A tentative plan has been invaluable to me throughout my life and continues to enhance my day.  A plan has allowed me to live in the moment and change course when necessary.  In order of priority, I write down what I need to accomplish and the deadline.      The plan can be altered at any moment.  When running a company, my goal was to be flexible and adapt to the highest priority.  Living in the moment allowed me to be proactive.   Minimizing the necessary tasks for the day, leaving time for problem-solving.  Issues could then be addressed immediately, without risking…

We make decisions constantly throughout our day.  How do we navigate those decisions?  Have we set ourselves up to succeed in our daily decision-making? I spent some time teaching myself to prioritize being thankful, prayerful, and living with a perspective of love and compassion.  All of these things help prepare me to make better decisions. Being thankful allows me to approach decision-making with a positive perspective.  Love opens the door for compassion and brings depth to my understanding.  Prayer centers me and guides my decision-making process. One of the reasons I made a decision to learn how…

It’s not too late to change.  Maybe others can’t change us, but we can make changes within ourselves if we so desire. First, we need to realize there’s something about ourselves that we would like to change.  If I don’t know what I need to change in my life, I ask Jesus through prayer to show me what I need to do differently.  Then I listen. If I’m being honest with myself and listening, I see various replays of different circumstances in my life and how I reacted to each of them.  Once I see…

How do we encourage ourselves to see people as people, withholding judgment, encouraging acceptance, and inclusion?  I’ll never forget the day my daughter came home and was accused of plagiarism in front of the entire class by a teacher. She asked the teacher what part of her work was not cited properly or paraphrased. When the teacher showed her, she said, “I am so sorry, but I did not plagiarize.  I forgot to change the font when I transferred the information from my computer notes to the paper.  Those are my words.”  The teacher was unable to find any…