Are you going to finish strong?

The Buzzard, the Bat and the Bumblebee

If you put a BUZZARD in a pen six or eight feet square and entirely open at the top, the bird, in spite of his ability to fly, will be an absolute prisoner. The reason is that a buzzard always begins a flight from the ground with a run of ten or twelve feet. Without space to run, as is his habit, he will not even attempt to flu but will remain a prisoner for life in a small jail with no top.

The ordinary BAT that flies around at night, a remarkably nimble creature in the air, cannot take off from a level place. If it is placed on the floor or flat ground, all it can do is shuffle about helplessly and, no doubt, painfully, until it reaches some slight elevation from which it can throw itself into the air. Then, at once, it takes off like a flash.

A BUMBLEBEE, if dropped into an open tumbler, will be there until it dies, unless it is taken out. It never sees the means of escape at the top, but persists in trying to find some way out through the sides near the bottom. It will seek a way where none exists, until it completely destroys itself.

In many ways, there are lots of people like the BUZZARD, the BAT, and the BEE. They are struggling about with all their problems and frustrations, not realizing that the answer is right there above them.

Randy Pausch Interview - Part 2

Randy Pausch Interview - Part 1

Knowledge vs Wisdom

Steph loaned me her book "the five secrets you must discover before you die" by John Izzo, Ph.D. I loved this quote in the first chapter.

"Knowing how to use this one life to its fullest requires wisdom more than knowledge. Wisdom is different and fundamentally more important than knowledge. We live in a time when knowledge (the number of facts) doubles every six months, but wisdom is in short supply. Knowledge is the accumulation of facts, whereas wisdom is the ability to discern what matters and what does not matter. Unless we can discover what really matters, we cannot find true meaning in life."

Spreading Light

There are two ways of spreading light —
to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

-Edith Wharton

"Many" Who Belive In You!

While I can't fully appreciate all of your challenges, I do know that our Heavenly Father loves you both so much, and that He, and so many others, believe in you!