Archive for June, 2010
Are you: Dependent, Independent or Interdependent?
June 28th, 2010 | Author: carriesuepepper
Stephen Covey’s book, “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People” has been sitting on my bookshelf for a few months now. I’ve skimmed through it, but for one reason or another, I had not sat down and truly read it. It was on my list of personal development materials, one that would improve me, thus improving my business and my life, yet I didn’t read it. Last week, I picked it up; I was drawn to it by the old adage when the student is ready I think.
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Excellence is a habit, says Aristotle
June 26th, 2010 | Author: carriesuepepper
When a letter comes from the IRS, most tend to shiver in their boots. Granted, it’s not something you’d like to frame and admire, yet, the fact that money is owed and needs to be paid isn’t always a measure of success – or lack of it. In fact, the way I look at it is that the details that are attached to the past few years of my life, which actually began much farther back than that, are actually helping me to learn that the next few years are going to be totally different. Why? Because I said so.
Awaken with Song
June 12th, 2010 | Author: carriesuepepper
His song was pure and clear, awakening me at 5:00 am sharp. Getting up and going early has never been one of the easiest things for me. I am grateful when I awaken because I know that many do not get the chance, but the soft warmth of a feather bed is a tough thing to leave behind. But today, when I heard that little robin out there in our backyard, singing his heart out, I was instantly awake and joyful to greet the new day. I lay there in the early shadows listening to his song, to the purity of the notes, imagining the first rays of morning sun striking his reddish breast as he perched high in the branches of our oak tree. A smile came to me, and stayed with me, as his song filled my heart. How wonderful to awaken and greet the day with song – every day of your life. Soon, a soft woven nest will hold two or three pale blue eggs. I will pray they hatch; I will pray the baby birds will grow and make it to adulthood, and I will await their first song with anticipation for I know it is indeed one of God’s finest gifts.
Be in Harmony with your Garden
June 1st, 2010 | Author: carriesuepepper
This tree is becoming a nuisance, he said. He’d been doing our lawn maintenance work for nearly two years; he’d done a good job; overall we were pleased with his work. He came and went quickly – “blow and go” they call it now.
