Everyone has a rainy season in their lives—some more often than others. Regardless of whether there are light drops, a steady downpour, or a dangerous deluge, will you be one to share your umbrella?
Name.
A certain medical student was working her way through college. Her father had just died of cancer and she was determined to become a research scientist in the hope of finding a cure. She was very intelligent and conscientious in her studies, usually breezing through her tests with ease. Every day for many weeks she would rush into the classroom, …
Gift.
’Tis the season for gift giving. It’s also a time when some of us do some gift returning. We’ve all received that soap-on-a-rope, that ugly sweater, or that thing that just doesn’t quite fit anywhere. So, thankfully, many stores have a return policy. You can exchange that Little Mermaid macramé potholder for something else, or take back that rhinestone-encrusted 100% …
Happy Meal.
In the same way that eating a steady diet of junk food will weaken, toxify, and eventually kill you, so it is with what you feed your spirit. You pour out that with which you are filled. So, feed your spirit with honorable, generous, and virtuous things rather than being a glutton for worldly pride, anger, lust, bitterness, and hatred. …
Make it a great day.
I’ve recently become rather sensitive to the fact that although it should be a very polite sentiment, the saying “Have a good day” is instead a tragic casualty in our cultural vernacular. It has been especially evident when I have encountered people who work in retail. We get past the generic “How are you?” (if even that), rarely make awkward …