The second most often asked question I hear about focus is how do I focus? For a girl with untreated Attention-Deficit Disorder for most of my life, focus is something that I have learned to do fairly well over the years. When I allowed myself to be treated, it just honed even more. There are... Continue Reading →
How to focus {#Write31Days}
One of the questions I hear most frequently is how do I know what to focus on to be successful? While the answer is a little different for each person, there are a few things that we all have in common. Our focus should be in forward moving goals. If we spend all our time... Continue Reading →
Focus Inspires {#Write31Days}
I can tell when I am really moving in my area of focus, because I have a natural way of inspiring others to join in. My mother used to tell me that I could sell Santa Clause a bikini. I am not a salesperson, and in fact hate selling anything, but if I am in... Continue Reading →
Uncomfortable Focus {#Write31Days}
So My people come to you in crowds, sit in front of you, and hear your words, but they don’t obey them. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest profit. Ezekiel 33:31 HCSB These words captured my attention, yet taunted me with the deep truth that is found in them. So... Continue Reading →
Hope Focused {#Write31Days}
A friend and I were recently talking about when people lose hope and become depressed and even suicidal. As a social worker, one of my professors taught me that one of my roles is to come alongside people and bring them hope when they feel hopeless. As a Christian, I am called to do the... Continue Reading →
Focus on Self-Acceptance {#Write31Days}
Today's #FMF word is belong. If I belong to God and want to focus on His will for my life his opinion is the one that I have to seek. If my focus becomes belonging to another group, seeking their approval, I will not likely complete what He has designed me for because there will... Continue Reading →
What’s your more?
“For it is just like a man going on a journey. He called his own slaves and turned over his possessions to them. To one he gave five talents; to another, two; and to another, one — to each according to his own ability. Then he went on a journey. Immediately the man who had... Continue Reading →
Shared Focus {#Write31Days}
The Bible talks a lot of about sharing with one another, sharing burdens, joys, sorrows, in needs, in sufferings, resources, visions, and inheritance to name a few. In order to help focus on what God has called me to do there are certain things that I need to share. First I have to be willing... Continue Reading →
Focus on Why {#Write31Days}
Why? It is one of the most important questions that we can ask ourselves. So often we get stuck on the "Who?" and the "How?" that we never get to focus on the "Why?". Why we do something is so important; whether we are looking back or looking forward, our motive for action needs to... Continue Reading →
Focus on What I Believe {#Write31Days}
Another thing that keeps me from truly focusing on the things that I know I am called by God to do is what I believe. What I believe can be more powerful that what others believe about me. What I believe can be more powerful than what God says about me because I can not... Continue Reading →
