The Purpose Driven Life: Day 5
I’m not doing a very good job of keeping up with my daily posts! Okay, in day 5, Warren asserts that how we see life is a choice, and that that choice aff...
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The Opposite of Addiction is Connection
This is an excellent Ted Talk on addiction – what causes it and how to most effectively treat it. While the speaker focuses on drug addiction, he draws i...
The Purpose Driven Life: Day 4
I got busy in other pursuits yesterday and did not make time for my daily The Purpose Driven Life post, so I’m a day behind. Day 4 of The Purpose Driven L...
You Are What You Attract?
The idea that you are what you attract is pretty standard spiritual fare. Perhaps “you are what you attract” is not the most accurate way of saying ...
The Purpose Drive Life: Day 3
In chapter 3, Warren posits the question: “What drives your life?” He offers 5 common destructive drivers of behavior and decision making: guilt, ...
The Purpose Driven Life: Day 2
In Day 2 of The Purpose Driven Life, we explore the concept that: I am not an accident; I was created by “God” for a purpose; “He” purp...
The Purpose Driven Life: Day 1
Friends! In this post from June 23, a friend and former colleague, Brett, recommended that I read The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren, calling it “the...
Lessons and More Lessons
[Updated 7/4 with borrowed photos, links, and minor update to description of Rio Scenarium] I started Portuguese lessons this week at Casa dos Caminhos language...
The Little Things
The last few days have been very of-this-world. I’ve spent them establishing something like a life for my time here in Rio and running to appointments. ...
Lazy Morning, Lovely Afternoon
Friends, I have confession to share with you. There’s something in my life – an aspect of my personality – I’ve been resisting for quit...