Intergenerational Differences in Perspectives

It is amazing how divergent the views of two people can be who are merely a generation apart.

For instance,

My 1-year old really, really, really doesn't want to go to bed
While I really, really, really do.

Obviously, we then proceed to do the two-sons-sent-to-the-field thing: he goes to bed, I don't. I hear life is unfair sometimes.

Fruitfulness

Source: Microsoft ClipArt

My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be My disciples.

John 15:8 NASB

Oh, that we would be fruitful!

How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand in the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers! But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day and night. He will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in its season [...]

Psalm 1:1-3 NASB

Why VfB Stuttgart Should Buy Klaas Jan Huntelaar

Change

When the winds of change are blowing, some people are building shelters, and others are building windmills.

Chinese Proverb

Leadership and Community

We have to strike the right balance between being in touch, and being in control. The irony is, the more in control we are, the more out of touch we become.

A. G. Lafley, CEO of Procter & Gamble

Efficiency and Importance

There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.

Peter F. Drucker

Thank You

Thank you, Lord, for the rain on Saturday. It was just what we needed.

(Having a garden to care for gives you a different perspective on some things.)

Bliss

Bliss is...

...when you stare at your 5-page paper at 2:30 a.m. in the morning, and it's still barely 4 pages ...

...and then you realize you're still in 11 point font size.

Hallelujah, I'm going to bed!

Daydreaming

Horst Heldt is putting on a big press conference today. Demba Ba is not going to be the replacement for Mario Gomez. However, since he can't possibly stay at Hoffenheim after what's he pulled off, we did snap him up for the $3 million he's worth, and he won't get a cent more than in Hoffenheim, so he learns his lesson.

The real replacement for Mario Gomez is Klaas Jan Huntelaar. After Real Madrid bought Ronaldo and Karim Benzema, there's no room for him there to play Champions League, so Stuttgart was just the right fit. Together with Cacau or Ba, he'll make a great offense.

Just as the presentation is about to wind down, Heldt announces he's got another player hired, and they might just as well show him now. He scoots an extra chair in, somewhere in the middle, and ought walks Rafael van der Vaart. With Kaka in Madrid now, he wasn't going to play any more than last year, and he wants to go to the world cup, too.

Coach Babbel turns to Horst Heldt, saying "How are we going to pay for all of this?" The manager replies, "I suppose you can say a team is expected to do well when a potential sponsor will buy out an existing one." He proceeds to reveal, "there's a guy from the Mannheim area that has been able to start a pretty successful company..."

Ba: "You have got to be kidding me!"
Heldt: "...together with someone from Bad Cannstatt, and so I'm proud to reveal our new lead sponsor: Mercedes-Benz."

Huntelaar and van der Vaart take off their blazers revealing the new jersey. No, there's no more ugly brown version of it available.

The presentation ends with "Ein Stern, der ueber Stuttgart steht..."