View from the Summit

Here are five things I have learned about spirituality or connecting with a higher power:

1) Die to self

2) Don't try it in your own strength

3) Don't place your identity in your work or stuff

4) My ways are not always God's ways.

5) If God wants this to be part of His plan, He will provide the tools and resources.

A couple days ago a friend of mine, Matt Miller president of School Spirit Vending Co. came to Nashville from Texas on a business trip.

We met at the local pizza parlor in downtown Franklin. What a great time we had as we shared pizza with 14 other members of Matt's team. Laughing, sharing, joking and of course eating like there was no tomorrow.

Story after story being told as we compared the great state of Tennessee to Texas. One guy risking his life wearing a Dallas Cowboy jersey in the midst of Titan territory.

This is the first part of two guest posts by David Krueger, M.D. David is a writer, an Executive Mentor Coach and a former Psychoanalyst. He lives in Houston. Find out more at David's website, Facebook Page. You can also follow him on Twitter and connect in LinkedIn.

You're writing a story that you may not know how to fully tell. It's a very personal story with its own history and language. It's highly visible to others, but often not to you. As Loren Eiseley observed in The Unexpected Universe, "Reality has a way of hiding from even its most gifted observers."

It's a story that you talk about every day, think about several times a day. It is remarkably simple yet intricately complex. This story has an internal and external dialogue, a secret language, and encrypted messages.

 Here's another "top 5" list to help kick your week off right. Enjoy!

1. Don't try to do it all today.
2. Start today, usually tomorrow never happens.
3. Eat the ugliest frog first. 
4. Get a general consensus from a trusted few because we have blind spots.
5. Trust your spouse on many things because they know you better than anyone. She has a 6th sense that you don't have.