Maybe I was somewhere between 4 and six years old? I made a decision of something I was going to do, so I walked through our little open plan living room with multi-colored orangey shag carpet. Stepped down one little step, passed my dad where he was watching the news (boring), then stepped up another little step in the dining room kitchen area where my mom was at the stove making dinner. I'm fairly certain...
Last night at a class I’ve been attending at church, we were reminded to surround ourselves with the right people for our journey. Those who help develop, encourage and grow us. Which went right along with some other things I’ve been studying and thinking about. The opposite of those who develop, encourage and grow us are those who don’t. Those who discourage our convictions, enable our destructive appetites and weaken our character and dignity and...