“You will face your greatest opposition when you are closest to your biggest miracle.”

Growing up in Oregon, I’ve been lucky enough to see the giant sequoia trees many times.  These trees are amazing. They can live as long as 3,000 years, They get as tall as 300 feet, They only grow in a 60-mile band in California. Another interesting fact? They need fire to reproduce. Seems counterintuitive, right? … More “You will face your greatest opposition when you are closest to your biggest miracle.”

“Don’t look for new landscapes, use new eyes to see what is already there.”

My first time making whipped cream, I thought that the powdered sugar was what made it fluffy. So, I added the cream, started the mixer, and added some powdered sugar. Thirty seconds later, I added more. Every thirty seconds after that, I added more until, five minutes later, the whipped cream was heightened and whipped. … More “Don’t look for new landscapes, use new eyes to see what is already there.”

“To find real happiness, we must seek for it in a focus outside of ourselves.”

There was an anthropologist who spent some time in Africa studying habits and culture. On his last day there, he filled a basket with fruit and put a bow on it. He then gathered a group of children. He drew a line in the dirt for them to get behind. He told them they were … More “To find real happiness, we must seek for it in a focus outside of ourselves.”