Emanuel James “Jim” Rohn (September 17, 1930 – December 5, 2009) was an American entrepreneur, author and motivational speaker. His rags to riches story played a large part in his work, which influenced others in the personal development industry. ~ via Wikipedia On Jim Rohn’s birthday anniversary, I thought it…

As I thought of writing my gratitude post today in response to Laurel Regan’s Gratitude List Linkup #46, I remembered reading about the Jewish practice called Shehechiyanu (pronounced sh-heh-hi-yah-nu) : saying a blessing for new and special experiences. The Shehechiyanu is a Jewish blessing that thanks God for sustaining our…

Something came up in my Facebook timeline today that got writing this. It was a video of a Muslim Imam talking about why he had converted to Catholicism. There was a time when I might have been excited about this because I’m Catholic too. But now, I don’t really care. I’m…