I want to leave a legacy  How will they remember me?  Did I choose to love?  Did I point to You enough t o make a mark on things?  I want to leave an offering  A child of mercy and grace who  blessed your name unapologetically  And leave that kind of legacy Nichole Nordeman What are you doing today that will leave its mark on tomorrow?  Creating and leaving a legacy has nothing to do with having children and grandchildren.  It has to do with leaving a mark on your world that will outlast you - single, married, widowed, still a child, lived a long life, in the in-between of life.  No matter where you stand today (age, relational  attachments , career, etc) you can be creating and leaving a legacy.   Maybe it's morbid but have you ever had that thought, "If I died today, this very minute, who would miss me?  Remember me?  What would people say about me?  How would my funeral/memorial service go?"  I...

When someone says, "you've changed" it simply means you've stopped living your life their way.   Unknown Maybe.  :)  I think this quote is true 50% of the time.  Sometimes I think when someone says "you've changed" it could mean you have changed to living life more the way they do themselves or more along the lines of the potential they see in you.  For example, my parents and I.  I know that if my mom says to me, "you've changed" she's actually saying that I have changed (am still changing) into the person she knows I can be.  Does she mind that I maybe have chosen some different ways of living life than her?  Nope.  In fact I know that she is proud of me for choosing different ways to live life. Now. On the other side of it is the person that wants me to conform to them.  A few years ago I "changed" according to someone and they weren't very happy about it because I started questioning them and some of their behavior...

Before you speak, THINK : T - is it true? H - is it helpful? I - is it inspiring? N - is it necessary? K - is it kind? Enough said, don't you t.h.i.n.k?  :)  

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.   E.E. Cummings I think growing up is scary.  And I only know a small circle of grown ups at this stage in my life.  Why would I say that when I know people ranging from newborn to 88?  Because I believe we all hit stages in life where we have to grow up a little more than we are at present.  And it takes courage to be challenged and grow up a little more.  It usually requires more responsibility, a further sacrifice of self interests, better financial stewardship, and making decisions that haven't at first presented us with all the factors and facts.  Like I said, scary.  It takes courage to make the decision to accept the challenge of becoming even more of a grown up and continue to grow into the skin you are supposed to wear.  Who are you?  Who am I? Well we are in process and never fully who we are until all the growing up has been done.  (Then we start to g...

What you do today is important because you are exchanging a day of your life for it.   Unknown Today counts, whether you think so or not.  No matter what you do today you are exchanging life for it.  How will you spend it?  Watching mindless TV (not pointing any fingers - my hub will tell you I participate in this activity more than he would like me to!)?  Slacking off at work?  Working diligently?  Making positive ripples in your circles of influence?  Putting frowns or smiles on the faces of those you get the opportunity to come into contact with?  Complaining?  Choosing joy? Today counts. When you go to bed tonight and your mind naturally reviews your day (as all of our minds do whether we want to review or not) what do you want the review to look like?  Feel like?  Sound like?  What kind of impression will this day of your life leave on you and others?  Make it count for you have exchanged a whole day of life ...

Habits are first cobwebs, then cables. The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.    Samuel Johnson [Bad] Habits are stealth in their movements.  Like Ninja Warriors sneaking up upon their enemy they don't make their presence known until they have you in their grip and unable to break free.  [Bad] Habits are stealth because they start with  subtlety  and then move into a full on attack on your weakest points.  That's where we will be "got" every time.  At our weak places, where we have not built up a defense.  Drawing from today's quote - a cobweb looks light, airy, unable to do much harm BUT it has the strength of the thickest cable and when it traps its prey there is no escaping.  The good news for us is that we can break the cables of [bad] habit but it will take determination, effort,  perseverance , and an inner fortitude we aren't sure we possess.  Search for it, find the inner ...

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.  Victor Hugo Ever seen a face lined with laugh lines?  Ever seen one with zero laugh lines?  Which soul is freer and more at peace?  There is a proverb that compliments today's quote well -  A  cheerful  heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.  It is easy to tell who has a cheerful heart (generally with exception to the bad day here and there) and who lives with a miserable heart.  Their face tells the world where they stand.  I don't know about you but I'd rather have laugh lines than no lines when it comes to the end of my life.