Scraps of Life, Friendship Bread and Relationship

Today I started out thinking about my new project that came from my sister Kathi. Perhaps you've heard of it,  Amish Friendship Bread. Today it is time to feed the starter some flour, milk and sugar. This starter came in the form of a gift for Christmas...(we celebrate in January to accommodate Christmas travel etc.). My sister Kathi started the bread starter and we are now on day 6 for this starter. Time to feed the starter...ha-ha! It kinda sounds like "time to bake the donuts!" It is now busy bubbling and fed.

Earlier I wrote about some other thoughts on my blog dedicated to my Nana called Nanas inspiration. Of the life she shared, it often it took place in the kitchen and started while making food, eating or cleaning up. As I reflected on what this bread represents I thought about how simple things like bread, sharing our workload, our interests and our energy in life build relationships and that can influence one life so powerfully. I also shared about a friend who had a heart for being there to help in life and what it meant for so many. That friend and his sweet wife are two amazing people who know how to share life with others. They have built relationship in life simply by sharing their life...all of it with those around them. Sometimes it is food at the table, sometimes it is time and other times it has been in asking others to help them with a moment in life. What did it all add up to when we said goodbye to our sweet friend in April his year? Lives forever changed in powerful ways...So today was just about feeding the starter and by day 10 it will be about baking bread but is it really? Does it have to be just that? Maybe it is about a life you can touch, or about that moment where we gift our time and heart to someone. Today may be your day to reach out...and if you haven't taken a moment today to share your life whether in sharing a "friendship bread starter, calling a friend, connecting in person or just a simple text or comment on social media. Remember, "Friendship isn't a big thing, it is a million little things." 

On Being RESILIENT

The Last 108 Days

Just 108 days to go... Just 108 days left before 2016 is just a memory.

And since you and I know many of those days will inevitably be swallowed up by busy seasons like Fall Break, planning towards Thanksgiving and Christmas, and more maybe come to realize we need a new plan, right?. Fortunately for you and I we can still complete our key plans and goals IF we start now. Start what you might be wondering. Darren Hardy shares a great piece of advice. It focuses on taking personal responsibility for our success.The common sense point is simple.  Successful people commit to taking personal responsibility for their lives and careers.  We demonstrate our commitment to taking personal responsibility when we do three things.  1) Do the little things that others won’t.  2) Choose to respond positively to the people and events in our life.  3) We make sure our calendar reflects our life and it's priorities.  If we will do these three things, we’ll not only be taking personal responsibility for our life focus, we’ll finish strong in 2016 and start fast in 2017. 

“Make sure your calendar represents the priorities you claim to be most important in life.”

That’s my take on my last 108 days this year.  What’s yours?  

Please take a few minutes to comment on this post, and share your thoughts with me. 

Thanks for reading.