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Learn: How I got Unstuck

To best appreciate this post, read this first. The hot July sun tried to pierce through the trees, as we made our way down the trail, only the tree cover was thick enough to keep us cool. My sister and brother-in-law were visiting us from Massachusetts, and we were showing them one of our favorite places, Ricketts Glen State Park. At this point, we had hiked the trails that pass by the majority of the waterfalls in the park, but we wanted to make a stop at Adams Falls as well. We walked down the path to the bottom, where [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-18T00:56:04+00:00October 26th, 2017|Categories: Change, Courage, Faith, Freedom, Hope, Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, perseverance|Comments Off

Love Learn Lead October 19, 2017

We’ve made it to the middle of October. I don’t know about you, but my fall has felt a little off-balance. With an unexpected trip and few unwanted colds, it has been hard to find my stride. Add this to the fact that all of our favorite TV shows are back on, and I have just wanted to curl up in front of the TV and forget about life. But because I know binge-watching is not the answer, I haven’t (mostly). Yet times of change—not just actual season changes—can have a similar affect as this fall has had on me. [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-18T19:22:39+00:00October 19th, 2017|Categories: Change, Food, Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead|Comments Off

Learn: About The Changes We Want

When I finally got a job in youth ministry, after a year of searching and waiting, I almost couldn’t believe it. Accepting the job offer however, felt like—what I imagine—jumping out of a plane feels like. At twenty-three I was moving to a new state with a new job that felt bigger and grander than I could have pictured. It was exhilarating, and it was scary. Five years later, after a season of both savoring and struggling with my singleness—Tony proposed. I can’t explain to you the emotional high I felt when he ask me to be his wife. I [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-18T19:26:43+00:00October 12th, 2017|Categories: Change, Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Love Learn Lead October 5, 2017

Ever feel like some seasons sneak up on you? Like one day you are worrying about sunscreen and the next, you’re trudging through a field looking for the best looking pumpkin. Or, we just begin to enjoy fall, and all the stores start bringing out their Christmas line. I have to admit, that’s how I am feeling this fall. Part of it has to do with going on vacation right at the beginning of September. While my friends were putting their kids back on the school bus, we were still very much in summer mode. But then the day we [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-18T19:31:09+00:00October 5th, 2017|Categories: Change, Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, perseverance|Comments Off

Learn: How to Build Healthy Routines

Whether we realize it or not, we build routines often. One day, a coworker happens to eat lunch at the same time we do, so we eat together. Then we eat together the next day. Before we know it, we are texting each other daily about when to meet for lunch. Or, we find a coffee shop on our way to work that makes the perfect latte. Soon, we are no longer making coffee at home. Instead, we are in line for our latte exactly ten minutes before we have to be at work—everyday. Sadly, we also create routines that [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-18T19:37:19+00:00September 28th, 2017|Categories: Balance, discipline, Health, Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, Routines, Success|Comments Off

Love Learn Lead September 21, 2017

As I have shared many times before, my favorite way to mark the seasons, here in Pennsylvania, is through the fruit harvesting calendar. Over the summer, I talked about our love for picking strawberries and blueberries, but now we are back to apples. Soon—provided our schedules line up—we will meet our closest friends at a local apple orchard and pick close to a bushel. Eating an apple or two as we walk between the rows of trees—branches heavy with Braeburn or Golden Delicious—we will begin our celebration of fall. But just as summer brought us berries, and fall is giving [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-18T19:42:08+00:00September 21st, 2017|Categories: Balance, discipline, Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, Success|Comments Off

Love Learn Lead— Join Me For Coffee?

When I write for this blog, I sometimes imagine we are meeting for coffee. That rather than looking at a computer screen, we are able to look into each other’s eyes and actually know how the other is doing. I think of the things I would say to you if you were having a bad day or facing some unforeseen struggle. I also think of the things I would say to you if you were doing unimaginably well—how we’d celebrate together. To paraphrase that old song, life (and love) is a battlefield. It is hard, and often we have to [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-18T19:46:09+00:00September 14th, 2017|Categories: Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead|Comments Off

Love Learn Lead September 7, 2017

Labor Day, and our last long weekend of summer, has passed. The packed days of fall are beckoning. There are new schedules, new opportunities, and perhaps even new changes happening in our lives. Though some things from previous seasons have ended, there are still responsibilities and roles that haven’t changed. And so early September becomes the time of year in which we are trying to juggle both the old and the new. We wonder to ourselves: Can we really do it all? But the answer varies depending on how much we’re trying to take on. And the solution is controversial [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-18T19:50:38+00:00September 7th, 2017|Categories: Balance, discipline, Health, Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, Success|Comments Off

Love Learn Lead August 31, 2017

Just like that, we are at the end of August. Kids have already started back to school where I live, solidifying the fact that summer is coming to a close. But before we head into the focus that will kick off our fall on the blog, we have one more day talking about travel. Today, I talk about a city I love, a quote I find to be true about new experiences, and our latest Leadership Tip. Wherever you are, I hope you are squeezing out every last wonderfully, warm moment of summer. I hope you are surrounded by great [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-18T19:54:12+00:00August 31st, 2017|Categories: Lead, Leadership Tip, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, Travel|Comments Off

Love Learn Lead August 24, 2017

One of my favorite aspects of traveling to new places, is how it changes my perspective. Sometimes it gives me a deeper understanding of the world, and other times it gives me a greater knowledge of myself. Both, I feel, are so important in living our lives to the best of our ability. For today’s Love, Learn, Lead, I share a “must-pack” travel item I love, a lesson I learned on my trip to India, and a quote on travel that pertains to leadership. Love I have always been one of those people who NEEDS to wash their hair every [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-18T19:57:28+00:00August 24th, 2017|Categories: Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, Travel|Comments Off

Learn: How I got Unstuck

Love Learn Lead October 19, 2017

Learn: About The Changes We Want

Love Learn Lead October 5, 2017

Learn: How to Build Healthy Routines

Love Learn Lead September 21, 2017

Love Learn Lead— Join Me For Coffee?

Love Learn Lead September 7, 2017

Love Learn Lead August 31, 2017

Love Learn Lead August 24, 2017

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