Week 243

Positive post Sunday, October 17, 2021- Week 243.  I’m sure I’m dating myself, but some of you may remember the old Smith Barney commercials.  The ones that noted the importance of hard work and making money the old-fashioned way, by EARNING it!  I was reminded of these commercials when I read the September 26th edition…

Week 242

Positive post Sunday, October 10, 2021- Week 242.  Wellness helps prevent Illness.  While on one of our Sunday morning walks, Michele Lomen Rendler and I saw the sign below in the front yard of one of our neighbor’s homes.  And coincidentally a few weeks ago, Fontello Allen, a high school brother of mine posted it…

Week 241

Positive post Sunday, October 3, 2021- Week 241.  Have you ever been blessed to receive a second chance on life?  I have, in fact, I’ve had a 3rd chance as well.  Although difficult and emotional to write about, I do so in hopes that the learnings from my experiences may have a positive impact on…

Week 240

Positive post Sunday, September 26, 2021- Week 240.  Last week, our amazing daughters took Michele shopping for her 60th birthday.  Those that know Michele, know that shopping is one of her “favorite” things to do.  One might say that her love for shopping is second only to her love for our Lord. I think I’m…

Week 239

Positive post Sunday, September 19, 2021- Week 239.  I believe that God listens to us and communicates with us during the course of our daily lives, but we often fail to recognize it.  The quote below recently popped up on my Facebook memories page from several years ago.  I wrote it at a time in…

Week 238

Positive post Sunday, September 12, 2021- Week 238.  Have you had the experience of reconnecting with childhood friends you haven’t seen in years and when you did you walked down memory lane like it was just yesterday?  Or have you attended a high school reunion and caught up with classmates from years past, reminiscing about…

Week 237

Positive post Sunday, September 5, 2021- Week 237.  Mentoring is recognized as an important and valued part of personal and professional development in the workplace.  Many businesses offer formal and informal mentoring programs geared toward advancing the careers of their employees.  Some companies leverage mentoring as part of their succession planning efforts and see it…

Week 236

Positive post Sunday, August 29, 2021- Week 236.  I’ll start this PPS with the well-known saying, “You are never too old to learn”.  And, as Russell Nelson notes, “You are never too old to change”. I learned a few lessons this week.  After writing about the challenges with negativity all over social media last week…

Week 235

Positive post Sunday, August 22, 2021- Week 235.  I took some time this week to look back over my 234 Positive Post Sundays.  My first PPS was on February 17, 2017, and it simply said, “I’m starting a Sunday tradition of posting a positive message each week”, and I attached the saying from Walt Disney…

Week 234

Positive post Sunday, August 15, 2021- Week 234.  Today we celebrate the feast of The Assumption of The Blessed Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus, which marks the occasion of Mary’s bodily ascent to heaven at the end of her life.  At church last night, our new priest, Fr. Eulices shared a thoughtful story about…