Kelly Beckley Shank 
Looking for information? Ask Google. Want to start something new and need resources? Ask Google. Need the support of others? There’s probably a Facebook group to fit your needs. Information is good and helpful if coupled with action. Success demands you know, understand, and discern. More info is not the answer. Don’t be an information … Read more
Every time I hear someone start touting the benefits of being your true, authentic self I waffle between excitement and cynicism. Part of me is tired of the cheerleading, while another part needs the encouragement. What if the cheerleader and the cynic need to hear the same message? Different is a good thing! Questioning one’s … Read more
If all of life is one big game, playing to win makes perfect sense. Right? Money, success, titles, fun—whatever we’re chasing has to be worth the sacrifice and work. So what happens when you get the thing you want and it turns out life is the same as before? There has to be a better … Read more
We’re trained to be helpful and selfless; freely giving our gifts is encouraged and lauded. While this is true and admirable, the standard should be to help others without losing yourself. Far too often, we give and give, only to be left depleted. But, they need me I hadn’t thought about the weeks after the … Read more
One more try, a few more minutes, a slight tweak here…if you try just a little harder, it will be perfect. That is the goal, right? We want to do our best and be our best and best means perfect. In 40 years, no matter how hard I’ve tried that goal was unattainable. Trying to … Read more
This is a pep talk we both need. Stop deceiving yourself. My life is not better than yours. Your life is not better than mine. We need to focus on being who we are each meant to be. But I don’t want to be a Perfectionist… Quite a few years ago, I started studying the … Read more
Certainly, I’m not the only one who can go from confident to skeptical in the blink of an eye. How do we respond to the ups and downs of ambition? With encouragement, honesty, and support. Together we rise. Riding the roller coaster of ambition On a random Sunday afternoon, my daughter convinced our family to … Read more
You have a dream. But you also have a life and feel like you’re falling further behind every day. Success is easy, right—Name the Dream | Work Hard and Grow | Achieve Success?! Success is never quite that easy. The grace you receive + the grace you give = your ability to grow with grace. … Read more
It’s been a rough year and some of us are feeling stuck. We want to believe in God’s promise and dream, but we’re weary because life’s been hard. We’re not interested in signing up for more hard things right now. Imagine finding the confidence to take the first step and then a couple more. What … Read more
During my 4 year gap between baby #2 and baby #3, I took up running. And being one who loves a good challenge, I took up running half marathons. To be successful (which meant finishing without feeling like I was going to die), I had to train for the race I entered. Whether you want … Read more
![For the regular days...
Yesterday, we celebrated the mamas. But I have some hesitance about the day on behalf of those for whom the day is hard. For those who will face disappointment, longing, or loneliness.
Here's to regular days, the ones that come right after the "important" days, the days we might feel overlooked or unappreciated.
Here's to Monday mornings when you get up with the sun and get to work, whatever that looks like for you.
Here's to having hard conversations and making hard decisions.
Here's to doing what needs done, whatever that means and wherever it takes you.
Here's to doing what you're meant to do.
[Caroline is traveling with me this week in Guatemala. She's my assistant on this trip.]](https://scontent-ord5-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/280158713_1358881094613296_3621727649573332245_n.jpg?_nc_cat=101&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=duBTgZ_t7EYAX-t81l9&_nc_ht=scontent-ord5-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=AM6HXa8EAAAA&oh=00_AfB0DJU-rZtZ4AiySx_1Z9ZTE9R3FMu7VuAocA5xigGIcw&oe=6493C8EA "Train For The Race That Is Your Life")
