Month: May 2024
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My most difficult blog yet!
Today marks my 100th weekly blog post since beginning The Rest Stop just under two years ago. This is to date the most challenging and difficult blog I’ve ever attempted to write. Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute…
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Genuine Generosity
In my journey toward greater life balance, few things rattled me more than the discovery of how selfish and self-centered I was. Even though I have been a follower of Jesus for over 50 years, an honest look inward revealed a heart that was more miserly, materialistic, and me-centered rather than others-centered, I had to…
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Do you have Qi?
Do you have Qi? The word Qi pronounced “Chee” Is traditional Chinese medicine commonly defined as vital energy or life force that keeps a person’s spiritual, emotional, mental and physical health in balance. Those of you who have followed this blog for any amount of time know that I frequently refer to our spiritual, emotional,…
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Rightsizing your life
When a business increases infrastructure or operational costs to the point where it can no longer sustain profitability, it’s leadership and stakeholders will often resort to rightsizing or downsizing the organization. Reasons for engaging in downsizing efforts can include, your industry is declining, economic recession, rising costs, or less demand for your product or services…
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Night then Day.
For most people, life tends to revolve around work. Instead of life driving labor we live in a way where labor drives life. We start and focus each morning on work, and it determines and drives our day. We put work ahead of our marriages and families and don’t take nearly enough time to cultivate…
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