Procrastination
Did you know that procrastination is a sin? I say that because sin is not merely doing wrong, it is failing to do what you ought to do.
Procrastination and disobedience are just different shades of the same sin. I heard a quote once that said it well:
“When you have a job to do,
Begin this very hour.
You supply the will,
God supplies the power.”
That is the will power we need to instantly obey!
Your face telegraphs your attitude toward life and toward others and about your life. When you smile first, you have decided the direction the relationship will go.
–Mike Murdock
Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
–Norman Vincent Peale, best-selling author and minister
What does a real Daddy look like . . . ? Many of us cannot tell you. We to often grow up in single parent homes, mostly headed by women. Often our moms, aunts and grand mamas grow cold, old, angry and alone without a nice word to say about any man, let alone the father(s) of their child(ren). They have trusted and been disgusted by the same man or the same kind of man for so long, that they allow hurt and anger to swallow them up. Some of these men donot know how to be men. So, how would they know what a Daddy would do? They probably came from the same kind of background, single parent homes.
Most women give up altogether. They let hurt dominant the center of their lives. Dreams and promises that was never within reach, leave deep trenches filled with painful memories in the middle of their broken hearts. What can feel it? How to refocus that energy? Fill that trench of pain with something better? Send that hurt to another place? Maybe, to a place where love grows. Where does the love for your children live and grow? Let the legacy you may leave be one of love, principles and kindness not one of hurt, bitterness and anger.
I teared up listening to one of my clients, late last week, as she recalled her Father, who has passed on. She beamed as she spoke of him, not of his death but of his legacy. How he was a man of principles and rules that kept them grounded. She now teaches some of those same principles to her daughters. Thanks so much for sharing Aaron.
However, more and more single dads are heading households. I know there has to be a “few good men” out there somewhere still doing what real Daddies do. So if you would, share what your real Daddy is/was like, so we may enjoy your memories through for-real eyes and hearts.
Just a Thought: Remember the Daddies in your life with something special.
When you reach into tomorrow’s troubles, you overload today’s circuit. Worry doesn’t take the sorrow out of tomorrow, it takes the strength out of today.
Justice is getting what we deserve. Mercy is not getting what we deserve. Grace is getting what we don’t deserve.
Through imagination, we can visualize the uncreated worlds of potential that lie within us. –Stephen Covey
Yesterday is just a canceled check. Tomorrow is a promissory note. Today has all the cash you can handle. Spend it wisely.
Perfectionism is a thief. It promises rewards, but it steals both joy and satisfaction.
“We do not know one promise these men(and women) made, one pledge they gave, one word they spoke; but we do know they summed up and perfected, by one supreme act, the highest virtues of men(and women) and citizens. For love of country they accepted death, and thus resolved all doubts, and made immortal their patriotism and their virtue.”
– James A. Garfield
May 30, 1868 Arlington National CemeteryMemorial Day, as Decoration Day gradually came to be known, originally honored only those lost while fighting in the Civil War. But during World War I, the United States found itself embroiled in another major conflict, and the holiday evolved to commemorate American military personnel who died in all wars. For decades, Memorial Day continued to be observed on May 30, the date Logan had selected for the first Decoration Day. Except for the south:
- Mississippi: Last Monday in April
- Alabama: Fourth Monday in April
- Georgia: April 26
- North Carolina: May 10
- South Carolina: May 10
- Louisiana: June 3
- Tennessee (Confederate Decoration Day): June 3
- Texas (Confederate Heroes Day): January 19
- Virginia: Last Monday in May
But in 1968 Congress passed the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, which established Memorial Day as the last Monday in May in order to create a three-day weekend for federal employees; the change went into effect in 1971. The same law also declared Memorial Day a federal holiday.
AGAIN, THANK YOU
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