Wow! I guess time got away from me in the past 9 months! Yikes!
Well, I have since quit my job at Heritage and now I substitute teach the days I am not interning at OOHS. Life is busy, so I guess that's why I don't blog much. Plus, it seems like life stays the same and our lives are not to adventurous... so maybe I should change the name of our blog. Plus we really aren't newlyweds anymore, we've been married almost 3 years now! How did that happen!
Anyways, I wanted to resurrected this blog as Kirk and I embark on a different kind of adventure.
Starting January 2 - 12 we will be participating in the Daniel Fast. The basis of the fast comes from Daniel chapters 1 and 10 where he ate only fruits and vegetables and only water to drink. I have been reading through the book and Daniel to prepare myself for these coming 10 days and have been amazed at all that God did through Daniel when he limited his food intake. So basically, we will eat fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and nuts. I want to blog about our 1o days and let you all be a part of what we learn through this fast. We are excited to have a cleansing experience for our bodies, while also hearing from the Lord on several things and begin to rely on Him to sustain us through these 10 days.
That's all for now... stay tuned for more in 2012!!
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Golden Eggs
For a leadership class this semester we are reading the book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. At first I was not sure how I felt about this book, other than that I loved that I could get a textbook for $7 dollars at Half Price Bookstore (a HUGE weakness of mine). However, I have found this book so insightful and all the ideas are so basic and yet make so much sense.
One paradigm that is explained in the book is the Aesop fable. My mom used to read me Aseop's fables as a child, so again, this is basic, but adults can learn so much from it. This story in particular is the goose and golden egg. In the story this farmer has a goose who lays a golden egg and almost throws it away, but then decides to go and have it appraised. When he does that, he finds out that it's pure gold. The farmer goes every day and waits for the goose to lay the golden eggs. He becomes very, very rich. With the farmer's wealth also comes greed, and impatience. He becomes so impatient that he ends up killing the goose to get all the eggs. Instead, he finds that there are no eggs inside and now there is no way to get any more.
What we learn from this story is what do we value in effectiveness? Does effectiveness equal the more your produce, the more you do, the more effective you are?
Or is effectiveness measured by what is produced and the asset to produce more?
We cannot value only the egg (production) or we will soon be without the the asset that is capable of producing. We cannot value only the goose (asset) with no aim towards production because then you will not have the means to feed yourself or the goose.
True effectiveness is when we can find production between production and production capability.
In your effort to produce and do more, do not step over and "kill" those assets that assist you in producing.
These are just some of my thoughts, as I can tend to forget to value people in the mix of working several jobs, and juggle grad school. We all have things we need to produce, but do not forget those who help you, love you, and assist you in being effective. Value and invest in people on the way.
One paradigm that is explained in the book is the Aesop fable. My mom used to read me Aseop's fables as a child, so again, this is basic, but adults can learn so much from it. This story in particular is the goose and golden egg. In the story this farmer has a goose who lays a golden egg and almost throws it away, but then decides to go and have it appraised. When he does that, he finds out that it's pure gold. The farmer goes every day and waits for the goose to lay the golden eggs. He becomes very, very rich. With the farmer's wealth also comes greed, and impatience. He becomes so impatient that he ends up killing the goose to get all the eggs. Instead, he finds that there are no eggs inside and now there is no way to get any more.
What we learn from this story is what do we value in effectiveness? Does effectiveness equal the more your produce, the more you do, the more effective you are?
Or is effectiveness measured by what is produced and the asset to produce more?
We cannot value only the egg (production) or we will soon be without the the asset that is capable of producing. We cannot value only the goose (asset) with no aim towards production because then you will not have the means to feed yourself or the goose.
True effectiveness is when we can find production between production and production capability.
In your effort to produce and do more, do not step over and "kill" those assets that assist you in producing.
These are just some of my thoughts, as I can tend to forget to value people in the mix of working several jobs, and juggle grad school. We all have things we need to produce, but do not forget those who help you, love you, and assist you in being effective. Value and invest in people on the way.
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Happy 2011
Happy 2011!!!
So... it's been awhile.
I guess grad school can do that to you. But, life has been good in the Fissel household. The biggest news we haven't posted about yet is that Kirk went to El Salvador with three other men from our church (Northchurch) over Thanksgiving weekend... he will need to write a blog post about that soon. But we are both very excited about what God is doing in El Salvador and look forward to this summer when hopefully BOTH of us will be going there together!
Tomorrow morning I am starting my Practicum/Internship tomorrow at Olentangy Orange High School. I am very excited with a little bit of nervousness too. I will be in the district for about a year and a half completing my 700 hours of Internship - yikes! I just can't believe how fast everything has gone - to think, a year ago I had not even gotten a phone call about my interview and now I am starting Internship. I will update as I can on life as an intern.
For now have a wonderful, happy, and blessed 2011!
So... it's been awhile.
I guess grad school can do that to you. But, life has been good in the Fissel household. The biggest news we haven't posted about yet is that Kirk went to El Salvador with three other men from our church (Northchurch) over Thanksgiving weekend... he will need to write a blog post about that soon. But we are both very excited about what God is doing in El Salvador and look forward to this summer when hopefully BOTH of us will be going there together!
Tomorrow morning I am starting my Practicum/Internship tomorrow at Olentangy Orange High School. I am very excited with a little bit of nervousness too. I will be in the district for about a year and a half completing my 700 hours of Internship - yikes! I just can't believe how fast everything has gone - to think, a year ago I had not even gotten a phone call about my interview and now I am starting Internship. I will update as I can on life as an intern.
For now have a wonderful, happy, and blessed 2011!
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