How do your beliefs about success and failure shape your goals and aspirations? Beliefs about success and failure cast a long shadow from initial goals through eventual results. I used to have a hard time believing that anything would ever work out for me. As a result, I never fully committed to anything, so things … Continue reading Day 12: Success and Failure
Category: faith
Day 10: Belief Challenge Accepted
Write about a time when a belief of yours was challenged. How did you respond? My beliefs get challenged all the time. But to choose one, let's talk about the fact that most of the people I feel close to are not religious or religion-friendly. That's fine, except for the part where they want to … Continue reading Day 10: Belief Challenge Accepted
Day 4: Role Models
Who are your role models, and what values do they embody that you admire? It would be the ultimate cliché for me to say Jesus, wouldn't it? As discussed at least twice previously in this blog, I managed to be raised with both a lot of religion and none at all, due to my parents … Continue reading Day 4: Role Models
Mysterious Prompts, Day 1: Values
Day 1: What are the top 5 values that guide your life decisions? Why are they important to you? I found a file with 30 days of journal prompts in one of my Google Drives. I had completely forgotten saving it and I am not even sure where I acquired this set. It's a mystery! … Continue reading Mysterious Prompts, Day 1: Values
Opportunities abound!
I have about five posts on the back burner right now, most of which are intended to “deliver more value to the reader,” but I am not going to stop posting my personal navel-gazing entries also, like the one you are about to read. I have had opportunities for all kinds of exciting stuff popping … Continue reading Opportunities abound!
Prompt: Religion Again. Run away!
What principles define how you live? I used to have a mishmash of principles that I cobbled together myself, but in 2010, I went to a church service for the first time in years, and the Gospel reading was from Luke 6. It was all stuff I had heard before, quoted here and there one … Continue reading Prompt: Religion Again. Run away!
Prompt: No Fail Wednesday
What's something you would attempt if you were guaranteed not to fail. The obvious answer might be skydiving or base jumping, except that I am afraid of heights and not that much of an adrenaline junkie. I would start organizing a church congregation if I were guaranteed success. I am afraid of failing so spectacularly … Continue reading Prompt: No Fail Wednesday
The Mia Experiment 