Saturday, February 18, 2017

SM Brunch 18: Life Mistakes, Ideology, Changed Rules, Habits, Discipline, and Forgiveness

More Saturday Mornings Brunch:


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In the 1970s, the rules changed: the self-denial ethic morphed into the self-fulfillment ethic.

-- Philip Yancey

This makes me wonder what version of self- we are now in -- past self-actualization, now to...self-promotion?

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​People seem as attracted to ideology as ever and our capacity to change or adapt our ideologies seem to lessen with age, unless they are disrupted. The problem is that as we age we tend to insulate ourselves more and more from things that could disrupt us. But...

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​The great thing about habits is that they are changeable. 

-- Bernard Marr

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Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.

-- Lou Holtz

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