Truth- Hard To Believe

"Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed."
John 20:29b (NIV)

Easter. Jesus is alive! You are free to believe whether He died on a cross to pay the price for your sins. It's a hard thing to do if you haven't seen the nail marks in His hands. It was a hard thing to do, His dying on a cross. But Jesus is waiting with arms opened wide, waiting for you to believe.

Crazy Salesmen

It doesn't seem to matter who you are. Salespeople are hard to avoid even if you are a dog. Everywhere you look there they are. If only it took a bark to keep them away. Even in my dreams I find someone trying to sell me something. How do you get away from that?

Bore

You can never bore someone into doing business with you!
-David Ogilvy, famous advertising executive

No, you need to interest them, intrigue them, entertain them and get them completely involved in your story and its possibilities.

Sister Patricia Proctor, a Catholic nun living in a monastery in Spokane Washington, is a unique example of someone trying to do just that. She is trying to create an impassioned picture of a life dedicated to God to help Catholics looking to renew their faith. Now I am not an advocate for the Catholic faith, but I am an advocate of Sister Patricia whose passionate commitment is very persuasive.

So You Think You Can Dance

It's sort of like the original dancing baby, but without the panache, the eeriness or the surprising elegance. What marketers need to understand about most viral videos is that they are like car wrecks. We slow down and shake our heads. We can't believe what we're seeing. Or we are seeing something for the very first time and it's remarkable.
-Seth Godin, April 2006

Ally McBeil had her dancing baby. Funny and it followed her everywhere. Now the Pillsbury Doughboy has decided to mambo. I like what Seth Godin's blog has to say about how the Doughboy grooves. For a piece of pastry, Doughboy can move.

Timing

Timing is everything. I don't care what people say different. It is.

The Circumstances

That the circumstances don't determine our success, but we merely work with the circumstances to become successful.
-Rich DeVos, January 1974

that's a lot of difference.

That's Life

I took a test today that asked this question: If you've found your soul mate, can you still have doubts? The answers you could choose were- 1) Yes, that's life. 2) No, if you still have doubts, they aren't your soulmate. I answered yes initally. Human nature to me is to doubt. So I would have no problem to with doubting even though I'd be sure I've found my soulmate. But with a second thought (as they always are) I might be leaning more to the second answer. I have a true love theory... which never worked this question into the equation. Back to the drawing board? Maybe not. Where do you stand?

The Best

Who were the two artists of ancient times who competed to see who could paint the visible world most faithfully? "Now I shall prove to you that I am the best," said the first, showing the other a curtain which he had painted. "Well, draw back the curtain," said the adversary, "and let us see the picture." "The curtain is the picture," replied the first with a laugh.
-Nikos Kazantakis

The First Day

Wasn't sure if I would come to the point of making a blog. Nothing to really blog about. Why would I want to write anything online, especially if I don't even keep a diary. Here it is though. If it's free, then why not.