Life is hard; as anyone with the ability to read this blog can attest to, and most things worth achieving usually demand a great deal of sacrifice in order to develop fruitful rewards. On this journey to attempt to identify the behaviors and characteristics that lead to the Habits of a Flourishing Life, I cannot …
Category: Habits
Reclaiming Conversation
After walking across campus this week under blue skies and abundant sunshine, I returned to my office and reflected that there was a little more spring in my step for some reason. Again, this buoyant feeling arose while leaving the celebration of the Top Dawg Awards, even as the rain sprinkled down from above. What …
Ball in the Cup
Who in your life is a great storyteller? Whose name comes to mind when you visualize the character with the ability to turn a phrase, to retell an incident (even one where you were present) that comes so alive with each word that you find yourself enraptured in the narrative of your own experience? Getting …
Narration Needed
As a solo traveler, I am thrilled when I locate an app like GyPSy Guide which provides “GPS narrated audio tours with stories, local tips and directions, along the route. All the benefits of a guided tour, freedom to drive yourself.” Listening to voice guidance through the car’s speakers on the Icefields Parkway in Alberta …
You Are Important
You are welcome. You are safe. You Are Important. Please picture this scenario. You and a friend are seated at a restaurant and that friend physically removes their phone from the table, placing it in a place to avoid distraction. Or perhaps, they make an intentional choice not to look at their wrist while engaged …
We’re At War
As someone who prefers to engage in healthy conflict rather than destructive division, I often struggle with the illustrations that in my spiritual life, I’m somehow at war with an enemy. I’ve never been in a physical altercation with anyone, unless of course you consider a battle of wills; then perhaps, I may have gained …
Spiritual Discipline
Is there a title you have embraced or been assigned that felt like an appropriate fit? Have you ever resisted a label or designation that seemed to miss the mark? Perhaps, like me, there is one particular classification that gets under your skin such as Single, spinster, never-married, or childless. Even the department of transportation …
Leap of Faith
When was the last time you took a Leap of Faith? How did you muster up the courage to face that mountain in front of you, to overcome the Raging Seas, and allow God to show how truly amazing He can be? For those of us who fall into the Enneagram 5 classification, risk is …
Liturgical Life
Some readers may find this statement to be sacrilegious (and I know so little of theology that my word choice may be inappropriate), but for most of my life, I was unaware of the meaning of the word liturgy. This Southern Baptist girl just went to church, read my Bible, memorized Bible verses, and prayed. …
Refinement and Revision
“End of Construction – Thank you for your patience.” These words were chosen by Ruth Bell Graham, wife of evangelist Billy Graham, for her gravestone, and they have arisen in my reading several times over the years. I’m not sure I can accurately articulate why the expression resonates so deeply within me. Perhaps the reason …
Flourishing @ Life 