Comments on: Can You Sum Up Your Life’s Message With Just One Word? http://shrinkingthecamel.com/2009/10/25/your-life-your-work-your-masterpiece-in-just-one-word/ Connecting Business Life with Spiritual Life Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:41:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Janet Oberholtzer http://shrinkingthecamel.com/2009/10/25/your-life-your-work-your-masterpiece-in-just-one-word/#comment-2123 Janet Oberholtzer Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:00:37 +0000 http://shrinkingthecamel.com/?p=1792#comment-2123 I love words, so thinking of one word is fun, but hard. I'd have to say mine is - Hope. Yes, its used all the time, maybe even overused in the past few years, but it's what has brought me this far and what keeps me going. Some examples of hope in my life ... Loved ones said: Hope she survives. I said: Yes, I survived - now hope I can walk. Later I said: Yes, I can walk, but I need hope that life is worth living with limitations/pain! Intense search for answers helped me find hope again. Realistic hope like Rick Warren talks about, "Optimism says “It’s not so bad!” Hope admits “Yes, it’s bad. Really bad. But I still believe & trust in God!” Now I hope I can write a book that gives others hope when life is tough. I love words, so thinking of one word is fun, but hard. I’d have to say mine is – Hope.

Yes, its used all the time, maybe even overused in the past few years, but it’s what has brought me this far and what keeps me going.

Some examples of hope in my life …
Loved ones said:
Hope she survives.

I said:
Yes, I survived – now hope I can walk.

Later I said:
Yes, I can walk, but I need hope that life is worth living with limitations/pain!

Intense search for answers helped me find hope again. Realistic hope like Rick Warren talks about, “Optimism says “It’s not so bad!” Hope admits “Yes, it’s bad. Really bad. But I still believe & trust in God!”

Now I hope I can write a book that gives others hope when life is tough.

]]> By: shrinkingthecamel http://shrinkingthecamel.com/2009/10/25/your-life-your-work-your-masterpiece-in-just-one-word/#comment-1784 shrinkingthecamel Sun, 13 Dec 2009 01:02:20 +0000 http://shrinkingthecamel.com/?p=1792#comment-1784 Wow, you have hit a big one with me, too. The part about covering up for my inadequacies - yes, I need that too! Grace is a perfect word for both of us. Wow, you have hit a big one with me, too. The part about covering up for my inadequacies – yes, I need that too! Grace is a perfect word for both of us.

]]> By: Tosin http://shrinkingthecamel.com/2009/10/25/your-life-your-work-your-masterpiece-in-just-one-word/#comment-1774 Tosin Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:11:48 +0000 http://shrinkingthecamel.com/?p=1792#comment-1774 Hi Bradley. Stumbled on ur blog today and i had to read a lot of past posts. I must confess, they are great and inspiring. Summing up my life assignment in single word will make it 'GRACE', though i have often use the word 'treasure'. Grace has been the summation of my life. it's like enjoying what you dont deserve and something covering up for your inadequacies. Whenever i improve at work, i call it grace because there is nothing really special about me, but also there is something special about me that is more than the physical. Same applies to spiritual life. Hi Bradley.
Stumbled on ur blog today and i had to read a lot of past posts. I must confess, they are great and inspiring.

Summing up my life assignment in single word will make it ‘GRACE’, though i have often use the word ‘treasure’.
Grace has been the summation of my life. it’s like enjoying what you dont deserve and something covering up for your inadequacies. Whenever i improve at work, i call it grace because there is nothing really special about me, but also there is something special about me that is more than the physical. Same applies to spiritual life.

]]> By: Sam Van Eman http://shrinkingthecamel.com/2009/10/25/your-life-your-work-your-masterpiece-in-just-one-word/#comment-1642 Sam Van Eman Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:27:07 +0000 http://shrinkingthecamel.com/?p=1792#comment-1642 I have no idea at the moment, Brad, but it's a fun thought. Glynn, thanks for the TED cf. I have no idea at the moment, Brad, but it’s a fun thought.

Glynn, thanks for the TED cf.

]]> By: shrinkingthecamel http://shrinkingthecamel.com/2009/10/25/your-life-your-work-your-masterpiece-in-just-one-word/#comment-1515 shrinkingthecamel Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:16:54 +0000 http://shrinkingthecamel.com/?p=1792#comment-1515 Indexmama - Thanks for the visit. I have two teens, and they are constantly using "same." THis assignment is probably easier for the kids, because they shorten and abbreviate anything anyways. That's their natural form of communication. Indexmama – Thanks for the visit. I have two teens, and they are constantly using “same.” THis assignment is probably easier for the kids, because they shorten and abbreviate anything anyways. That’s their natural form of communication.

]]> By: Indexmama http://shrinkingthecamel.com/2009/10/25/your-life-your-work-your-masterpiece-in-just-one-word/#comment-1513 Indexmama Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:16:14 +0000 http://shrinkingthecamel.com/?p=1792#comment-1513 "Same." ["the kids" use this one a lot these days, as shorthand for "I agree" or "I've had the same experience/thought/opinion/whatever."] pun intended. ;-) --see you online “Same.”

["the kids" use this one a lot these days, as shorthand for "I agree" or "I've had the same experience/thought/opinion/whatever."]

pun intended. ;-)
–see you online

]]> By: deb http://shrinkingthecamel.com/2009/10/25/your-life-your-work-your-masterpiece-in-just-one-word/#comment-1500 deb Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:27:59 +0000 http://shrinkingthecamel.com/?p=1792#comment-1500 Tool works. I agree with Marcus, this is a soul searching assignment. Tool works.

I agree with Marcus, this is a soul searching assignment.

]]> By: shrinkingthecamel http://shrinkingthecamel.com/2009/10/25/your-life-your-work-your-masterpiece-in-just-one-word/#comment-1498 shrinkingthecamel Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:11:42 +0000 http://shrinkingthecamel.com/?p=1792#comment-1498 Marcus - You are so funny when we get you going, man! Lead? That definitely has multiple layers. Keep going with it. Marcus – You are so funny when we get you going, man!

Lead? That definitely has multiple layers. Keep going with it.

]]> By: Marcus Goodyear http://shrinkingthecamel.com/2009/10/25/your-life-your-work-your-masterpiece-in-just-one-word/#comment-1494 Marcus Goodyear Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:01:51 +0000 http://shrinkingthecamel.com/?p=1792#comment-1494 Tool is very clever. I feel like mine should be simply "Zombie" but that doesn't really address the assignment here. You're asking us to choose 1) an identity, and 2) an object that can serve as a metaphor or metonym for that identity. That's quite an assignment. I'm thinking Lead-- which should be pronounced "led" so already I'm going to run into trouble. Tool is very clever. I feel like mine should be simply “Zombie” but that doesn’t really address the assignment here.

You’re asking us to choose 1) an identity, and 2) an object that can serve as a metaphor or metonym for that identity.

That’s quite an assignment.

I’m thinking Lead– which should be pronounced “led” so already I’m going to run into trouble.

]]> By: L.L. Barkat http://shrinkingthecamel.com/2009/10/25/your-life-your-work-your-masterpiece-in-just-one-word/#comment-1491 L.L. Barkat Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:23:02 +0000 http://shrinkingthecamel.com/?p=1792#comment-1491 Oh, or maybe you meant HIS book? Yeah, it seems to be doing very, very well. Oh, or maybe you meant HIS book? Yeah, it seems to be doing very, very well.

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