Is it better to start something and not continue or start late? There are a lot of things I’ve started and dropped. In hobbies alone I have amassed quite a list: piano, tennis, golf, volleyball, and jewelry making are the ones that came to mind easily. Perhaps we regret having credit cards or school loans …
Author Archives: Cherrie Ali
Plans, Plans, Plans
How do you like to organize what you have to do? Do you keep a list or multiple lists? In an organizer, on a piece of paper, on your phone? I like to keep lists. I have a system that has served me well at work. I have a spiral-bound weekly organizer. In the morning …
Make Your Future Self Happier Than Your Present Self
When making decisions it’s easy to think about how it will make you feel now. But will your future self be happy about it in a year? A month? How about a day? Inspired by: No Sidebar Optimal Living Daily Episode 621
Why Has This Happened?
Have you ever wondered why something has happened or why something doesn’t stop happening? If so, the conversation Gideon is having with God included below will resonate. In the passage, Gideon reminds me of conversations I have when things around me aren’t going the way I think they should go. It’s like the conversations we have …
The Paradox of the Good Book
Isn’t it strange how when you’re reading a book you really like it’s so hard to put down and when you are away from the book, you just can’t get back to it. But the faster you read, the faster you’re done and then you don’t get to be in that world anymore? And …
Sunday Readings June 11, 2017
Sunday Readings In the Old Testament reading today God reveals his name to Moses. He calls himself “Lord” and says he is slow to anger and rich in kindness. Moses asks the Lord to receive him and his people as their own. He says they are stiff-necked (stubborn), and asks for pardon for their wickedness …
Goals
Have you ever considered the connections between people and things across small and great distances? Are there things that don’t seem connected but really are? And what impact do we have on each other that we aren’t even conscious of most of the time? It turns out there are light particles inside an atom called …
Focus
It’s so easy to get distracted. I often grab my phone with a goal in mind, let’s say I’m going to check my email as an example. I discover I’ve received a text and after I reply I go on Facebook for a minute. Then I put my phone down and go off and do …
Expectations
There once was a couple, they had a very good relationship except for one thing. The wife liked to plan activities and the husband was always late. She thought about how things were going and decided to change how she did things. She decided to expect that her husband would be late and depending on …
Taoism
I’m cheating a little here, Taoism begins with a T but it is pronounced with a D :). The ideas of Taoism are illustrated in a book I love called the Tao of Pooh. In the book, we see how Pooh lives in the moment and doesn’t complicate his life like his friends Eeyore, Piglet, …
Possibility & Light 