by Jeanni Shepherd | Feb 25, 2022 | Heart Habits
Dependability. Hospitality. Friendship. Courage. Openness. Curiosity. Nurture. Aside from all of them being heart habits to cultivate, can you guess what each has in common with the other? Yep, you guessed it. Risk. Eleanor Roosevelt said this: “Do one thing every day...
by Jeanni Shepherd | Feb 22, 2022 | Heart Habits
Webster defines dependability as, “the quality of being trustworthy and reliable.” In other words, “coming through” on what you say you will do. This quality is nothing on its own but takes its importance from another word: “relationship.” Without relationship, does...
by Jeanni Shepherd | Feb 18, 2022 | Heart Habits
Hospitality is an old-fashioned concept that speaks to the pain in our broken world. In a world where life has become increasingly disconnected and impersonal, the ritual and reality of welcoming those in need, or those on their way to a place, or those who have been...
by Jeanni Shepherd | Feb 15, 2022 | Heart Habits
Books and articles on friendship are available everywhere. Greeting card sentiments, cute emojis, books on boundaries and the differences in friend circles are all readily available. So why talk about friendship? For that matter, why put it on a list of heart habits...
by Jeanni Shepherd | Feb 11, 2022 | Heart Habits
Courage comes in all shapes and sizes. I’ve seen it on kids trembling from head to toe after being bullied at school. Though shaking from the effects, they gather their gumption to relay what happened as best they can. What do they hope to gain? Some measure of...
by Jeanni Shepherd | Feb 8, 2022 | Heart Habits
While lying in bed this morning thinking of the progression of curiosity, it occurred to me that curiosity is impossible without an open heart. Even though that is an obvious sentence, the implications are profound. Following that breadcrumb trail into the forest of...
