Why Choose Optimism? Nims is an optimist. When he was a kitten I studied him as my new role model. For Nims all the world was a toy. His only question: how does it work? Nims was confident that every living creature liked him as much as he liked them. I remember seeing him in…
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Sculpting Project 22: Leaping Over Walls: Week 4
Sculpting Project 22: Leaping Over Walls: Week 4 We have learned our ABCD’s: Adversity, Belief, Consequences, Disputing Now for Disputing tools we will learn our vowels. A- Alternatives E- Evidence I- Implications O- Open-up to change U- Usefulness The Adversity: While shopping I am unable to quickly solve a math calculation to help me choose…
Sculpting Project 22: Leaping Over Walls: Week 3
Sculpting Project 22: Leaping Over Walls: Week 3 By my God, I can leap over a wall. (Psalm 18:29b) Personal walls, we all have them. Something blocking our way that is hard to get over. When we come up to this wall we feel like turning around, or just sitting down. Sometimes we have no…
Sculpting Project 22: Leaping Over Walls: Week 2
Sculpting Project 22: Leaping Over Walls: Week 2 I was born optimistic, I developed pessimistic skills and by age 11 could be labeled a pessimist. Now I still have a strong tendency towards prudence which can become pessimistic, but I am again largely optimistic. How did I get here? I see two major contributors. 1….
Sculpting Project 22: Leaping over Walls: Week 1
Sculpting Project 22: Leaping over Walls: Week 1 Welcome to Year 2 of Sculpting! Sculpting ourselves to Love God and neighbor I’m 11 years old sitting in a lawn chair in my backyard on a summer evening. As I explain my opinions I am told, “You are a pessimist.” “Hum,” I think, “Whatever that means,…
Sculpting Project 20: Abba Isaac’s Formula: Week 2
Sculpting Project 20: Abba Isaac’s Formula Week 2 “Come in, welcome again.”Abba Issac offers us the Desert Father’s hospitality, food for our body as well as the soul. “ Have you followed my directions and called to God with the Psalm verse ‘O God, incline unto my aid; O Lord, make haste to help me.’…
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