Category: Principles
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Lord, please work on my face!
Lord, I need you to work on my face. For those of you who have seen me you might be thinking, Ralf, no amount of guy products is going to provide the much needed improvement. Ok I get it when it comes to the looks department I didn’t inherit that gene. In fact, earlier…
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How’s your standard of living?
As I write this post, in the past ten trading days the U.S. stock market has stumbled and tumbled; we wonder what the impact of tariffs will be, and the interest alone on our national debt which is at 36 trillion dollars and rising now exceeds annual defense spending. Articles I have perused by various…
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Bulldozer or Bulldog?
We are created for relationship. First, we are created to have a relationship with God. Secondly, we are created and designed to have relationship with one another. We are meant to live in community. When it comes to relationships are you a bulldozer or a bulldog? When relationships are going well and things go smoothly,…
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You’re Muted!
Nod your head if you have participated in Zoom meetings where a co-worker starts to speak and forgets to unmute their microphone and in unison multiple participants respond, “You’re Muted!” A sheepish, “oops sorry” is often the response. It’s a common courtesy to mute your mic when not talking. It cuts down on background or…
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Safe Trust
Last week I posted on the topic of trust. Today I want to focus on an aspect of trust that is essential for building and keeping it – safety. The word safe may not come to mind or rise to the top of your list when you define or describe trust, however, it is a key…
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Do you trust Me?
There’s a scene in the Disney movie Aladdin, where princess Jasmine is on the palace balcony and Aladdin invites her to go for a ride on his magic carpet. She asks, “Is it safe?” To which Aladdin replies “sure.” He extends his hand and asks, “Do you trust me?” She replies, yes, takes his hand…
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Every hour has a name.
This past week three different colleagues at work approached me and said,” I’m trying to schedule a meeting with you on Outlook and every hour of every workday, Monday through Friday shows you as busy for the next year! Really? Does that mean I can’t schedule time with you for the next year? No, that’s…
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Are you busy?
I’m up to my eyeballs with work. I’ve got too many irons in the fire. I’m trying to stop all these plates from spinning out of control. My plate is full. I’m overloaded. When you hear or read these phrases, do they conjure up in your mind thoughts of peace, calm, a balanced schedule, life,…
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“Be” Quiet
I’m not 100% sure why, but more and more I find myself craving times of silence, stillness and solitude. Now if you mention this to my wife Tammy, she will laugh when I put my name, and the words silence and stillness in the same sentence. According to her I am not a quiet man.…
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True Rest
This past month I took a brief hiatus from writing and posting weekly blogs to spend some focused time evaluating, reviewing and refining the purpose, priority and future direction of The Rest Stop. I wanted to make certain I am remaining true to the cause I believe so strongly in and make any needed course…
The Rest Stop 