Where do you see yourself in 10 years? Life is motion. Forwards, backward, left, right. It matters very little where you see yourself, because the tides of reality are so very rarely under your control. But life is motion. And each of us must choose how to swim, and when to swim, and when toContinue reading “Anywhere But Here”
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A Place I Remember
What is your favorite restaurant? I have this distinct memory in my mind, of a place I don’t think I’ve ever been. When you walk in, the savory scents of your favorite foods fill your nostrils. The lighting is soft, casting gentle shadows on the booth. You sit across from your loved ones, your friends.Continue reading “A Place I Remember”
The Nature of Simple Living
What are 5 everyday things that bring you happiness? “For indeed, you act in this way with all the brothers in all of Macedonia. But we petition you, brothers, so that you may abound all the more, to choose work that allows you to be tranquil, and to carry out your business and to doContinue reading “The Nature of Simple Living”
Pursuing Obedience
Describe one positive change you have made in your life. “behold, I have done for you according to your words, and I have given you a wise and understanding heart, so much so that there has been no one like you before you, nor anyone who will rise up after you.”1 Kings 3:12 WhenContinue reading “Pursuing Obedience”
To Grow In Kindness
How would you improve your community? I am, quite often, an angry, venomous, spiteful person. And I confess this, not out of pride, but awareness. I am, as most in America, untrusting, unkind, confrontational, and very un-Christlike. When asked about what I can do to improve my community, I must think first on the greaterContinue reading “To Grow In Kindness”
The Sweetness of the Rain
What is your favorite type of weather? With the breeze approaching, and the darkening of the sky, the coming of rain brings a sense of hope and renewal. Rainy weather is a signal to the land, telling the plants to spring forth with abundant new green, and refreshing the animals with vibrant energy. It providesContinue reading “The Sweetness of the Rain”
Live Immediately.
What’s something most people don’t understand? There is no one coming to save you. Your future self is not guaranteed, your time is limited. While you have time, you have work to do to make your world better, and thus better for those around you. Procrastination, putting it off, is only delaying something necessary, somethingContinue reading “Live Immediately.”
Emergency Preparedness Plan: A Multi-Stage Process
Create an emergency preparedness plan. As my regular readers know, preparedness is kinda my thing. I’ve done articles before on disaster preparedness, but today, I’m going to do another one for the algorithm. This will be a multi stage process to help you prepare for the most likely disaster in your area, and then expandContinue reading “Emergency Preparedness Plan: A Multi-Stage Process”
Like.
What is a word you feel that too many people use? It’s become part of common vernacular, in the past twenty years, to add the term “like” intermittently into sentences where it has no relevant place. To explain why I think this is a bad thing, we have to discuss something very important to me:Continue reading “Like.”
The Addicted Society
What would you change about modern society? We are trapped. Directly before you is a nearly complete library of all human knowledge since the dawn of civilization itself. A network or webway of infinite human knowledge. A sharpening system for the sword of the mind. But what was offered up to us as a beaconContinue reading “The Addicted Society”
Modern Survival Arkansas 