Ain't Complicated - Part 71

Public Speaking: Pause and Drop

I get so tired of up-talk. You know, what it is, right? The speaker can hardly manage ending a sentence normally, allowing voice inflection swing up. (Apparently, it’s also known as the “Valley Girl” effect.)

I acknowledge that after falling in and crawling along through that rut, it’s frightfully difficult to get out on the smooth ground of normal talk.Read it all

Self-Resistance

An essential, defining part of being a Christian

Resist myself?! 😯

If I do that, how shall I advance?

The truth seems so backward: Unless I resist my self, I shall not move forward.

I need to deny myself in various ways.

Early in the morning, I often ask God to help me reject these in my life:Read it all

Fruitlessly Fishing in the (e)Bay

Two weeks ago I took you on an eight-lesson cruise around eBay: Seven Things I’ve Learned Selling on eBay.

Now I’ve reeled in six Musings of a Flopping eBay Fish Seller.

1 Don’t Mess With Low-Profit ItemsRead it all

As If All Our Worrying

…as if all our worrying
could make anything good happen
at all.
—Andrée Seu

A Quarter’s Worth of Pennies

So…a quarter’s worth of pennies costs 60 cents. 😯

And a quarter’s worth of nickels costs 56 cents. 🙄

I wonder what they’re bringing on eBay… 😆 Read it all

How to Behave Toward Unusual Others

“Thank God he made me this way!”

The Sponge

After being called a sponge, I had in mind to do a blog post on the subject.

I’ve lost interest.

So I’ll just say a bit.

If I am a sponge because I “sponge off” other people, then I need to change.

Above all, love God!

since November 9, 2005