Can You Hear Me Now?

http://www.philvaughan.org/hanging-by-a-thread-revisited-postsecret/

Sometimes I hear a hidden personal story hinted at in everyday language. What makes me not pursue finding out more. Is it that I don't know what to say or how I'll fix it? Is it that I don't want to be perceived as nosey? Is it that I care, but feel awkward showing it?

Mostly I don't know what to say. But I often hear stories. How do you let people know that you hear them? Do people hear me? What makes some ask for more of the story and others are fine with just a line?

This article is a good reminder that our stories are woven into our daily lives and we can choose whether or not we want to know more. I believe we all want to be heard.

Agnostic making Mormons look DUMB!

This is how I wish we could have conversations with people who think differently than us....not judgmental, with humility, just trying to understand how people think.......

Let me clarify: The title is not, in my opinion, a good description of the video. When I watched it, I didn't get the feeling that the agnostic was trying to make anyone look dumb, but that he was trying to get the morman's to think outside the box and question some of their traditional beliefs. THAT is what I am referring to when I say I wish we could have conversations like that, not the kind that make others look dumb. :)

Stay Hungry; Stay Foolish

How to live before you die.......great encouragement to listen to your heart, follow it, create your own path, and stop following others' paths.......

There are 3 stories on here, the best one, I think, is maybe the 3rd one that starts at 9 minutes.........


http://www.ted.com/talks/steve_jobs_how_to_live_before_you_die.html?utm_source=newsletter_weekly_2011-10-11&utm_campaign=newsletter_weekly&utm_medium=email

corporate vs. individual

These are lengthy videos, but the last one especially helped to clear some things up for me, or least have a place to go to ponder some more.......

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/thepangeablog/2011/10/13/can-you-lose-your-salvation-greg-boyd-and-mark-driscoll-in-dialogue/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+thepangeablog+%28the+Pangea+Blog+%28Patheos%29%29

Are we really just passing through?

Kurt Willems asks some good questions.

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/thepangeablog/2011/10/17/beware-or-you-too-may-be-left-below/