I regularly catch myself expecting a Redwood tree outcome, when I’ve got a sapling’s time and weather invested. What helps is to observe the trees I planted that are growing and thriving. They’re not 300 feet tall yet - but of course they’re not, that only happens on Instagram.
That beautiful, wild thing you’re doing, you need to keep doing it, and here are three tips to help you.
Read MoreThere are lots of reasons I drive myself so hard - perhaps you do the same - but wise, free women get to the bottom of that well asap, because it’s for freedom we were set free. We ought not be slaves to our made-up stories.
Ultimately, a good life is nothing more than a long series of days, deliberately made good. One after the other, strung together like pearls on a necklace. After years of this, you look back at what is, in fact, a very good life.
Read MoreAre you feeling a little bored with your life, your job, your path? Sort of aimless, like maybe the ladder you've been climbing all this time is actually leaned against the wrong building?
There's got to be more than this and you want to do it, but how?
Read MoreI think Jesus wanted to expose the central issue behind our fear: We don't know God's love for us. If we think God will be disappointed if we rush out ahead and fall down, we're unlikely to move very much.
But if He's your good father, won't he scamper up behind you, giggle a little at your daring, pick you up and brush you off? Then place your feet somewhere more suited to your skill level?
Doesn't it feel better to believe that about him?
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