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Proverbs and Axioms

  • Some Cliches on the Road to Success – Which Are True!

        There is actually a road to Success in Central California. Traveling west from Porterville on highway 190, you will soon see signs indicating that you are, in fact, on the road to Success whether you knew it or… Continue reading

  • Tenacity or Stiff-Necked Oblivion

    Tenacity is a good thing. Sticking with a dream, vision, or goal is a virtue. Sticking with it in the face of obstacles and hardships is heroic. Ignoring one's critics when they are nitpicking our inspired visions involves resolve, courage,… Continue reading

  • Sharpen Up

    Sharpen Up Are you taking full advantage of the opportunities that come to you with arms and legs every day? You have been gifted with associates above you and below you on charts made by human hands who have the… Continue reading

  • Habits of the First Half of Life

    "It seems, in fact, that, the second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the habits he has acquired during the first half." – Fyodor Dostoevsky As much as I love Dostoevsky, I am not buying… Continue reading

  • Fly with Both Wings

    I posted a version of this in 2007. As I have been listening to partisan debates, distortions, and distractions lately, it seemed appropriate to review. I find it difficult to entrust leadership to people who call each other names, paraphrase… Continue reading

  • STUPID Questions

    An Allegory of Folly (early 16th century) by Quentin Matsys Have you ever asked or been asked a stupid question? What constitutes stupid questions? How does the asking of them often nullify their stupidity? There is an old adage that the only… Continue reading

  • Sharpen Up

    Are you taking full advantage of the opportunities that come to you with arms and legs every day? You have been gifted with associates above you and below you on charts made by human hands who have the capacity to… Continue reading

  • Stay on Your Toes

    The admonition is to be alert and take nothing and no one for granted. Live life on tiptoe in anticipation, and in awareness of what is going on over the horizon. Boasting vs Believing about Tomorrow   We are to make faith… Continue reading

  • The Postive Power of HUNGER

    I was a little taken back as I sat in the training session for aspiring vacuum cleaner salesmen and heard the trainer say, "I hope you are all in serious debt or financial trouble. If you are, you will be… Continue reading

  • Proverbs 16 on Planning and Implementation

    Reflecting on the relationship between planning and implementing our work and the sovereignty of God over the affairs of humanity provided a framework for my daily reading in the Proverbs. Proverbs 16 does not discourage planning; but it does make… Continue reading