....LEAD WITH YOUR GIFT

What are you really good at?  What moves you to action?  I heard it said, many years ago, "the two most significant days in our lives are, one, the day we were born, and two, the day we discovered WHY!"

Maybe your "gift" is

Cooking

Teaching

Singing

Cleaning 

Hospitality

Encouraging 

Preaching

Speaking 

....and on and on!

Whatever "that" is....if you want to be successful, LEAD WITH YOUR GIFT!

Now, you can define "success" in many ways (that's a blog for another day), but if you want it, you must not bury your talents/gift in order to attain it.  "Let YOUR light shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven." Matthew 5:16

Let today be the #2 significant day for you!

I REALLY Don't Like That!

Today, November 16, 2014 is Day 8 of my Best Year Yet!  Proverbs 6:16 tells us about 7 things that God hates.  Although I agree with Him on all 7...there are a couple more I would like to throw into the mix that happen this time of the year:  Snow and Husker Football losing!

The snow came earlier this year than normal...the Husker Football losing didn't!  Last night, after watching the beat down, I realized it is true what the great philosopher Annie sang, "The sun WILL come out, tomorrow!"  If I am going to have the Best Year Yet, I will have to endure hardships, challenges, loses, wins, snow, and such, it is how I choose to react and handle these situations that will point towards this great year ahead of me.

So what did I do?  I woke up, got fed spiritually, worked out physically, got fed naturally, AND WENT AND ATTACKED THE SNOW!  We all have a choice...how will you choose to take on the day in front of you?  "...I just lift up my chin, and grin, and say, Oh...."

Are We There Yet? Day 3

"Are we there yet?"  I'm sure growing up I said this countless times to my parents.  I know my 3 sons (hey, that's a catchy title....#justsayin) said it countless times to their mother and me.  I honestly don't want to rush through the 365 days that will make up THE BEST YEAR YET.....but we have a tendency to always look ahead. You know the drill: 51 days until 2015; as of this writing, there are 43 days and 5 hours until Christmas; Thanksgiving is 2 weeks from Thursday; and the list goes on and on.  

What if you were told that you would die peacefully in 14 days or 14 weeks but you didn't know which one.  What would you do in the next 14 days?  If you lived past that, how would you live out the following 12 weeks?  Do the things that are truly important to you become the only things you want to do?  Think about it and write those things down.  After you have then down, could you do any of them RIGHT NOW?  Don't wait until your time is running out before you have that opportunity to make an impact today!  My wife tells me I drive like an old man.  Honestly, I just like the journey.  Make each day count...you know, YOU have a CHOICE!

Day 1!

Ok...Today, Nov. 9th, 2014, I start on a journey...a quest of sorts:  Today is DAY 1 of the BEST Year Yet!  You see, today marks my 49th birthday, meaning that the next 365 days, I'll be living out my 50th year, and I CHOOSE to make this THE BEST!  

I'll be blogging right here, regularly, to give you my thoughts, updates, maybe even a recipe or two as WE take this journey together.  I have a few things already planned...and many things that I know will just "happen" as we go....but I'm looking to cap this GREAT year off with putting a "check mark" on my "Live List" (that will be another subject for another time!).

So.....let's get started!  BTW, the above pic..Day 1...was taken right after Shaun T. kicked my butt in Focus T-25 Beta Core Cardio!