Feeling Good About Feeling Bad
A courageous friend of mine wrote this “confession” on FaceBook and asked for feedback: “I’ve tried to discover my calling or purpose or dream or whatever for decades and have failed miserably. …
3 Essentials in 90 Seconds about How to Find Your Calling
If I had just 90 seconds to help you find your calling, this is what I’d say: 1. Understand your context There is always a context, a setting, a story. We misunderstand situations, others, our own …
Are you shrinking?
Have you ever caught yourself slouching – standing or sitting smaller than you actually are? I do quite often now-a-days. I’m occasionally alerted to my poor posture when I see a picture …
How to Live with Peril & Prospect
Several years ago I helped a good friend with his pheasant hunt retreat in South Dakota. Each morning and afternoon we would walk through the fields, 26-men wide, with loaded shotguns in hand and …
Never Disqualified from God’s Guidance
Several years ago I took my wife to Sonoma, California for our 30th wedding anniversary to celebrate the beauty of our marriage in the beauty of wine-country. It seemed very fitting since Jesus’ first …
Fires of Sorrow
Thinking about my own life and recent conversations, I realize that the older we get and the more of our life we can observe, the more regret or sorrow we may experience. For some, this sorrow …
How To Discover Your Cause
There is something we love to offer; some particular, powerful way that we see, hear and/or perceive. When we are aware and clear on what we have to offer (our glory: brilliance, strength, beauty, …
Going in Circles, but Spiraling Upwards
Over the years I have had individuals tell me, with a degree of embarrassment, that they still aren’t sure what their calling is or if they are in the right place. I find that the older a person is, …
9 Ideas That Will Get You Unstuck
Over the years I have met many gifted, aware, devoted people who felt lost, stuck or paralyzed in the pursuit of their calling. Then, of course, I have my own paralysis. Every story and conversation …
Our Opposing Realities
It’s amazing and frustrating how opposing realities can exist simultaneously – and this tension can often create a great deal of confusion. As I have observed and thought about this reality, I …
You’d Be Surprised
Every once in a while I run across a line that halts me in my tracks (or sometimes my ruts) with a sense of “I’m speaking to you, Gary”. This was one of those thoughts: You have to …
Living Out Loud
“If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist, will answer you: I am here to live out loud.” ― Émile Zola (French writer) Several years ago, at another point of bewilderment (mystery) …