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Love: What I have Learned

When I was a kid, my favorite movie involved a man on a horse who rescues a beautiful woman in the outback of Australia. He had an amazing accent and wasn’t bad to look at. She had this gorgeous, curly black hair. My hair was straight, which I hated. So it didn’t take me long to realize I wanted to be her. I wanted her hair, and I wanted to ride behind the man on the horse. I guess I can’t blame all of my childhood romantic fantasies on Disney. But combining my impressionable imagination as a young girl with [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-19T21:07:44+00:00February 9th, 2017|Categories: Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead|Comments Off

The Face of God

If God was a person, sitting across from you right now, how would he look at you? When you’d talk to Him, what expression would animate His face? Would it be like your Dad’s—that time you did that thing, and he grounded you for a month? Or would it look like your mom’s, the time you told her you messed up? You were afraid she’d be angry, but instead, she held you even though you thought you were too big for holding. If Jesus met you for coffee, do you think you’d look at Him in the eye? When He [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-19T21:09:30+00:00February 6th, 2017|Categories: Faith, Hope, Identity|Comments Off

Love Learn Lead February 2, 2017

In just a few days, football fans from around our country will be getting together to watch the big game (or the commercials). This year, my team is playing, and I have to admit, I have some mixed feelings. First, because if you follow me on Instagram, you know we were hoping for my husband’s team to also make it to the Super Bowl, but they didn’t. Second, because my team beat our best friend’s team—and we go over to their house every year to watch the game. They must love us a lot because we are still invited to [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-19T21:12:21+00:00February 2nd, 2017|Categories: Good Books, Identity, Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead|Comments Off

When I Thought Discipline Was a Dirty Word

When I was little, and my mother was very young in her faith, she went through what is commonly known in Christian circles as a legalistic phase. In our home, following Jesus became about doing what the Bible said to a “T.” It also meant throwing out anything in our home (including my Barbies), that could be of the devil. As a kid, I didn’t understand any of it, but as an adult I am beginning to see the rational. People fall into a legalistic phase when their new found relationship with Jesus is so life changing that they begin [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-19T21:14:37+00:00January 30th, 2017|Categories: Balance, discipline, Health, Success|Comments Off

Love Learn Lead January 26, 2017

Happy Thursday! We have almost made it all the way through January. Only 53 days until spring! I don’t like to rush time, but sometimes winter feels unending and I hate to be stuck inside. Where we live, we get snow that turns to rain, or just plain freezing rain, so there aren’t too many walks in the snow for us. Also, when we do get a wonderfully sunny day, it is still too cold to spend much time outside. So, no complaints here if the winter doesn’t drag on this year! Here is today’s Love, Learn, Lead. Enjoy! Love [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-19T21:16:30+00:00January 26th, 2017|Categories: Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, Success, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Headspace

Besides wedding planning, it could be said that the first true test of marriage is moving all of your belongings into a new shared space. When we were dating, my husband Tony and I each lived in our own fully furnished one-bedroom apartments. So when we got engaged, it became clear that we were going to have to find a new, bigger place to live. Not yet ready to dive into homeownership, we went on a search for a two-bedroom apartment. After settling on a place, the fun challenge of combining our lives began. We first moved Tony in, then [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-19T21:17:25+00:00January 23rd, 2017|Categories: Balance, Health, Success|Comments Off

Learn: How I Gave Up Sugar

It took me a long time to come clean. To admit that I had a problem. To finally say I was an addict. Sure, my drug was sold openly next to the flour and baking soda, and not so secretly in the candy aisle, so legally, there was no crime involved. But I had a full on sugar addiction. One afternoon, in high school, when I sat on the floor in my bedroom, eating an entire bag of Starburst jelly beans—I thought the only consequence was a sick feeling in my stomach and a sugar coma. I wasn’t paying enough [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-19T21:18:12+00:00January 19th, 2017|Categories: Hope, Learn, Love Learn Lead, Success|Comments Off

It’s all in the Shaking: Finding Balance part 2

Part 1 can be found here. Until, out of no where, a crisis occurred or a holiday season came up, swamping any semblance of balance my life was beginning to enjoy. It was as if a cyclone blew threw my calendar for an entire month (or two). There would be late nights and early mornings. I would get up every day feeling like a zombie. I drank extra coffee, and made sure to use enough concealer to hide the circles under my eyes. I was exhausted and balance seemed like a long lost dream. Balance, felt like a destination I [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-19T21:19:29+00:00January 16th, 2017|Categories: Balance, Hope, Success|Comments Off

Love Learn Lead January 12, 2017

This week, the gray skies of winter have had me feeling a little low. On the rare days that the sun shows its face, I make sure all the blinds are open. But it never has the same effect on me that a good run or hike does. There are still quite a few weeks before we will be able to get outside again, and it is time to think of fun ways of passing our time inside. As I try to come up with creative diversions, here are a few Love Learn Lead musings. Blessings. Love After coming home [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-19T21:20:38+00:00January 12th, 2017|Categories: Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead|Comments Off

It’s All The In Shaking, Finding Balance part 1

Deep breath. We have made it to the second week of January. The Holidays are sadly over, and we are back to our regular schedules. Only, getting back into a routine after such a busy season, can be difficult (especially, if it involves a stomach bug). In fact, I struggled with it for years until yoga taught me something important about finding and keeping a balanced life. If you’ve ever done yoga, you know there is typically a portion of every session dedicated to physical balance. For one of the more common moves, Tree, the instructor has you stand on [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-10-09T20:31:55+00:00January 9th, 2017|Categories: Balance, Hope, Success|Comments Off

About Melissa Schlies

Love: What I have Learned

The Face of God

Love Learn Lead February 2, 2017

When I Thought Discipline Was a Dirty Word

Love Learn Lead January 26, 2017

Headspace

Learn: How I Gave Up Sugar

It’s all in the Shaking: Finding Balance part 2

Love Learn Lead January 12, 2017

It’s All The In Shaking, Finding Balance part 1

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