Davids Daily Dose

Tag: Perspective

  • Too Many Coats

    Too Many Coats

    When the weather starts to turn cold it happens –the students at my elementary school start losing their coats and hoodies. Most of the time it’s innocent enough; kids get too hot on the playground, or in the gym, and the coats come off. Sometimes they remember to pick them up. Sometimes they don’t. The…

  • Playing “Pop Up”

    Playing “Pop Up”

    Dealing with life’s little interruptions.

  • Majoring on the Minors

    Is it THAT big of a deal?

  • The “answer”

    I couldn’t sleep the other night. So I turned on the living room television, but found mostly infomercials. Some guy with a mullet and a bow tie hoped to sell me, “The Answer.” “Yes! For just two easy payments of $39.95, you can possess the greatest wealth building secrets of all time–conveniently printed on three…

  • Life Parade

    I live in a small farming town in Southwest Oklahoma. There are 800 souls, one convenience store and a corner cafe. We have a few other businesses, including a new Dollar General (woo-hoo!), but you get the picture. One of the biggest events in our town is the annual Christmas parade. There are custom made…

  • Let the Boo-Boo Breathe

    “Whoever is patient has great understanding, but one who is quick-tempered displays folly.” — (Proverbs 14:29) As a teacher at an elementary school, I’ve heard young children say some pretty profound things. I was out on the playground one day with the kids, when a little guy came up to me to show me his…