- Airplanes generally don’t crash due to one failure, or unexpected event. They rarely crash when a second failure happens. It’s usually the third unexpected event that brings it down. This tragic truism in real-life plane travel can be applied to life. Consider your own “plane crashes.” Were they preceded by just one failure, or unexpected event? It was probably the second and third failure that actually brought things down. We learn more from failures than successes. Even better are the lessons that come when we honestly and thoroughly investigate our own plane crashes, and the series of failures that caused them.
- Speaking of success. Success is all about definition. The only definition that matters is the one you create for yourself. Success, by any definition, won’t bring truly transcendent happiness.
- Transcendent happiness comes from within. Its foundation is a belief in something greater than yourself. Something that you can’t touch, taste, see, smell, or hear.
- Speaking of something greater than yourself. Love is the most powerful force in the universe. It transcends all time and space. Love can’t be stopped by death. Being loved, and loving others, fills your soul. Love is free, and yet it has infinite value.
- Teaching your son to cook blueberry muffins for his dad is one of the best gifts a mom can give to her son (and husband). Texting a photo of that cooking lesson to his grandpa is a great way to demonstrate truth number four.
Encouragement is Personal 