by Paul Elmore | Feb 9, 2015 | Personal Thoughts
We all have little editors in our heads—the little person inside that says, “Don’t say that. They’ll be upset.” or “If you say that so-and-so will be offended.” While monitoring ourselves is socially appropriate and necessary for...
by Paul Elmore | Jan 16, 2015 | Personal Thoughts
Humility is simply having an accurate view of yourself. It’s not thinking you’re better than you actually are, and it’s NOT thinking less of yourself. Imagine you and I are in a basketball tournament with 8 other guys. The 10 of us have 100 shots to...
by Paul Elmore | Feb 4, 2013 | Personal Thoughts
Again, more thoughts that are not my own, but important enough to share… “ Paul Harvey writes… — We tried so hard to make things better for our
kids that we made them worse. For my grandchildren,
I’d like better. I’d really like for them to know
about...
by Paul Elmore | Feb 23, 2011 | Helpful Ideas, Personal Thoughts
(This post is written mostly for the men, even though I know there are women who also need to get their head around this concept. Please forgive the bias.) When you hear the word SPIRITUAL, do you think religion, church, pews, hymnals, do’s and don’ts? If...
by Paul Elmore | Jan 21, 2011 | Personal Thoughts, The Therapeutic Process
My wife and I have had the same set of cooking pans for the last 18 years. They are old-school cookware—the good stuff that just can’t seem to be found these days. They’re not fancy and they’re not pretty but they cook a mean set of eggs. The...
by Paul Elmore | Nov 23, 2010 | Parenting, Personal Thoughts
The other day my son made a pretty big mistake. It was the type of mistake that hurt him a lot. Not physically, but personally. What was even more difficult was the fact that I had told him that if he chose to do what he wanted to do it would turn out badly. Being 11,...
