perseverance – Page 9 – Melissa Schlies

Love Learn Lead July 5, 2018

Happy Thursday, friends! Hope you are coming off a wonderful July 4th, spent with family and friends, with good food and good weather. Tony and I are in Wisconsin right now, and had the rare treat of flying in just in time for a big family picnic. Now, we’re going to spend as much time as we can with our nieces and nephews. As we’re sure, they’ll all grow at least a foot by the time we see them again, at Christmas. This month on the blog, we are going to be talking about some “Why’s.” On Monday, we looked [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-09T21:29:19+00:00July 5th, 2018|Categories: Character, Courage, Lead, Leadership, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, perseverance, podcasts I love, Routines|Comments Off

Why We Try

One of the most memorable characters I have ever met through reading, is Mrs. Havisham. From Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations, which I (mostly)read for a class in college, Havisham isn’t actually a “Mrs.” at all. Yet, she is unforgettable. Left at the altar decades before we meet her in the book, Havisham is still wearing her wedding dress. Having commanded all of her servants to leave everything in her house the same as it was on her wedding day, her beyond rotten wedding cake still sits on the table. She is living in the decay of her dream. When her [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-09T21:29:58+00:00July 2nd, 2018|Categories: Character, Courage, discipline, Hope, perseverance, Purpose, Routines, Success|Comments Off

If Our Lives Were Like a Good Beach Read

When I left full-time church ministry, I wasn’t sure what I would do next. So I taught myself how to bake bread. Already loving to bake cookies, brownies, and pumpkin bread, it wasn’t surprising that I fell in love with this new endeavor. With a bread baker’s cookbook Tony had given me for my birthday, I experimented with all kinds of recipes. I tried making Challah, Potato Rosemary, and Ciabatta—in addition to sandwich bread. And found, I love every part of baking bread. I love the feel of the dough in my hands as I knead it. I feel a [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-09T21:31:52+00:00June 25th, 2018|Categories: Acceptance, Good Books, perseverance, Purpose, Story, Success|Comments Off

When Change is Slow

Well, friends, we’ve not only made it to spring, but summer is just days away. Though the winter seemed like it would never end (at least here in the Northeast), it has. Flowers are blooming and trees are finally green. Yet, as some of you have probably also noticed, this means it’s shorts weather. Soon, it will be bathing suite weather. And if you are like me, you’re not quite ready to shed all of the layers of clothing winter required. Long sweaters and jeans can hid a multitude of sins. But here we are, in June. As excited as [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-09T21:33:18+00:00June 18th, 2018|Categories: Balance, Change, discipline, Failure, Health, perseverance, Routines, Success|Comments Off

Second Hand Brave

“Wouldn’t it be cool if…” We’ve all thought. Sometimes, we’ve even said it out loud. Only often, we’ve followed our BIG, wonderful words with “But…” Then a slew of reasons for why our epiphany, idea, or dream just couldn’t possibly work, fill our mind. Or, they pour out of the mouths of those around us. It’s always easier to doubt. Count the cost, measure the risk, and feel we’re coming up short. Only lately, I have been wondering about all the promising ideas we’ve let go by the wayside. Because we didn’t believe in them enough. They seemed like too [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-07T10:54:50+00:00April 30th, 2018|Categories: Courage, Friendship, perseverance, Success, Uncategorized|6 Comments

Love Learn Lead April 26, 2018

Whenever I am in a hard season, and I am facing a daunting obstacle, I feel like I go into gamer mode. Now, I don’t play video games, so I don’t know that this metaphor is fully accurate, but in these times, I zone in. I focus all my energies around a certain problem and try to come up with the best plan of attack. I find myself looking for the right button to pulverize the issue stressing me out. Only, there’s no remote in life that does that. Friends, we have just about made it through the gloomier month [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-09T21:23:05+00:00April 26th, 2018|Categories: Lead, Leadership Tip, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, perseverance, Uncategorized, Waiting|Comments Off

In Between

I started thinking about my high school graduation in eighth grade. I blame it on the fact that my older sister had just started college, and when I went to visit her on campus, I wanted to stay. College life looked so cool. Then, I started “dating” a senior. I would say blame that on the fact our school was eighth through twelfth grade, except we met at the local ice skating rink. Going to the same school only encouraged the relationship. “Senior Boyfriend” introduced me to his other friends who were also seniors, and all of them too had [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-09T21:22:26+00:00April 23rd, 2018|Categories: Hope, perseverance, Uncategorized, Waiting|6 Comments

Love Learn Lead April 19, 2018

Hello Friends. We have made it past the middle of April. Hopefully, wherever you are, there are promising signs of spring—and not more rain than necessary. This weekend, Tony and I are gearing up for a trip to the Finger Lakes, in New York, with our closest friends. A few snow storms earlier this month, made winter feel that much longer and we are ready to get out of town. We are praying for good weather, but know that whatever we get we are going to make the most of the weekend. I hope that no matter your weekend plans, [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-11T00:42:22+00:00April 19th, 2018|Categories: Good Books, Identity, Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, perseverance, Uncategorized|Comments Off

What Do You Believe?

It may be strange to talk about a Christmas movie in April, but I am going to. One of my favorite Christmas movies that makes me laugh so hard, is Elf. Though I know Will Ferrell is an acquired taste, in this movie he cracks me up. Every time he starts to sing (“I’m in a store, and I’m singing…”), or attacks people for their lack of genuine Christmas spirit (“You sit on a throne of lies…”), I just can’t even. But as outlandish as this movie is, there is a part of Buddy the Elf’s story we can all [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-11T00:44:40+00:00April 16th, 2018|Categories: Change, Freedom, Health, perseverance, Uncategorized|1 Comment

Learning, It’s Up To You

You know those times when someone older and wiser, gets up on their soap box, then begins their latest diatribe with the words: “There are two kinds of people in this world…” It’s always bothered me. Mostly because I find humanity to be extremely eclectic and varied. But also because to break up people into two camps seems very narrow-minded. Only, today—that is what I am going to do. Not because I think there really are only two kinds of people, but rather because in life, there are choices all of us have where there are only two options. An [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-11T00:49:57+00:00April 12th, 2018|Categories: Change, Courage, Fear, Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, perseverance, Success, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Love Learn Lead July 5, 2018

Why We Try

If Our Lives Were Like a Good Beach Read

When Change is Slow

Second Hand Brave

Love Learn Lead April 26, 2018

In Between

Love Learn Lead April 19, 2018

What Do You Believe?

Learning, It’s Up To You

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