by joncook | May 23, 2011 | Everyday Life, Faith Journey, Purpose, Thinking
It’s easy to let someone else’s opinion of you influence your life. It can be good, bad, or even destructive but whatever it is, it’s easy to think that just because one person says something means that it’s automatically true. This isn’t...
by joncook | Mar 22, 2011 | Everyday Life, Faith Journey, Part of My Story
On Saturday I asked Kara to marry me. Wow. (Side bar: this is a big reason why I haven’t blogged much this past week and a half.) It hasn’t quite hit me yet what this all means and I’m sure I’ll be learning more as the weeks and months go by....
by joncook | Mar 15, 2011 | Everyday Life, Faith Journey
I hate running on empty. It’s that feeling where you know you are on the very last bit of fuel. It’s where you wonder if you have enough left to really carry you to the next stop. It’s the part where you feel drained. Body, mind, spirit, everything...
by joncook | Feb 26, 2011 | Dreaming, Everyday Life, Faith Journey
I remember one of the first time I got embarrassed and no, I’m not going to share that moment with you. Why not? Because it’s embarrassing and when you’re embarrassed you’re self-conscious and open and raw and at a loss as to what to say or do....
by joncook | Feb 24, 2011 | Dreaming, Everyday Life, Faith Journey
Disappointment is that feeling where you know that things haven’t happened as you had expected. You have this picture in your mind’s eye about how something will turn out and BAM, everything falls into pieces. It might have been a job offer, a business...
by joncook | Feb 23, 2011 | Dreaming, Everyday Life, Faith Journey
Failure is one of the hardest results to accept. No student likes getting a term paper back with a big red “F” written on the top. Nobody likes being told that you didn’t meet someone else’s expectations or standards. Honestly, there are few...
