“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.” ~Henry Ford
Time to rebuild the project. I have been to lackadaisical about when and what days I do my ‘tithe’. While my sister was here – she left this morning – I was still working on the project, but it [...]
http://www.titheyourlife.com/day-19-falling-off-wagon/
“The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works is the family.” ~Lee Iacocca
Yesterday, I took the day off blogging as well as the project – I have a lot to make up for this week in order to hit quotas. My sister came to visit and I spent [...]
http://www.titheyourlife.com/day-16-family/
“If you’re going through hell, keep going.” ~Winston Churchill
At the end of week two, the thing that surprises me most is that I am not feeling tired, but more energized. I spend an enormous amount of time working on the project, fulfilling quotas, and generally ‘bettering’ myself, but, at this point, I feel tireless in [...]
http://www.titheyourlife.com/day-14-week-2-recap/
“I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.” ~Thomas Jefferson
Fitness
A few weeks ago, a youth mother offered the youth group sixty dollars to clear the weeds out of her back yard. I said yes, sight unseen. I would have still said yes, but I [...]
http://www.titheyourlife.com/day-13-finishing-up-the-week/
“There is more to life than increasing its speed.” ~Mohandas K. Gandhi
I have a hard time resting.
Food & Finances
I was supposed to take a break from the project today – a sabbath of sorts. I received my paycheck today, so today became grocery shopping day, a day in which I get to see the fruit [...]
http://www.titheyourlife.com/day-12-a-day-off/
“Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship.” ~Benjamin Franklin
Vicki Robin, in her book Your Money or Your Life, claims that frugality is about enjoying the material world – which sounds a lot like hedonism. But she explains the difference as this, “A hedonist might consume the juice of five oranges [...]
http://www.titheyourlife.com/day-11-finances/
“Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art…. It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.” ~C.S. Lewis
As a philosophy graduate, I can say that there are many things in life that are both inessential and essential. Like C.S. Lewis said, friendship is not essential to survival, [...]
http://www.titheyourlife.com/day-10-friendship/
“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” ~Martin Luther King Jr.
It never ceases to amaze me how one day can feel like a struggle, the next a blessing. Today was a blessing.
Faith
Sometimes the best part of faith is action.
Last night, while I was already searching for ways to [...]
http://www.titheyourlife.com/day-9-faith/
“What a happy and holy fashion it is that those who love one another should rest on the same pillow.” ~Nathaniel Hawthorne
Today begins the week of daily quotas for individual categories. Somehow I think it won’t last, but it feels like a bit of a weight has been removed. Today’s focus is on family.
Family
While [...]
http://www.titheyourlife.com/day-8-family/
Recap
Day 1 – I hit all my quotas. I realized early that faith and friendship were going to be the hard ones for the project.
Day 2 – While I hit all my quotas, I realized that, in my family time, there was an inequity in time spent between my daughter and wife.
Day 3 – I [...]
http://www.titheyourlife.com/week-1-recap/
