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- BUCKET LIST - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2011 from Russell ShippeeHave you written your Bucket List? Have you scheduled your Bucket List? A Bucket List is a list of things you want to do before you die. It’s those things in your mind that you want but, too often, just leave as a future wish while life passes you by. At the end of life, the biggest regret ...
Views: 1287(1 vote) - BUDGET - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2011 from Russell ShippeeDid you make your budget for 2011? Did you finish it? A budget is not just money and spending. Ideally, we have a budget for: MONEY Expenses (mortgage, food, Taxes, school, clothing etc. Savings Play (vacations, etc.) Tithing Things (cars, boats, ...
Views: 922 - Eulogy - by Submitted on May 28, 2010 from Russell ShippeeWhat did you add to your eulogy today? This week? This month? This year? Yes, you are writing your eulogy every day. Writing it based on what you do and what you don’t do. It’s what is not done that upsets us the most. It’s the what we could have done, could have been, could have, had, had we ...
Views: 1074(1 vote) - Be Uncomfortable - by Submitted on May 28, 2010 from Russell ShippeeBe uncomfortable. To be comfortable is to be less than you are meant to be. To be uncomfortable is to stretch yourself to be the best you can be. It is to learn, to grow, to try new things, and to expand your horizons. Uncomfortable is another way of saying living your life to the ...
Views: 1042(2 votes) - What Course are YOU on? - by Submitted on May 25, 2010 from Russell ShippeeWhat course are you on? Are you consciously on any course? Or, are you drifting and going wherever the tide, the winds, and the currents take you? If you don’t know where you are going, how will you know when you get there? Just like your life, a ship can change it’s course by one ...
Views: 949(1 vote) - Aggressive - by Submitted on Nov 18, 2009 from Russell ShippeeMatthew 7:7-8 “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh, findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.” Be aggressive, be all that you can be. If not aggressive, what? ...
Views: 4157(2 votes) - Answers - by Submitted on Nov 18, 2009 from Russell ShippeeYou already have the answers. Remember the story of the farmer looking for gold? He sold his farm, traveled out west, mined the rivers for years and never found gold. Back home, at his old farm, the new owner found gold in the river that ran through the farm. You already know the answer. ...
Views: 944(3 votes) - Questions - by Submitted on Nov 18, 2009 from Russell ShippeeWhat am I afraid of? Personally? Financially? ? In business? Family? Relationships? Remember, Ben Franklin said, A few of the things I worried about actually happened.” IF I was not afraid, what would I do? Personally? Financially? In business? Family? Relationships? ...
Views: 909(2 votes) - The Rules - by Submitted on Oct 01, 2009 from Russell ShippeeIt's me, Cameron. So, being less than two, I guess you expect me to write about the rules of the sandbox. Well, you are partly correct. The rules of the sandbox are no different than the rules of the game, and the rules of the game are about the game of life. We were all born knowing ...
Views: 827(1 vote) - Endless Tapes - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2009 from Russell ShippeeEndless Tapes Kids don’t have endless tapes. We interact, we express ourselves, and then we forgive, forget, and move on. We do not clutter our minds and our energy with the negative. Adults have tapes, your endless tapes, are those stories you tell yourselves over and over again. Often, ...
Views: 1026(1 vote) - Bold - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2009 from Russell ShippeeBe bold. I'm a kid and I'm bold. How about you? When did you stop being bold? What is the last truly bold thing you did? Here are some of the bold things I've done, so far: ??Learned to eat food . . . Learned to crawl . . . Learned to stand up . . . ?Learned to walk . . . Learned to talk You ...
Views: 1066(1 vote) - Regrets - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Russell ShippeeRegrets? I have none. Like yourself, I came to earth to live life to the fullest, to learn, to grow, to share, and to enjoy the adventure. Do you remember that you did the same? What happened? When did you stop living life to the fullest? That must be the time you started with ...
Views: 795(1 vote) - The END - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Russell ShippeeThe end sounds final, ominous, and frightening to many. How about you? Are you ready for the end? Are you ready to accept the end? What will you do at the end? In all that we do, we should start with the end in mind. What is the end of this project, goal, or adventure? Only in focusing on the ...
Views: 902(2 votes) - Priorities - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Russell ShippeeWhat are your priorities? Is it to survive the day? Is it to respond to whatever comes? Is it to do what others ask you to do? Bouncing from one item to another is exhausting and unfulfilling. Just doing what comes along leaves people feeling they accomplished little, if anything, at the ...
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