Only the hurt counts (Getting things done, part 2)

Mohammed Ali once said, “I don’t count my sit-ups.  I only start counting when it starts hurting.” The point he was making was that the sit-ups before the burn aren’t really exercise.  They’re only preparation for exercise.  The real exercise happens when the...

Why I think God’s a Gardener

Photo Credit: LoggaWiggler from here with CC. It seems to me, God’s a bit of a gardener. Left to myself, I don’t want God.  He’s going to make me look at all the things about myself I hate.  Then he’s going to have me give up a bunch of stuff I love....

“I’m Disciplined” (Read: I’m Procrastinating)

I’m never so disciplined in something as when I have a bigger, more important thing I’m putting off. It’s uncanny how often this happens. Weed the front garden. Can’t—got words to write. And write I do. I think what’s so tricky is that there’s good that...

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