All Blog Posts Tagged 'patience' (3)

Author Waiting the Army Way: Lessons for Business, Faith and Life on Patience

He that can have Patience, can have what he will.

Benjamin Franklin

How do we pace and position ourselves to wait?

My time in the Army taught me a bit about this. Their infamous “hurry up and wait” mantra proved to be an enduring life lesson for me when I later became an entrepreneur and author. See the story below entitled, "Waiting Wall", excerpted from my book, Navigating Life’s Roadways: Stories…

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Added by Deborah L. Parker on April 27, 2012 at 10:02am — No Comments

Author Writing as an Unfolding Journey

Often times I'm asked how I came to write my book. Below are the first words in Navigating Life's Roadways, that chronicle my journey's timeline to publication. So my answer to those who ask about the process to seeing your name on a book? It will happen when it's supposed to. Wait…

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Added by Deborah L. Parker on February 25, 2012 at 6:10am — No Comments

Give a month, get inner fitness; 3 skills to turn your life around

So, you follow the "rules," the "formulas," yet your life isn't necessarily bringing us happiness or fulfillment. Here's a book, "Streetwise Spirituality" spiritual framework with three fundamental skills that can help turn our lives around. Personally, I love the stories (true ones!) that are in here. For patience (one of the skills), the author tells about a young woman whose pony tail gets caught in a bungee cord hundreds of feet above a… Continue

Added by Maria Hesh on August 10, 2010 at 12:48pm — No Comments