by Average Joe | Jan 2, 2017 | Faith Increasers Stories & Numbers, Financial Security, Work Stress
Are you willing to go where no one has ever gone before? Jumping out of planes, climbing mountains, skiing down the deepest slope … are you kidding me? Ever since my first flip on a trampoline in grade school, I found I am NOT the daredevil type. Perhaps you...
by Average Joe | Dec 24, 2016 | Family Matters, Peace Secrets, Work Stress
Christmas brings a time of reflection as we see the picture of a baby born in a manger surrounded by animals in a stable. The ‘Christ’ian belief is that God came down from heaven, was born as a baby and grew to be a man who came to show us how to live on...
by Average Joe | Dec 16, 2016 | Peace Secrets, Work Stress
Alone. By Myself. I am on my own. Lonely. Words that no one likes to say to themselves. They are ones that bring sadness and discouragement and echo in our mind. We wish to shout out, ‘do not leave me alone, where are you, I need you’....
by Average Joe | Dec 10, 2016 | Family Matters, Financial Security, Work Stress
Feeling Under the Holiday Pressure? Pressure handling is a trait some take pride in, have you ever heard yourself say ‘the more stress, the better I perform?’. I like to say ‘that’s me’. The other day I found myself stuck in bed, so filled with anxiety from demands...
by Average Joe | Nov 24, 2016 | Family Matters, Peace Secrets
Happy ThanksReceiving Day! Say What? Sometimes I need to hear things backwards to fully grasp the meaning of words and phrases. While sitting at a ‘four-way stop’, where the traffic was ridiculously long, I complained how dumb it is to make every car...
by Average Joe | Nov 7, 2016 | Faith Increasers Stories & Numbers, Featured, Work Stress
The FBI! I dreamed to one day be like my neighbor next door who packed a gun under his suit coat and had a shiny FBI badge in his wallet. I loved taking care of his dog as he was off guarding another important dignitary. One day it was Bob Hope, another Vice...
by Average Joe | Oct 14, 2016 | Family Matters, Peace Secrets, Work Stress
Twenty-six hours of meeting time from pickup from our clients corporate jet to drop off. This is our one and only chance to introduce them to sixty different people and cover twenty-five different topics. Every word and moment during lunch, dinner, before and after...
by Average Joe | Sep 30, 2016 | Faith Increasers Stories & Numbers, Peace Secrets
I was only six at the time vividly remembering sitting in the crouch position on top of the barn, my brother at the bottom saying, ‘come on jump already, just jump, tuck, and roll!’ Fifty years later I’m laying on the ground being thankful I...
by Average Joe | Sep 22, 2016 | Faith Increasers Stories & Numbers, Peace Secrets
It breaks my heart to see misunderstanding and mistrust cause unrest in this strong city I live in. But it is no surprise as Charlotte’s strength and ability to anchor down is under attack from every angle. My belief is the attack is deeper than any of us realize. ...
by Average Joe | Sep 13, 2016 | Faith Increasers Stories & Numbers, Peace Secrets, Work Stress
Sound Reminders. Carrying around the weight of the world on our shoulders can feel like pulling a thousand train cars behind our tired little engines. Timely sound reminders loosen the load. This Average Joe needs every trick to keeping my mind from becoming...
by Average Joe | Jul 24, 2016 | Peace Secrets, Work Stress
What a terror filled summer this has been in America. Topping it off have been power players proving points at the expense of other people, creating even more disunity. Ted Cruz, John Kasich, President Obama, BLM, Snipers, ISIS attacks and the latest from NBA...
by Average Joe | Jul 9, 2016 | Faith Increasers Stories & Numbers, Family Matters
Do you care? What are you going to do about it? The words rang in my ears as a young black woman shouted at my son and me and a friend as we were leaving a baseball game and passing through a small but loud and raucous black lives matter protest in Greensboro, NC...
by Average Joe | Jun 29, 2016 | Faith Increasers Stories & Numbers, Peace Secrets, Work Stress
Ignoring imperfections can be very hard for us perfectionists. I pride myself on doing things right and being efficient with every second of the day. That trait creates horror though; when I mess up. My wife was disgusted with me as I packed my travel bag for this...
by Average Joe | May 30, 2016 | Family Matters, Peace Secrets
My Father pictured here in this 1942 Navy photo did not talk much about his days in WWII. We know he was a flag man (aka Landing Signal Officer) on an ocean carrier and helped land planes. Normally I don’t think much about what it must have been like for him...
by Average Joe | May 17, 2016 | Family Matters, Peace Secrets
Thirty years ago today my bride and I made vows to live for better or for worse, in sickness and in health, to stay together forever. Last night I got the urge to write just how we made it 30 years. I wanted to search Google for what others have done to have it...
by Average Joe | May 15, 2016 | Faith Increasers Stories & Numbers, Family Matters, Peace Secrets
Standalone Ready!What a great joy to see your son or daughter cross into the threshold of adulthood on high school graduation day. Yet at the same time inside your gut, it is welling up with fear and anxiety as they head off into the vast uncertain universe. ...
by Average Joe | May 3, 2016 | Peace Secrets, Work Stress
Neck Pain Relieved! Life can be a real pain in the neck. Take a few sports injuries, mountains of stress, take many long driving stints for years, stare down at a computer for hours every day, and bend your neck to hold a phone in place while multi-tasking, and...
by Average Joe | Apr 29, 2016 | Faith Increasers Stories & Numbers, Family Matters, Peace Secrets
Did you even wonder what would happen if you had no sleep for days? Our cover picture is a drawing my creative son drew when we asked him to depict what his thoughts were, during and after, his brain breaking traumatic experience. For he and all of us, it was an...
by Average Joe | Apr 27, 2016 | Faith Increasers Stories & Numbers, Family Matters, Featured
N(not) another, my kid is great story. Time flies by so quickly and for a parent before we know it our baby is an adult. With the permission of my one and only son, I have the honor of telling two stories of his miraculous life. I start first with that little doubt...
by Average Joe | Apr 11, 2016 | Financial Security, Work Stress
Ask and you will receive, don’t and you won’t! We all hate bills and there is nothing worse than a monthly bill that includes a letter with excuses explaining why they are increasing fees. Ever wish you could erase those increases? Ask, and you will...
