Archive for March, 2006

“Revive Your work in the midst of the years…”

Monday, March 27th, 2006

Here's a verse that I have often referred to... "My days are past, my plans are shattered, and so are the desires of my heart" (Job 17:11). Ever felt like Job? Job faced some painful disappointments. His plans for the future were shattered. His dreams and desires were gone. At his lowest ...

The Emu and the Kangaroo

Tuesday, March 14th, 2006

  Did you know that emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards. They can only go forward. It's for this reason that Australia has an emu and a kangaroo on its official seal...to declare its intention to move forward and not backward. It might not be a bad idea to use the emu and ...

The Zeigarnik Effect

Friday, March 10th, 2006

Have you ever heard of the Zeigarnik Effect? The Zeigarnik Effect states that people remember uncompleted or interrupted tasks better than completed ones. Russian psychologist, Bluma Zeigarnik, first studied this phenomenon after noticing that waiters seemed to remember orders only as long as the order was in the process of being ...

Trivial Pursuit

Thursday, March 2nd, 2006

Trivia. Literally, the word means the intersection of three roads (tri-via), suggesting what is commonplace or trifling. The actual definition of the word means "little known, insignificant facts, of little or no importance." For instance, did you know that: You can think 625 thoughts on the energy of 1 Cheerio? Donald Duck's middle name ...