Impact
We can observe the character of our impact on the world around us in the sort of people who come to us for guidance or direction.
We can observe the character of our impact on the world around us in the sort of people who come to us for guidance or direction.
One year holds so much life. For our family, the days and hours of laughter pile up quickly. Adventures arise in a trip to the playground, the supermarket, and our favorite breakfast stop for biscuits and biscuit sandwiches. Sometimes it feels like a year has flown by. Parts of my life do feel this way….
Of the dead. Usually it’s discouraged. But, I’ll get to that. I am sitting in Village Coffee this morning in Multnomah Village. I am seated in the window nook in the center of three old theatre-style folding chairs. My laptop is on a TV tray. Four older men are seated around a tiny round table…
Every day has a high point. What was yours? It’s no surprise this close cousin of gratitude should follow on the heels of the Thanks-giving holiday. It’s also no mystery that we get more of what we focus on. Who doesn’t want more high points? Maybe it was a kind word, a sight, or simply…
“You can’t use too much water or it will be slippery.” A stooped gentleman swipes his mop in between chair legs and around a table leg in deft arcs. The air is rich with donut scents from rows of fritters and glazed, cakes and old-fashioned. “Now you try.” The old man offers the mop handle to…
What you’ll hear first is Jakey. Followed by his mom. Then the little man again. Hands down—no question—one of my Top-5 favorite things Jakey says. It’s up there with “weed whacker,” “leaf blower,” and “Daddy!” Zimbabwe stands for the last letter in the “Alphabet of Nations” song by They Might Be Giants. It’s one of…
By this point I had picked him several dozen ripe blackberries. Our hands were stained with purple juices lining the creases in our skin. I can reach higher and deeper into the bushes so I collect the ripest, fattest berries from overhead and out of his reach while he works at my knee level. I…