Posts Tagged ‘Rewards’
Fairness is not a concern of the Grim Reaper.
It seems as though “fairness” is all the rage these days. And today’s Tiny Words. Big Life. blog is not proposing there’s something wrong with fairness. Quite the contrary… fairness is a worthy goal and it’s application should affect some of our actions – like shorter kids should be picked for the volleyball team –…
Read MoreA shortcut might be quicker but sometimes steps not taken are fateful miscalculations that result in lost opportunities.
Don’t you just love a shortcut? We’ll take back roads… go through countless twists and turns… over hills and through the valleys… just to shave a few minutes off our drive time to somewhere we’re trying to go. We’ll also skip a few steps in the process if we’re trying to do something, just so…
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 MoreEffort is the difference in knowing how to do something and actually doing it.
“You’ll never know ’til you try.” We’ve all heard it. We’ve all said it. The same goes for knowledge. We can read about it and we can study it. But, you really never know how to do something until you actually do it. Does the same principle hold true for being holy… to be more…
Read MoreA bee can’t produce honey if it spends all of its time hangin’ at the water hole or shoppin’ at the stinger store.
Can you picture a bee leisurely hangin’ out – doing nothing… like we often do? Probably not because bees are a constant state of motion. They’re busy flying from one flower to another, latching on to as much pollen as they can. Why? First of all, no one else is going to do it for…
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