Tag Archives: persistence

Margaritaville Syndrome

Posted on August 23, 2018 by Doc Arnett

Staying with a thing even when it’s not fun or easy anymore is a useful life skill. So is the humility that lets us know when our pain is our own damn fault. Continue reading →

Posted in Exercise, Humor, Spiritual Contemplation, Sports | Tagged bike ride, biking, choice, choices, cramping, determination, endurance, exhaustion, Jimmy Buffet, Margaritaville, pain, persistence, soreness, stamina, stubbornness | Comments Off

Uphill & Against the Wind

Posted on November 20, 2017 by Doc Arnett

Sometimes we ride uphill and against the wind. It’s not easy but we can do it! Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Exercise, Metaphysical Reflection, Spiritual Contemplation, Sports | Tagged biking, determination, gravity, keep going, persistence, wind | Comments Off

Behind the Seens

Posted on November 10, 2016 by Doc Arnett

Even when your hard work is not noticed by those around you, don’t give up! The good we do blesses others even when they don’t know how hard it was to get it done. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Remodeling/Construction, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged appreciation, credit, determination, overlooked, persistence, recognition, reward, sticking to it, stubbornness, unnoticed | Comments Off

When Opportunity Seems Like an Oxymoron

Posted on August 6, 2014 by Doc Arnett

It is not the degree of difficulty that separates good choices from bad choices; it is the likelihood that persistence will yield a harvest worthy of the effort. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living | Tagged challenges, effort, God's will, obstacles, opportunity, opposition, persistence, philosophy, Satan, Satan's opposition | Comments Off

Those who ache from the bruising cold find little beauty in the snow and utility bills that take too much of a month’s pay have a way of shaping perceptions of nature. Choose happiness anyway. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged attitude, beauty, choose happiness, circumstances, persistence, positive thinking, resentment, resilience | Comments Off

The Frustration of Humanity

Posted on January 13, 2014 by Doc Arnett

Sometimes, “home handyman” seems like an oxymoron. Making the same stupid mistakes on a project can make me feel like an ox and a moron! Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Metaphysical Reflection, Remodeling/Construction, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged carpenter, craftsman, frustration, mistakes, molding, perseverance, persistence, trim, wrong cuts | Comments Off

Hard Work

Posted on January 10, 2014 by Doc Arnett

After three years of “work in progress,” Randa finally has a completed… and completely remodeled kitchen! Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Metaphysical Reflection, Relationships, Remodeling/Construction, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged determination, focus, kitchen remodeling, new kitchen, persistence | Comments Off

Reseeding

Posted on September 6, 2012 by Doc Arnett

There are things in our lives that have died and cannot be resurrected. Perhaps, even, should not be resurrected. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Farming, Gardening, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Prayer, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged acceptance, drought, giving up, hope, loss, persistence, prayer, sowing grass, watering grass | Comments Off

Hard Ground

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Doc Arnett

Sometimes we are called to a task
that we cannot quite complete
but must make a beginning,
leaving its finishing until
the soil is softer
or we are strengthened, Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Farming, Nature, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged acceptance, challenge, Christian devotions, determination, driving posts, drought, effort, fencing, hard ground, heat, obstacles, persistence, setting posts, steel posts, t-posts | Comments Off

A More Challenging Pattern

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Doc Arnett

In this one, I am reminded that we may, from time to time, find ourselves in the sublime pursuit of some goal or another that seems to elude, evade and otherwise overcome our finest efforts. We should not forget that in some of those situations in which it seems that what we are trying to do is quite impossible, there may be a simple explanation. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Remodeling/Construction, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged determination, faith, perception, persistence, remodeling, removing wallpaper, stripping wallpaper, wisdom | Comments Off