Our Lives Teach

Our Lives Teach

Salman Rushdie once said this:

My goodness.  If that is true, here’s what I know about my life.

I like to laugh.

I like to encourage others.

I am resilient.

I Laugh: 

I laugh at silly jokes, puns, old stand-by humor.  I laugh at the silly, the obscure, the common and the ordinary humor. 

I like to laugh. 

  

I like to encourage others.  That, for me, is like eating a fresh strawberry shortcake with lots of whipping cream on top.  I love the light I see come into someone’s eyes after a well-placed word of encouragement is given.

I am resilient.

I’ve had a few setbacks in my life. 

2 divorces

1 bankruptcy

2 siblings to die

1 heart by-pass surgery

and a ton of other minor setbacks. 

And here I sit, writing about stuff. 

This I know … school is still in session and I am still learning. 

What are you learning?

This is my

morning reflection.

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P Michael Biggs

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Encouragement

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You Get to Bat Again

You Get to Bat Again

Carolyn and I attended a Little League double-header baseball game yesterday of a grandnephew.  They won both games, by the way.

We saw some good, yea great hits, and we saw some strikeouts. 

Even for the strikeout kids, they got to bat again.  And more than likely, the next time up to bat, they got a hit. 

We too, you and me. 

I’ve struck out a time or two in life.  And yet I’m still here, batting again.  My mistakes don’t define me.  They don’t stick on me like a bee-on-honey.

And neither do your mistakes. 

Just dropping in to let you now this. 

It’s not rocket science.  It’s not astrophysics. 

It’s a life of tries, attempts, mistakes, strike-outs.  And it’s a life of successes, victories, making it on base, getting the job, marrying the girl or boy.

And come the later years … we look back and say to others “That’s okay.  Today you didn’t make it, but tomorrow is coming.  You get to bat again tomorrow.”

This is my

morning reflection.

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P Michael Biggs

Words of Hope

Encouragement

Inspiration

Fear Overcome

Fear Overcome

I have a few friends who run marathons.  My wife, Carolyn, has entered and completed her share of them as well. 

Fear attends marathons.  Did you know that?  It rides on the shoulders of the runners and whispers all during the race.  “Aren’t you tired yet?  Shouldn’t you stop and take a break?  Do you really think your heart is up to this?”

And they keep running.  Sure, they get tired.  Yes, they need a break.  But the goal is in sight.  The end result is firmly planted in their minds, and on they run.

In the beginning days, I was fearful every time it came time to press “Publish” for my blogs.  I thought, “What am I doing?  What am I saying?  Will someone laugh?  Will anyone read it?

For every job that I have sought out, there has been fear.  Before every musical that I’ve conducted, fear has lurched nearby. 

Seth Godin says it this way.  “Everyone who takes their turn gets scared.”

Well, anymore, I’m taking my turn.  There are some things I want to say that I haven’t said yet. 

And I have other dreams.  I’m gonna take my turn. 

Got fear?

Oh yeah.  It’s along for the ride.  But I am learning to ignore it now days.

This is my

morning reflection.

Morning Notes Blog Site

P Michael Biggs

Words of Hope

Encouragement

Inspiration