7-40 Challenge | Planning Week I've been thinking about my life as a story, and about who's actually holding the pen. Here's where I've landed. God's design is the plot. It's going somewhere, and it reaches its ending whether or not I cooperate. I don't get to write that. What I get is a subplot … Continue reading The Subplot
The Third of July
7-40 Challenge | Planning Week My son and I don't get out alone much. Tonight we did. Our town shoots fireworks on the third and the fourth, so my wife kissed us both goodnight and sent us off — just the two of us, no plan beyond finding a spot and watching the sky come … Continue reading The Third of July
The Spirit of the Thing
7-40 Challenge | Planning Week I caught myself saying something today that stopped me mid-sentence. I was talking about my work, and I heard myself say I don't just get to solve problems — I get to take care of people while I do it. I sat with that, because it explained something I'd never … Continue reading The Spirit of the Thing
I Hate Being Sick
7-40 Challenge | Planning Week I have a cold. It's just a cold — no deeper meaning, no metaphor, no lesson the universe is trying to teach me. I got sick. And I hate it. I've almost lost my voice, which is a special kind of cruel, because my whole system runs on talking. I … Continue reading I Hate Being Sick
The Answer Has Been Staring Me in the Face
7-40 Challenge | Planning Week Zig Ziglar said it decades ago: "You can have everything in life you want, if you just help enough other people get what they want." I've read that quote a dozen times over the years. Tonight it finally landed, because it answers the exact thing I've been stuck on for … Continue reading The Answer Has Been Staring Me in the Face
