It Doesn't Take Much.
It doesn’t take a much to bring joy. No, it doesn’t take much, but what it does take is an intentional focus off of self.
This is personal! Both for me and you. Success is about intentionality. Very little in life just "happens". So, as we discuss different topics and thoughts, let's have this in mind - intentionality! Because we all want to succeed and success is intentional!
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It doesn’t take a much to bring joy. No, it doesn’t take much, but what it does take is an intentional focus off of self.
We aren’t machines that run non-stop; even apparatus is shut down and serviced from time to time. No, we have God-given perimeters that, when heeded, keep us safe, healthy and productive.
The greatest present you can give to anyone is your presence. Being in the moment, listening and paying attention tells others that you give a flip. It sends the signal that they are important and that they are worth your care.
There’s a learned art of sympathy and compassion that must be utilized for moments when people flip between emotional turmoil and horrific cognition.
Life is trying. At times disastrous. When we walk close to God, He promises that He will restore what the locusts have eaten. The promise is fulfilled in unique and sometimes intangible ways, but God keeps His promise - if we're open to it.
Sometimes the most seemingly disconnected events can be saying the same thing. Human hearts cry out for the same thing, expressed in different ways. Love!
What if our space exploration is really a faith search?
To expect our bodies and minds to recuperate with little sleep, caffeine induced productivity and constantly working 7 days a week is expecting, even demanding, that God perform a miracle, weekly. It’s irresponsible.
Come away from yourselves! Ignore the news reports, stop reading the memes and lock your eyeballs onto another human being! Seek to understand rather than to be understood.