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Read me

Greg — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:47:41 +0000

I found this on Anita’s computer titles “Read me” and dated December 21, 2006. It is a passage from Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis.

Counting The Cost, By C.S. Lewis:

“The terrible thing, the almost impossible thing, is to hand over your whole self–all your wishes and precautions–to Christ.

“Christ says ‘Give me All. I don’t want so [...]

Work equals Play

Greg — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 11:00:17 +0000

December 31, 2006

The master in the art of living makes little distinction between her work and her play, her labor and her leisure, her mind and her body, her information and her recreation, her love and her religion. She hardly knows which is which. She simply pursues her vision of excellence at whatever she does, [...]

Who am I?

Greg — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 11:00:07 +0000

November 16, 2006 – Anita was seeking to define herself and her future in the weeks after she quit her firm job. She made this list of things she wanted to do and then some things she thought unique about herself.

I want to make a comfortable living by working out of my home

I want to [...]

Delighted in the Lord

Greg — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:51:51 +0000

Psalm 37:4 “Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.”

From Anita’s notes on her computer.

February 3, 2009

Delighted in the Lord – Desires of your heart

How to be delighted in the Lord? Remember, it’s all about Him, not about us

Must be willing to commit my life to Him [...]

Lost Day

Greg — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:01:43 +0000

I feel like today is a lost day. That term just came into my mind. “Lost Day” It’s how I describe a day where nothing is really planned, and I don’t really end up doing anything.

Let me rephrase. Although I enjoy relaxing days and nothing days, I do not enjoy days where I feel there are [...]

Don’t Stop Digging

Greg — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 22:15:38 +0000

Today I was reminded how inspired and full of God’s love I feel when I sift through old boxes of Anita’s papers. For my accountant today I dug into a box of old bill stubs, or so I thought. Half way down I realized it was another box of Anita’s to-do lists, brainstorms and inspirational [...]

Envision Collage

Greg — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 23:16:41 +0000

I found this in the back of our coat closet. It is a collage of magazine images and words (heavy on words – this is Anita we are talking about) that Anita made around January 2007. The directions were to cerate a college filled with images and phrases of things that are important to you [...]

Fear not the future

Greg — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:48:11 +0000

I found this free floating note card in a box of papers and things. Anita has written on it in black Sharpie:

Fear not the future; God is already there.

This one was something of a mystery to me – not what it meant but what it meant to Anita and in what context.

A Google search [...]

Your life is your ministry

Greg — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:14:54 +0000

Inside the front cover of Anita’s book Secrets in the Dark by Frederick Buechner, she wrote some notes. This one jumped out at me this morning:

11/27/06

You have only one decision to make: to follow God or not.

If you choose to follow God, you cannot fail.

Your life is your ministry.

It’s no secret and no [...]

Avoiding negative influences

Greg — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:40:35 +0000

The most common weakness of all human beings is the habit of leaving their minds open to the negative influence of other people

Going through a stack of note cards, this one jumped out at me. Turns out this is part of a quote from Napoleon Hill in his book Think and Grow Rich (1937). Here’s [...]