Posts Tagged ‘Lessons’
Well-intended decisions that result in less than ideal outcomes build a bridge to growth and light a path to wisdom.
Colossians 1:9-12 “If I only knew then what I know now, I’d have done things differently.” Isn’t that the point of learning a lesson? Yes, but unfortunately, it comes with a price. Usually, lessons aren’t fun because they involve an uncomfortable, if not painful, realization that whatever decision you made, it didn’t produce the outcome…
Read MoreWisdom is a magical concoction produced when you mix equal parts of painful experience with earnest reflection.
Proverbs 4:6-8 When I think of magic, I think of wizards, wands, and unicorns… or maybe Harry Potter. Have you ever played the game where you’re given 3 wishes? Most of us have. We usually start off by wishing for a gazillion dollars and then we might opt for something like a house made of…
Read MoreA lesson from a failure is fertilizer for a success.
There’s two unsavory words in today’s Tiny Words. Big Life. post. “Lesson” and “Failure”. When I think of the word “lesson”, I cringe. I don’t really like “lessons”. Why? Well, for one, it implies that I did something wrong. Or, another way to interpret it is that I was ignorant of something and needed to…
Read MoreYou don’t have to accept change. You do; however, have to accept the fact that change has occurred.
Few of us like change. Sure, some changes are good and actually looked forward to. But in general, we like things to rock along, just like they’re going. At least we know what to expect. When things change, our mind can wander off to worrying about things that we can’t control and oftentimes will never…
Read MoreThere’s never been success without doing something right and there’s never been failure without trying to do something right.
Sometimes, being able to forget about a previous failure is the biggest roadblock to achieving success. The nagging guilt and shame of losing… of not being quite good enough, is enough to keep down even the most strong-willed people. Which brings me to today’s Tiny Words Bible verse. “Forgetting what is behind…” If you’re like…
Read MoreWisdom is rarely gained from a road that’s paved straight and smooth.
I think most of us would love to have wisdom. More than any other virtue, wisdom could very well turn out to be the most advantageous. Think about it… If we have wisdom, all the decisions we make would be based on insight from seeing the whole picture. We’d be able to give advice to…
Read MoreThe sharp pain of confronting a fear is always less than the constant pain of living with it.
Which is worse, pain or fear? Well, neither one is good. They’re not something you’d say, “Hey, give me a double dose of both of them.” In short, we don’t like them. In today’s Tiny Words. Big Life. post, we’re suggesting that fear is painful. Does that mean it makes you go “Ouch!” No, you…
Read MoreThe tough times get tougher the more you remind yourself how tough times are.
To be such an incredibly complex and powerful organ, the human brain is very easy to fool. You may not realize it, but we do it constantly throughout the day. “I can’t do that…” or “I’d better not tell my wife or she’ll be mad?”. Or how about this one? “Are things ever going to…
Read MoreMaturity isn’t gained from pages on a calendar but rather the joy of achievement and the tears of painful experience.
Nobody enjoys pain. Well, actually, I’ve heard of some people that do, but I hope I never meet them. There is quite often a direct relationship between pain and lessons learned. In fact, as crazy as it is, that’s how we learn our most beneficial lessons. When we were young, our parents used discipline to…
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