I was in the first grade at Brier Crest Elementary school. Our school had three stories and the stair wells were in the center of the building with sky lights letting the bright sunshine to diffuse down and reflect off the white tiles. I was headed back to my class after lunch and from the top floor one of the 6th graders looked down the stairs and saw me. “Hey kid!” he shouted, “you wanna learn something to make you real smart?” ...
I am convinced that books are the key to success. They have no power in themselves. Even the great holy books from antiquity are merely ink and paper of some sort. Their power lies in the fact that books are vessels. Vessels of knowledge. Through books we can talk with predecessors long after they’re gone. We can interact and learn from those who would be far too busy to take the time to teach us these same lessons. ...
What is a disciple? No, it’s not some one dressed up in a saffron sarong trying to get you to buy a daisy at your local airport. A disciple is simple a person who chooses to conform to a discipline. Isn’t that a circular definition? What’s a discipline then, something a disciple does? Well yes, but there’s a bigger and better answer to that. For some time I have been toying with a concept of how to live a life that mattered, hmm you could say a life of significance. I even tried to set up a web site around the theme. Something that I discovered was that there are small things you do that make your life very efficient and powerful. ...