David Ponder receives Decision 5: The Joyful Decision from an odd choice; Anne Frank “Today, I will choose to be happy. I will greet each day with laughter.” Anne Frank was born the same year as MLK Jr, Barbara Walters, and my grandmother (Matilda “Tilly” Shea). I know my grandmother, who I called Greer, had...
I have a decided heart. This epitomizes the fourth decision. In “The Seven Decisions,” Andy Andrews writes, “A decided heart is unwavering in the face of continual challenges and setbacks, and that ensures victory and a lifetime of greater fulfillment.” We are no longer to get caught up in analyzing things indefinitely. If we do,...
The wisest man to ever live was King Solomon. In 1 Kings 3:5, “At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, and God said, ‘Ask what I shall give you.'” Most of us have fantasized about what we would do if we were given three wishes from a genie. Solomon would...
The last thing David Ponder cried out before his car smashed into the tree was, “Why me?” Often, many of us who are not in the place we wanted to be, making the money we want to make, or not doing the work we truly want to do, are like David and wonder, “Why me?”...
Are you moving from something or to something? That is a powerful question to ask. Why Your Answer Is Critical To A Happy Life When we make a choice for change, are we wanting to change to get away from something or are we looking to go towards something? When we are running from something...