by marshal | Jun 25, 2009 | Confession, Lessons Learned, Priorities
Competition – the rivalry for supremacy – is a great joy to me. Whether a basketball game or a golf match…winning is everything. Is it not?! But the joy is oh so brief. Then I must move on to the next competition — so much effort for a few...
by marshal | Jun 18, 2009 | Competence, Lessons Learned
As a paperboy, I began each morning reading the sports page, then the comics, and finally the front page. Only then would I hop on my bike and deliver my papers. Those six years of rising at 5 A.M. and reading the daily news instilled in me both an interest in current...
by marshal | Jun 11, 2009 | Lessons Learned, Priorities
A blind physician colleague once said to me, "I would rather be blind than deaf." I was taken aback . . . could that be? He explained further by saying that even though he is blind, he can hear all the activity around him. He helped me understand those who...
by marshal | Jun 4, 2009 | Lessons Learned, Love, Purity
As a young boy, visits from my maternal grandparents were infrequent but much anticipated. After they visited, I could count on one of my friends saying, "Who was with you on Saturday, they looked like Amish!!" My grandparents were godly people for whom part...
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