Month: July 2018

After having spent almost three hours with a new health modality professional yesterday, I have decided to take her recommendation to cut back and slow down on my schedule for a short while to allow my body to heal itself. I have therefore decided to suspend my daily blog articles for the month of July as part of the process. That does not mean there will not be at least some articles, just not an article every day. My wife will also be doing the preaching for the next three Sunday services at Grace Church in Shelburne.

Blessings to each one who has been following my daily thoughts over the last two plus years. Live your life to the full and be the best version of you possible.

There was one lesson my mother taught we well. Punctuality is important. Always be on time. Long before I ever heard the words, “It is better to be an hour early than five minutes late,” I had developed strategies to make sure I was on time. When I first started going with the young lady who would become my wife, my in-laws to be could not figure out how I was always “right on time” considering traffic and distance between where we lived. I do not remember now how my secret came out, but I did have a place, just outside of the view from their house, where I would pull over, stop and wait, if the extra time I planned into my trip was not needed.

My relatives, both on my dad’s side of the family and my wife’s family, did not have the same concept of the importance of being on time, but my mom made sure I knew this principle. I wife believes in the value of using time wisely, so there has always been the tension between leaving early to ensure we are on time and “doing five more things before we need to leave.” Most of the time, negotiating and communicating the set time to leave and me being patient and keeping my mouth shut about the last minute extras, works to keep the peace and still get us to our destination on time after all these years. I say most of the time, because, there are occasions when I fail to stay quiet and get “pushy” on the time, because the clock “IS” ticking. This does not tend to go well in the end.

Being on time is important. Do not waste a non renewable resource like time by having people wait for you. This is a teachable lesson which people will learn if you demonstrate it. My first church was in a rural, farming setting and people would often arrived late in the first weeks we were there. When I announced we would start the service on time with whoever was there, people quickly learned I meant it and they were on time. This is something I continue to do 44 plus years later. Set the example and others will follow you on this.

I had the opportunity to speak with a young man yesterday, who despite being diagnosed with specific learning challenges, will be going to high school in the fall. This is a major achievement for this young man when you consider all the other things he is dealing with in his life. In the few moments we had to talk, I offered him a summer challenge and opportunity to learn some basic and important principles and concepts which I was not introduced to until I was almost sixty years old. I can only imagine the difference it might have made in my life if I heard and accepted this training as a teenager.

Time will tell whether he will choose to learn and implement the four basic principles which apply to every area of life and incorporate the Biblical foundation which gives increased power and benefit to their application. I would be remiss if I did not at least mention these four principles.

1. Who do you listen to?
2. Teachability Index
3. The Training Balance Scale
4. The Four Steps of Learning

Not everyone will take action, because they are not ready. We all are impacted to varying degrees with the dis-ease which Dr. David Schwartz identifies in his book, The Magic of Thinking Big, as “Excusitus.” Many people live their lives in the nation of “procrasta” and are so rutted in their thinking they leave themselves no opportunity to Shift their mindset to institute transformational change in their life. They are completely energetically unaware of what is really going on in their life and so make no attempt to Elevate their position so they can deploy their inherent potential. Therefore they give themselves no chance of Enhancing the quality of their life, failing to live their purpose and fulfill their destiny.

If you are seriously interested in learning more about this training material contact me. I am willing to offer you the same opportunity to learn that I gave to this young man. I am certainly glad I said YES when the opportunity came my way.

By the time I finally went to bed last night I pretty much felt like the Grinch who stole Canada Day. My health challenge has carried on much longer than I ever thought it would, knowing what we know and doing what we are doing, and I had become “tired” in more ways than one. The 40+ degree C. humidex readings have gradually increased the temperature in our non-airconditioned house over the last few days, especially since the always blowing winds in our area have ceased to do what they always do.

I was excited about what I planned to share with those who would come out to our Canada Day Church Service, but I heard from a growing number of people who were not going to be present for a variety of reasons and were simply going to, as my mentor Joel Bauer says, “Miss everything that matters and is life changing.” My daughter spent much of the day seeking to determine why her computer refuses to hold an internet connection when seeking to live stream anything. Last Saturday she spent the day on the same process and doing flawless test runs. Sunday morning it would not hold a connection for live streaming. Today the live streaming software would just close itself out for no understandable reason. Finally the decision came down, no live streaming tomorrow.

By the time eight-thirty p.m. rolled around, I decided to put me, myself and I to bed, so we could have a pity party. There was no wind, the room was warm and then it got dark outside. Our neighbours decided this was Canada Day weekend, why wait for Canada Day to set off their fireworks. Our dog Diamond does not do well when fireworks are around. So much for sleep. I am not much of a fireworks fan to begin with. Why do people burn their money they say they don’t have, to make some noise? With the warm temperatures the fire flies are providing an incredible light display without the noise.

Having got up, I spent some time working on the process of creating some source energy medicine water, looking for some cooling breeze, chasing the local racoon off the front deck, chasing the local racoon off the bird feeders on the back deck, and seeking to calm the dog down so we could eventually go to bed and get some restless sleep.

I feel like much less of a Grinch in light of a new day, knowing that this day will unfold as it is supposed to, “as I look for the gold” and trust God to work things out. Happy Canada Day.