Several weeks ago Johnny Butler and I fished the Davidson River in Brevard, NC.  I couldn’t turn a trout until Johnny gave me a fly so small you could put 15 or 20 of them on a quarter.  We caught some pretty good-sized trout (20 inches) in high, off colored water.  So trout pay attention to little things.  So should I.  So should you.  Little things aren’t the only things in life.  Big picture thinking is also very important.  But the little things can catch big fish sometimes.  One friend of mine says, “Elephants do eat peanuts.”

Heard anybody say, “I’m not a human doing. I’m a human being”?  Somebody said that to me in a staff interview, and I said, “What’s that look like?”  He said, “I need to get off and pray.”  “Good,” I said.  “Sounds like you’re still doing something.”  He does have a point poorly stated.  What he means is something I have to work at all the time.  Truth – I would be happy being a human doing.  I like action.  But just like filling my car’s tank is no fun (regardless of the price at the pump), driving is.  But no filly; no drivey.  Same for me.  I do things that fill my spiritual, emotional, and personal tank and things that drain it.  Leave off either and you aren’t much of a Christian.  Why do we love one or the other so readily?