When I first started teaching worldviews to high school students, I was given a big book. You know the ones that you could use as a door stop! There was so much information that allot of it went over my students head. So the following year I began to narrow down the questions and information, making it easy for my students to understand and remember! Attending Christian school as a child and teenager, I was given a great foundation in Biblical knowledge, yet my weakness was explaining why I believed the way I did and facts to support it.  I wanted to create a tool/system that would stick with my students once they graduated. Even today I will run into former students and quiz them, and I would say that about half of them still remember these simple questions. Some have even told me that they have used them in writing papers for their classes! It's four questions, I call them The Four Basic Questions. Here they are: Basic Question #1: How do you see the world created? Basic Ques...

See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ. -Paul (Colossians 2:8) The Worldview Triangle Grab a piece of paper. Pen or pencil. Ready? Here we go. First I would like for you to draw a triangle. Now divide that triangle into three sections. In the bottom section write : worldview. Middle section write: values/principles. Top section write: behavior. Now draw arrows from bottom to top, connecting all three. Now let me explain. Everyone has a worldview. Our worldviews is our foundation which shapes our values, in which shapes our behavior. The "behavior" is the result of our worldview. Let me give you an example: If one's worldview states that right and wrong is based on self. One's values may hold onto the idea that sexual relations outside of marriage is alright. Their behavior then may lead to a promiscuous lifestyle for eve...

It has been nearly 31 years since my grandfathers death, and 11 years since my grandmothers. I will admit, I miss them. I wish they could have seen what their influence created. Yet I know that one day we will be reunited, and what a day that will be! As an adult, I spent allot of time with my grandmother. I enjoyed her company and loved being in her presence. When she was diagnosed with cancer my time with her became even more special. She was a great cook! She would make Puerto Rican dishes that was off the hook!!! Yet I knew that if I did not learn from her before she passed, I would never know how to make those special dishes. So one weekend I had grandma over and we spent time in the kitchen cooking! It was so much fun! It was like watching Picasso paint a picture! She taught me to make some Puerto Rican dishes that to this day I cook with her in mind! You know there is a passage in Jeremiah that reads: While Jeremiah was still confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of t...

Soccer has been so much a part of my life. I starting playing when I was five years old and had the privilage to play college ball. For the last twenty two years I have had the honor to coach high scholl ball. I currently coach the Big Valley Christian Lady Lions. This past season we had our first outreach...PINK POWER NIGHT! A night dedicated to cancer research! The gate proceeds went to Mary Kay Foundation for Cancer Research! What a night! Angie brought out her Pink Caddy. We had fliers. The girls played in their pink uniforms! Upon scoring our first goal of the night, the pink Never Give Up Game Ball was dedicated to our Horoable Lady Lion for the Night, Connie McCormick! With the gate and raffel for the Mary Kay Gift Basket, we raised $240! Not bad for our first time. The girls are already dreaming about next year!!! Can't wait!!! Pictured: Big Valley Christian High Lady Lions with Honorable Team Lady Lion Member, Connie (middle)

As you know, in our pink culture, there are so many life lessons that we learn. Those lessons are then passed on to our children. Having children grow up in our Mary Kay family has been such a blessing! We have a challenge in our family which is to see others with an invisible sign that reads, "Make me feel special". When my eldest daughter was in sixth grade, she came home with a story of a friend who was being bullied and mistreated by the other girls in her class. This young lady would be found crying on the playground and being left out. Angie reminded her of every bodies invisible sign. A number of months later Angie was talking with the young girls mother and she said the following, "I appreciate your daughter so much, she has taught my little girl what it means to be a friend." Wow! This past school year my youngest was in her room making a card. I asked her who the card was for. Her response. "There is a new girl coming to my class from Michigan. I jus...

Ahhhh. Isn't it great to just sit back in your favorite chair and just be comfortable? Comfort food. Comfort snacks. In the comfort of your home. Comfort mattress. Comfort Inn. Comfort zone. Comfort....Ahhhhhhh. One of the definitions for the word "comfort" is... a state of ease and satisfaction of bodily wants, with freedom from pain and anxiety I know you have heard many speeches and encouraging words from many gifted people on this topic. You have heard them say, "You can do it! Get out of the comfort zone!" "In order to succeed you must step out of your comfort zone." Yet in this business I have watched many women get stuck in their comfort zone. Directors and Consultants alike! It can be debilitating! We hear the three point plan and begin to implement it into our business, but it hurts and requires action. We fail and then retract into our comfort zone. We begin to question ourselves and doubt sets in. As I have said before, your busi...