Strong and Sane Women

The following are notes I took at the ladies’ retreat several years ago with OU Girl’s Basketball Coach Sherri Coal:

7 Habits of Strong and Sane Women

1. Count your ripples - Everything you do could have an effect on someone else’s life, even if you do not realize you have done something significant. Take note, if you do not see an immediate result or gratification, you still might have planted a seed.
2. Write worries in the sand - A man’s doctor prescribe a day at the beach for stress reduction. His instructions were to listen, reach back, examine motives, and write worries in the sand. As he was leaving he saw the tide washing away his worries.
3. Believe in talking horses - A man caught a stray horse and when the owner, the king, found him with it, he sentenced him to death. The man bargained with the king by asking if he could have a year to teach the horse to talk. The king saw a value in a talking horse so he agreed. Later, a fellow prisoner asked the man what makes him think he could teach a horse to talk. The man responded, “a lot can happen in a year; the king could die, or maybe this horse might talk - either way, I have been given an extra year to live.” We have to remember that David can slay Goliath and Goliath can be slain. Believe in your own potential that God has given you.
4. Don’t wrestle with pigs - Sheri told a story of when she was an assistant coach and got into a ‘discussion’ with an aggravated parent. Her head coach reminded her of a warning he had given her. He said, “If you wrestle with pigs, you will both get dirty and they‘ll like it. There will always be negative people, but don’t let them bring you down.
5. Avoid dehydration - We have been given everything we need (gifts, resources, talents…), but we don’t always use our resources to the best of our abilities. We need these things just as we need water, don’t let yourself run dry of them.
6. Categorize lumps - There is a big difference between a lump in your oatmeal, a lump in your throat and a lump in your breast. If something is an inconvenience, treat it like that instead of responding as if it is a major problem. Learn to relax even when you find a lump in your life.
7. Sharpen the saw - There was a lumberjack who continued to use the same saw and was not getting anything cut down. Someone encouraged him to stop and eat and get some rest. He complained about how many more trees he had to cut down. The other man said, “Well at least sharpen your saw.” Stop occasionally; take care of yourself so you can be sharp enough to cut down the ‘trees’ in your life.

Kathy

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