No, I’m not alright
I know that I’m not right
A steering wheel don’t mean you can drive
A warm body don’t mean I’m alive
No, I’m not alright
I know that I’m not right
Feel like I travel but I never arrive
I wanna thrive not just survive
-Jon Foreman in the song “Thrive” on the album Vice Verses
If you’ve watched any of the Republican or Democratic National Conventions over the past couple of weeks you’ve probably missed out on the closing benedictions that, in my opinion, SHOULD have been aired on the national television broadcasts.
Each of these four prayers included here for your viewing/listening pleasure is fantastic in its own right and well worth the few minutes of listening in my opinion. I’d love to know what you thought in the comments here on the blog.
Roman Catholic Archibishop of New York, Cardinal Timothy Michael Dolan addresses the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, NC on September 6, 2012 | transcript here
Jena Lee Nardella addresses The Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, NC on September 4, 2012 | transcript here –
Roman Catholic Archibishop of New York, Cardinal Timothy Michael Dolan addresses the Republican National Convention in Tampa, FL on August 30, 2012 –
Rev. Sammy Rodriguez addresses the Republican National Convention in Tampa, FL on August 29, 2012 –
Any surprises from what you heard/read?
Understatement of the year as a blog post title? Check.
I guess it should really be, “Time management isn’t easy (for me)”. There are MANY people in this world who are literal ‘kings’ of time management and productivity and I’m often overwhelmed when I receive nuggets of information from some of them on how to increase my skills in these areas.
Recently a friend of mine, Erik Fisher launched a brand new podcast entitled “Beyond the to do list”. I’ve listened to a few of his episodes now and am continuing to glean useful information from each of them.
I’d be selfish not to share this resource with the stevansheets.com readers and others who may share in needing an overhaul of their time management and productivity skills.
Head over to beyondthetodolist.com and check out an episode or two and see what I’m talking about. I’d recommend the Michael Hyatt episode if you’re not sure where to start.
You can also subscribe to the Podcast from within iTunes here.
image credit goes to David Drury who created it during a ‘Twitter rant’ we were having last evening
File this one under: “I had no idea”
What else are we missing out on? Reminds me of this from a few years ago – “I’ve been eating chicken wings wrong for 30 years“
News out of Spain today has me wondering, “Is it always the thought that counts?”
We use the phrase often when referring to someone with the best of intentions as they do something that doesn’t quite measure up. I try to say it when my children give me a pile of rocks or a dandelion from the front yard as a gift. I tried to say it years ago when someone donated a zip-lock bag full of bar-soap remainders a short time before we took supplies to Haiti.
But when does “the thought” cease to “count” and we need to say “thanks but no thanks”? I’m not sure I’ve learned where exactly that line is yet personally, but this story definitely had me thinking about it.
The story – Spanish fresco restoration botched by amateur (BBC News)
You’ve got to read it to believe it.
