by Beth Lueders | Dec 3, 2020 | Blog Post, Perspective
Beauty in the ugliness of 2020? Seeing beauty through anything? Hmmm. This year has walloped and wiled its way into most everything we’ve considered normal in our lives. Remember our pre-mask days when we could breathe freely or could actually understand what people...
by Beth Lueders | Nov 24, 2020 | Blog Post, Perspective
Sometimes when we least expect it, unexpected blessings drop in our lap. I’ve got a Thanksgiving story that explains. Years ago around Thanksgiving, my dad decided to hunt for a wild turkey on our family’s 160 acres in southeast Nebraska. Now these birds were wily and...
by Beth Lueders | Nov 19, 2020 | Blog Post, Perspective, Resilience
Poor 2020. The year has been maligned with so much turmoil that has scared off courage. Or has it? Being afraid reminds me of some scary times in my childhood. Maybe you can relate. Gulp. Being double-dog dared by your two older brothers ups the ante when it comes to...
by Beth Lueders | Nov 12, 2020 | Blog Post, Perspective, Resilience
Learning how to lose is a lost art. Who teaches us to lose with panache and passion? Some well-known folks have declared that winning the game, the championship, the bet, the competition, the lottery is everything. Golf legend Tiger Woods once remarked, “Winning...
by Beth Lueders | Nov 5, 2020 | Blog Post, Perspective
Who is in control these days? I mean in control of everything from election results to your medical test results to everything in between. Well, I know I’m not in ultimate control of this planet and how it stays together. And well, sorry, you are not either. Who...
by Beth Lueders | Oct 29, 2020 | Blog Post, Perspective, Resilience
“I’ll be okay.” There’s something about those three words that can settle our minds and hearts. In these unpredictable days of 2020, we can all use a reminder of words that help keep us calm to steady on. In an unlikely place yesterday, I met a woman that nudged me...
by Beth Lueders | Oct 22, 2020 | Blog Post, Everyday People, Resilience
If you’re like me, you loved the movie Hidden Figures, the remarkable story of African-American female mathematicians who helped turn around America’s space program. Let me introduce you to a few hidden figures of American baseball, the Brown Bombers. You’re going to...
by Beth Lueders | Oct 15, 2020 | Blog Post, Perspective, Resilience
I wrote you a book. My new book, Bend: When Life Dares You to Break, is written for you. Yes, you. And me. And all the rest of us who could use a hand when life’s pressures build up. Have you ever felt frustrated, discouraged, maybe ready to quit? Bend will not let...
by Beth Lueders | Oct 8, 2020 | Blog Post, Perspective, Resilience
We all have those moments and those days when we sigh, “I’m tired. I just can’t keep going at this pace. Geesh, I’m undone. This is not the life I expected or want.” I can totally relate and I know some wildlife that can relate too. This time of year in Colorado,...
by Beth Lueders | Oct 1, 2020 | Blog Post, Everyday People, Perspective
Lucy Moments. We all have them. Yep. Me especially at times. My friend Terry calls Lucy Moments those situations when we goof up, forget, look a bit foolish, and just need to laugh at ourselves. These little blunder and flub experiences are based on the ditzy...
