Tag: Distraction

Monday MoJo – Define yourself

Tomorrow we start the first of December. I will be working on making the next 31 days very productive and very rewarding for those around me. When I started the 5.0 process I wanted to get rid of the keg and find a 6 pack, well I found the 6 pack in August and the …

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Gratitude Day 30 – a Shield

30 Days of Gratitude but every day I will be thankful. I encourage you to be grateful for each day that you are present. I encourage you to be present in every day that you are here. This is a time to celebrate time with family. It is not about the gifts, it is not …

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Gratitude Day 29 — Discipline

One of the hardest habits to get into is becoming disciplined. When I got ready for surgery back in September I let go of a discipline that helped me get back to where I wanted to be, the discipline of working out regularly. I got lazy kept eating at the same pace I was when …

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Gratitude Day 28 – richly blessed

Wow Black Friday is behind us. I kept to my goal of not even getting out. This year in the interest of spreading the mentality of minimization most of the ones I get gifts for will be receiving gift cards for restaurants. Most of the ones I know have all that they want so why …

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Gratitude Day 23 – Keep your Heart on the Right Path

What exactly is the heart? To me the heart is the core; it is where I develop my guiding principles, it is my belief structure. To me keeping my heart on the right path is to nourish myself with the knowledge of the Bible. In modern times there are so many distractions that can cause …

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Gratitude Day 21 – guard your mouth

Today is the first Saturday I have actually had off in I don’t know how long. My work schedule has changed to where I actually am off on Saturday. I was able to stay in bed and cuddle with my wife. How often do we engage our mouth before we engage our brain? When you …

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Gratitude Day 12 – Discipline and Stupidity

As I saw today’s Proverb I just had to put together some things I have learned in the past and bring it forward to today. When I was growing up and was in school there was to forms of discipline. The first discipline was to buckle down and study do the course work and show …

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Gratitude Day 10 – Happy Birthday Marines

Today 33 years ago I was placed on a bus to Kansas City to stay at motel so that I could go to MEPS on the 11th. It was a fantastic trip that started me on a very rewarding path. Each of my Brothers and Sisters were forged into Marines at either MCRD San Diego; …

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Gratitude Day 8 – Wisdom more precious than rubies

My Grandfather was always giving me nuggets of wisdom as I was growing up. Every now and again when I am having problems processing something I will go out to “Old Blue” my Grandfathers ’83 Chevy C-10 for some reason it helps me focus my thoughts; my Grandfather was at least to me a wise …

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Gratitude Day 6 — Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is only 21 days away. Images of food, parades, and football abound. Some stores for some reason don’t care about family they want to be open to try to get some money out of the consumer. They open early on Friday for what it’s called “Black Friday” My challenge for you this season is …

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