by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 23, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
My husband and I like movies. After a hectic week of working, we love to grab some popcorn and settle down in a theater to watch a great flick. Enter the modern age of incivility. Almost without exception, watching movies in a theater includes other patrons who: Talk...
by Amy Lockhart | Mar 22, 2013 | for Love
My daughters were filling out an informational sheet about themselves the other day. The typical “what do you want to be when you grow up?” question brought the same response from them both: a mom. When this information was shared with the group for the...
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 22, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
I like talking—even public speaking—but I much prefer writing if the content is difficult, controversial, or significant. Speaking is a powerful form of expression. It provide immediacy and emotion and an important visual connection. But sometimes those can harm the...
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 21, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
On a late summer day in 1987, I sat woefully on the couch in our little two-bedroom, basement apartment. The blinds were close, my shirt was off, and I was struggling to figure out the mysterious art of nursing a baby. As I sat in the dark, experiencing pain like a...
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 20, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
What is your dream? What is your life's mission? If you could do anything in the world, what would it be. Maybe a better question is: what is your fondest dream that you are actually willing to work for? Following your North Star requires a fearless, daring spirit,...
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 19, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
Bruce Lee wrote a letter to himself on January 9, 1070. He marked the letter “secret.” By 1980 I will be the best known oriental movie star in the United State and will have secured ten million dollars. In return, I will give the very best acting I could...
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 18, 2013 | for Spirit
Do not tell me speaking out is futile! Whenever I (or someone I know) speaks up about a problem in the church, an inequity that should be resolved, an issue that needs to be addressed, someone, somewhere pipes up with one of the following: You are displaying apostasy...
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 18, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
Sometimes we have to be compelled to do the things we know we should do. For those who lack internal discipline, external sources can be the force the pushes them to action…and sometimes even to greatness. My mother-in-law was quite overweight most of the 20 plus...
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 17, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
When my husband, Sam, undertakes a task—putting up a shelf, fixing a hinge, organizing a workspace—it can be a lesson in patience for me. I just want it done so we can move on to something more interesting. He wants to do it the right way. This used to seem...
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 16, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
In this day of the 100 Day Challenge, purveyor Gary Ryan Blair talks about self-inflicted acts of sabotage.These are the behaviors we choose to engage in, that we know will take us away from our ultimate goals. They follow the negative side of my husband's favorite...
