Follow-up: Jim’s Shed—Leaving a Mark

ruthjimward@gmail.com I’m blessed twice, when I write a blog and then, when I read responses. Feedback from the texts and emails gives readers another nudge in reminiscing how the examples of friends/family/teachers have contributed to the shaping of your life. Very often, those who set…

Jim’s Shed—Leaving a Mark

ruthjimward@gmail.com While Jim was extremely involved in pastoring and church related responsibilities, he somehow found time to single handedly build a shed to house a riding mower and other implements as well as gardening supplies. He took time to design a platform on the outside for my dish-bird…

Jim’s Shed—Leaving a Mark

ruthjimward@gmail.com While Jim was extremely involved in pastoring and church related responsibilities, he somehow found time to single handedly build a shed to house a riding mower and other implements as well as gardening supplies. He took time to design a platform on the outside for my dish-bird…

Ego, Anger and Wisdom--Awesome Trio

ruthjimward@gmail.com This subject has been swirling in my mind for some time as I’ve endeavored to guide clients through painful onslaughts of rejections. The current trend seems to be that without explanation, singles dump their supposedly best friends for someone brand new, or just quit communicating, period.…

Investing Time and Kindness in Strangers

ruthjimward@gmail.com Expanding investing in others including timeless kindnesses--often spontaneous with casual contact with family, friends, workmates and strangers--was inspired by three of the responses from last week’s Investing in Others’ Offspring. What a great segment of opportunistic memories!! Marian Anderson lived quite a life, and her voice…

Investing in Others’ Offspring

ruthjimward@gmail.com Roger gave me a book of stories of women who changed the 20th century, which I didn’t begin reading until recently. I was so overjoyed in reading about these women with whom I am contemporary, having read many of their books and being acquainted with their…

Checking Your Tank

ruthjimward@gmail.com Sheila’s question prompts prudence in Checking Your Tank based on decision-making--Thinking and Feeling--#3 area of preferences from the Temperament Type Indicator (MBTI).  For clarity, I’ve added Head-Logic Thinking and Heart-Logic Feeling.  Sixty percent of males prefer making Head-Logic decisions and 60 percent of females…

Who Knew?

ruthjimward@gmail.com After sharing with a friend that I was doing a blog on the blessings of the unknown, he shared this story: One fall evening as I was relaxing in my lawn chair, I heard someone screaming”. I ran to the road and found a woman I didn’…