by Beth Lueders | Jun 17, 2021 | Blog Post, Perspective
Some photos are truly a picture of contentment. This is one of them. Do you have a favorite photo that communicates contentment and tranquility? I snapped this photo of my dad and my college buddy, Angie, in June 2005. The three of us were out poking around on Dad’s...
by Beth Lueders | Jun 10, 2021 | Blog Post, Resilience
For some people, stating “we can make it” is not just an empty rah-rah phrase. Gracia Burnham is one of these people. Twenty years ago on May 27, 2001, Martin and Gracia Burnham were celebrating their anniversary at a resort off Palawan Island, the...
by Beth Lueders | Jun 3, 2021 | Blog Post, Perspective, Resilience
Here’s some dishing the dirt. There will always be a bit of Nebraska farmer in me. I can’t help it if I feel a connection to digging in the dirt, er wait, soil. You may have heard me share before that my soil science instructor in college lectured about the difference...
by Beth Lueders | May 27, 2021 | Blog Post, Resilience
I love when people make an incredible comeback. I honestly applaud comebacks of all sorts from regaining health after injury and disease to refusing to quit when the odds look impossible. Merriam-Webster defines comeback as “a return to a former position or...
by Beth Lueders | May 20, 2021 | Blog Post, Everyday People, Resilience
Happenstance is one of those words that puzzles me a bit. Always has. The dictionary defines happenstance as “a chance happening or event.” Do we sometimes chalk up our happenings and events to Chance or is there something else at play? Let me share two...
by Beth Lueders | May 13, 2021 | Blog Post, Perspective
Grrr . . . #$@&%*. In our world today, are you more Pessimist or Positive? COVID. Border crisis. Gas prices. Global warming. Gun control. Drought. #$@&%*. I know a number of people who get into a royal tizzy about most anything that doesn’t meet their...
by Beth Lueders | May 6, 2021 | Blog Post, Everyday People, Perspective
Let me share a parenting recipe for success: When your kids mess up, look on the lighter side. Boy, I gave my parents plenty of reasons to look on the lighter side. I think you’ll enjoy this one classic “I Love Lucy”-style moment that spurred my mother to grin. Going...
by Beth Lueders | Apr 29, 2021 | Blog Post, Perspective, Resilience
My time as one of the first Westerners into the Exclusion Zone near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant continues to teach invaluable lessons that may pique your curiosity. This week the world recalled the 35th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, the world’s worst...
by Beth Lueders | Apr 21, 2021 | Blog Post, Resilience, Waiting
Waiting. Again and again. Ugh. Do any of us really like to wait? I mean wait an unusually long time for a something we truly need or selflessly desire? I think most of us can handle waiting a few minutes in traffic or practicing patience while on hold on a phone call...
by Beth Lueders | Apr 15, 2021 | Blog Post, Perspective
Roses and thorns are the beauty and the barbs. The two are inseparable like peanut butter and jelly and salt and pepper. I am a rose fan but not a thorn fan. Who is a thorn fan, really? One of my long-held traditions is watching the Tournament of Roses Parade every...
