplishments. Or we may haveContinue reading “Desires”

Several years ago I told a workmate that you know you are getting old when every time you get up something new hurts. In the past year and a half I have had brain surgery, a hospital stay for a blood clot, sinus surgery that was caused by the brain surgery, ear surgery, and heartContinue reading “Our Feeble Tents”

Today, I drove through at a fast food restaurant and ordered a diet coke. After I drove away, I took a sip and discovered I had been given root beer. I was disappointed as I had my heart set on the diet coke. In the grand scheme of things, this was a minor disappointment andContinue reading “Disappointment”

Have you ever experienced or felt something so intense that you could not adequately tell another person about it? We try though, don’t we? We grab the first person we see and say something like, “I gotta tell you what happened!” The words come out, but even as we are saying them, we realize thatContinue reading “Indescribable”

I lost my wallet today. Therefore I had to contact credit card companies, banks, and government offices to report the lost cards. Some of these contacts went easy and some not quite so smooth. One credit card company had an automated phone response system. So I faced a long series of menu choices that seemedContinue reading “Lost Wallet”

Remember the days of paper maps and the Thompson’s Street Guide. You would pull out the street guide to determine how to get to a house or business you’d never gone to before. You would go to AAA to get state maps whenever you were taking a longer trip. My wife loved those things andContinue reading “Google Maps”

Occassionally we get to see or hear of goodness. A police officer pulled a man to safety after the man had driven into a lake. A child raises money to provide food or school supplies for less fortunate children. A woman visits elderly patients just to give them a friendly smile and a listening ear.Continue reading “Goodness”