September 28, 2015
Riley
Do you want to learn how pride and humility can be a huge benefit? Personal progress and growth is connected to pride and humility. I don’t think a person can actually be successful unless they are humble. There is a negative connotation for humility that I previously had, I thought humble people were weak. However,…
September 14, 2015
Riley
Have you wanted to try something new? Do you want to start something? Do you want to change your world? How far are you willing to go? You’ve heard the saying “go where no one has gone before.” What a platitude right? Seemingly enough it holds true. Most of the successful people, innovators, and revolutionaries…
September 3, 2015
Colin
The last 15 years of my life were spend fighting through some of the hardest emotions, events, relationships and physical injuries of my life. I work at a place that creates a bitterness and physical ailment within me that even still is hard to overcome. And that bitterness created a lifestyle that completely ran my life. I…
September 1, 2015
Colin
Yesterday my son, who is 14 years old remembered last minute that he had to write a little essay for one of his classes. He loves to get things done at the last minute… I’m not sure where he got that… (Probably me) The guide for the homework gave him a few options to write…
September 1, 2015
Riley
How can you decide on something in life having doubts, fears, and questions about what to choose or why you need to choose it? This is the golden question and I think there is a universal answer for everyone. My two previous DECISION MAKING articles, Part 1 and Part 2 discuss our connection to a Higher Power that guides and directs…
August 25, 2015
Riley
In my previous article Decision Making Part 1: The Lord’s Way is the Hard Way I discussed how it’s difficult to listen to what God says and actually act upon His counsel. In a way, I explained very briefly why, but the reason comes down to vulnerability. How does vulnerability tie into this? Well it ties into many things…
August 19, 2015
Riley
We make hundreds of decisions daily, and the beauty of it is we are free to do so according to our own desires. I have made decisions the hard way more than I would like to count. The cliché is often said, “the most important decisions in life are the most difficult” and I agree….
August 14, 2015
Colin
In the last and final installment of the Mind Pockets I’m going to write about the fourth and final part of the habit circle. Habits are one of my favorite topics so I will probably bring stuff up all the time in my writing so don’t worry, just because this series is ending that doesn’t…
August 11, 2015
Riley
Wrestling is one of the oldest forms of combat. It’s one of the most intense and technical sports we have today. The evolution of wrestling went from a form of survival to a sport known world-wide. Today in folk-style wrestling you alone are up against an opponent with a referee watching every move. You are…
August 3, 2015
Riley
Moso Bamboo is grown in Southeast Asia. It is some of the biggest, strongest, and fastest growing plants in the world. You wouldn’t know as it’s first planted. Moso bamboo will stay dormant for roughly 5 years before it actually grows. The day it starts to grow you can visibly see the growth throughout the…