by pattyptakkogutek | Mar 11, 2019 | inspiration
An old man was walking along the beach, when he noticed a little girl ahead of him picking up starfish that had been cast ashore by the storm the night before. The old man hurried to catch up to her, and asked what she was doing. “Rescuing starfish,” the young lady...
by pattyptakkogutek | Mar 1, 2019 | inspiration
“The majority of people perform well in a crisis and when the spotlight is on them; it’s on the Sunday afternoons of life, when nobody is looking, that the spirit falters.” (Alan Bennett’s autobiography) Don’t you agree that the “et cetera” parts of life, those flat...
by pattyptakkogutek | Feb 25, 2019 | inspiration
The celebrating couple mingled among the guests at their 50th wedding anniversary. One of the guests pulled the “groom” aside and asked, “You make marriage look easy. Has it always been this easy?” The celebrant replied, “No, I even considered divorce and my...
by pattyptakkogutek | Feb 19, 2019 | inspiration
For the first time in 3 months I was able to put my underpants on standing up! (I usually don’t share this personal routine, but it happened to be an AHA moment. God does work in mysterious ways.) Before my hip surgery/recovery, I breezed through life, taking normal...
by pattyptakkogutek | Feb 11, 2019 | inspiration
In a way, God is the Ultimate Hotelier! But Motel 6 and Tom Bodett took a page out of God’s playbook when they made the commercial for the roadside inn for weary travelers. Remember the TV commercial ending with the phrase, “We’ll leave the light on for you.”...
by pattyptakkogutek | Feb 4, 2019 | inspiration
It’s easy on an island vacation to “find your beach” as the Corona beer commercial urges us. The ability of disengage in our daily life is the real challenge. What a waste of time and energy we expend! Most of our stamina during the day is spent on things/activities...
