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What are three specific things you’re doing today to help yourself to flourish?

For me:

  1. I exercised
  2. I meditated on Scripture
  3. I am choosing to spend time with friends tonight

#health #well-being #flourishing

When it’s gross outside and you decide to do a body weight workout at home. But then, you realize your body weighs more than anything you lift at the gym! #health #exercise #journey

I’m working hard at becoming the best version of me. So, a green smoothie 5-6 days per week is breakfast. It tastes better than it looks (191 cals, 25g protein). #foodnotpills

I’m pondering my shadow self this morning. As opposed to running from it or hiding it, I want to understand more deeply how to include it and transcend it.

a shadow

Huge Red Wings game tonight. Two points back with four games in hand. I have become a believer! #lgrw #hockey

What steps have you taken to move beyond dualistic thinking toward a more wholistic perspective that is rooted in grace?

Socrates is quoted as saying, “The unexamined life is not worth living.” Let’s make life worth living!

As I sit in front my laptop, there are no ideas in my mind. I am devoid of concepts to write about. As a pastor, I know that I can open my Bible and write about the Scriptures. I do that regularly.

It feels as though everything I want to write is derivative. I’ve already written it before. Or, someone else has written it and written it much better.

So, here I am.

I am staring at a blank screen and a blinking cursor on a clean blog platform. There is no history here. There are no other posts that are filling a backlog.

Just emptiness.

I will write here.

I guess it will be a journal of sorts.

Some days, it will be a sentence. Other days more.

But, I will write something and then click publish.

…click.