Old pictures are good to keep around. Our memory grows dim as time progresses. Finding some you'd forgotten about taking is even better. That is when you can get over the shock.
We are unpacking the final boxes for this move to Dahlonega, Georgia. I unpacked my leathers from the time we were bikers. Oh, the thought has not left me. The urge is still there to wind around the corners of North Georgia. I tried on the leather pants I unpacked. Well, I say I tried them on. Ok, it was more like I got them on but zipping was out of the question. Was I really that thin in '94.
Then I opened an old book. Out slide a picture of a beauty standing beside me at a wedding. Yea, I still look the same plain ole me. Just had to stare at the lady beside me.
It's good to find the old pictures. Those that remind us guys of what a treasure we have been given. I'm going to frame this one so the thought does not get lost again. Yes life causes us to forget, get involved in life's triangles, and life's daily fires can cause us to think life don't seem as good any longer. Time to reflect don't you think?
Monday, February 20, 2012
Friday, February 17, 2012
Who/What Controls Us?
"Control what you can control....so that...what you can not control....but desire....will come true.."
I can not take honors for this simple but complex statement. When I first heard this I did not recognize the secrets it contains.
There are things in life I desire to happen. Often our lives are made up of many things out of our control. These are the things which occupy our attention. They frustrate us to the point of blocking our ability to focus on what we can control.
If I focus on what I can control....mostly this involves my attitude towards life. I will be prepared to take full advantage of what comes to me. What is good for my life.
Writers speak of "buying up the opportunity." This is not speaking of a financial purchase. Rather seizing the moment. Great coaches tell their players to stay in the "now." Don't get caught up in the fakes. Stay in your lanes. "Control what you can control." How many opportunities have been missed because I was not in the "now?" Not in my lane in my life? Thankfully God does not keep score. He starts over with me each day.
I can not take honors for this simple but complex statement. When I first heard this I did not recognize the secrets it contains.
There are things in life I desire to happen. Often our lives are made up of many things out of our control. These are the things which occupy our attention. They frustrate us to the point of blocking our ability to focus on what we can control.
If I focus on what I can control....mostly this involves my attitude towards life. I will be prepared to take full advantage of what comes to me. What is good for my life.
Writers speak of "buying up the opportunity." This is not speaking of a financial purchase. Rather seizing the moment. Great coaches tell their players to stay in the "now." Don't get caught up in the fakes. Stay in your lanes. "Control what you can control." How many opportunities have been missed because I was not in the "now?" Not in my lane in my life? Thankfully God does not keep score. He starts over with me each day.
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