Higher Power

“We’re on a mission from God.”~ Elwood Blues, The Blues Brothers ~ The mission is not impossible. It’s simple. Trust God. Clean house. Help others. Written on a prescription pad in 1937 by R. H. Smith, M.D., co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous. The Dude 🐸 Thought for the DayKeep the mission simple.

“You’re only here for a short visit. Don’t hurry. Don’t worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.”~Walter Hagen~ Mama’s got a rule: if it’s pretty, you stop for it. Doesn’t matter if she’s got somewhere to be. She’ll slow her whole walk down for a good patch of wildflowers along the…

“There is no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs.”~Zig Ziglar~ No shortcuts here. Give Zink a rope, a vine, a tree — it’s the hard way up, hand over hand, because that’s the only way that actually gets you anywhere real. Nobody hands you the top. You climb for it, one pull…

“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change……courage to change the things I can……and the wisdom to know the difference.”~ Serenity Prayer, Reinhold Niebuhr (common version) ~ Letting go doesn’t mean giving up. It doesn’t mean throwing in the towel. It means loosening our grip. Not everything has to go a…

“If I stand in the center of a Hula Hoop, all the territory inside the hula hoop is my concern, my business, and within my power to change. Everything outside of it is none of my business, and out of my control.”~Hula Hoop Larry~ Yes…same quote…different day…different application.  Yesterday we talked about minding your hoop….

“Each morning we are born again. What we do today matters most.”~Buddha~ The week doesn’t start Monday. It starts right here, in the quiet before it all kicks off again. The Dude uses Sunday to get right — not busy, not productive. Just right. It’s a work in progress, like everything else. Set the table…