According to the dictionary a gutter is defined as: Physical gutters have a purpose. They funnel rain from the roof or the street to the storm drain. They prevent pools of water from collecting on surfaces and causing flooding. At a Bowling alley if the ball goes off course the gutter catches the ball. They essentially help the ball stay in its lane. One thing they appear to have in common in most cases is that they sit below everything…
I see someone suffering, but he doesn’t look like me. Why should I help him when it will take something from me? I don’t have the time. I don’t have the money. I’m struggling myself. It doesn’t make sense to help someone else. I turn and walk away from the suffering man. His suffering offends me, convicts me, and messes up my plans. As I walk away and glance over my shoulder a small child walks over to him. The…
Hope is something that keeps and sustains us during hard times. It’s like the shore we see in the distance when the water is choppy while we’re in the boat. We hope we can just make it to the shore. Or we hope we can just make it through all of the treatments. We hope we can just stretch our money until the end of the month when the net paycheck comes. Hope gives life where there seems to be…
Sometimes we feel discouraged and don’t want to do anything. We feel like we don’t want to move forward, but just stand still in defeat. We are waiting for something good or exciting to happen to change our trajectory. If we give it some thought it doesn’t make sense. When driving a car it won’t go without gas or you pressing the gas pedal right? So how can we expect to move forward while sitting still? We have to press…
Is there anyone in your life that can tell you the truth? I mean the real truth, the ugly or harsh truth that you really don’t want to hear? Do you reject truth? Is it offensive to you? Have you cut people off because of it? Why is truth so hard to receive? Well, truth can be uncomfortable. Truth can be messy. Truth is an offense to some. Truth is not popular and can go against popular opinion. Does that…