Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.

— Nicholas M. Butler

Who’s afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?  Well, it seems we all are.  In Love Beyond Reason, John Ortberg goes all the way back to the story of the Three Little Pigs to make a point.  I know you remember the story, but just in case you want to watch the Disney version, you can see it here.  Ortberg points out that every life has its Big Bad Wolves.  No matter what we do, the Big Bad Wolf (BBW) comes to visit us many times throughout our lives.  We never know what form he will take and there is no way to avoid him.  In life, there are Big Bad Wolves and we need to deal with them. (Sometimes several of them gang up on us all at the same time — after all, wolves run in packs.)

What to Do About All That Huffing and Puffing

No matter what form the BBW takes, his focus is to huff and puff and blow your house down.  The question is what have we done to Continue reading » Are You Ready for the Big Bad Wolf?