Finish Well
(a continuation of my 12/29/18 WOY post) In retrospect, I see that the phrase “finish well” had been popping into my mind for months, long before I ever consciously began trying to discern my 2019 Word-of-the-Year. Finish Well had become a theme running through much of what I was seeing, hearing, reading and thinking about … Read More
by Mary
Better than a New Year’s Resolution: WOY
New Year’s resolutions rarely turn out well for me. By mid-year—sometimes by mid-January—my best laid plans almost always fall apart. I forget or give up, and then make excuses about why my carefully crafted goals, objectives and methodologies weren’t so important anyway. After half a century of beating myself up over my lack of self-discipline, … Read More
by Mary
Run with Endurance
Practice makes perfect. Remember that saying? Parents, teachers and other leaders from our childhood pushed us toward excellence by encouraging us not to quit, but instead to try, try again. I’ve come to realize that some of the trials set before us are God-given pushes toward excellence. They are lessons that teach us how to run … Read More
by Mary