Category: Motivation
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Compassion asks us to go where it hurts
Compassion asks us to go where it hurts, to enter into the places of pain, to share in brokenness, fear, confusion, and anguish. Compassion challenges us to cry out with those in misery, to mourn with those who are lonely, to weep with those in tears. Compassion requires us to be weak with the weak,…
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Perseverance
“Everyone is a SUCCESS on the first day of their job” Many people can TALK and make a good impression, but over a period of time or eventually the reality of WHO that person is will emerge. Today we live in a mobile society, not only because we have the mode of transportation to move…
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# 02: Energized by Passion
The years wrinkle the skin, but abandoning the passion wrinkles the soul.” George Burns was beyond funny when he said, “I’d rather fail at doing something I love and not succeed at something I hate.” This feeling would be funny, if it weren’t such a painful truth. Still, it is quite difficult to survive without…
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MILKSHAKES: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SMALL THING
My first few years as an immigrant in this country were very difficult since I had to deal with a whirlwind of new changes in the culture and language. I remember that every day was full of a lot of stress and adversity. At least a few times a month, this member of our church…