Creating a Lifestyle

Donald and Geraline Foote

The area along Bayou D'Arbonne which runs into the beautiful Ouachita River in West Monroe, Louisiana, is where we live, work, and fish. My wife and I were both born and raised in Union Parish, which is north of here.

Our home since 1987 has been in West Monroe. Our two daughters graduated from West Monroe High School. While we now live in the city, we remain country at heart and return to our homeplace in Point as often as possible. More...

This site is intended to help you as you create your own lifestyle. It is our prayer that you will keep God as your Source. Please put us in your favorites so you can come back often. If you want to be all that you were intended to be, welcome. If you just want to drift through life without making a big "splash", welcome. Please understand that we are not here to beat you over the head to make you think and do different than you are, we'll just make an observation or two that might influence you to try harder, or do better than before.

Successful people fail their way to the top. Baseball players can strike out 70% of their time at bat, and make it to the Hall of Fame.

You are here on this tiny planet for a purpose. It was already planned, and you have a destiny to fulfill while you are here.. You may think that since your life is predestined, you will just let it happen, and it will. Since this is true, we can and should influence our life by the power of our mind. Your mind is the tool by which you can influence your destiny. It is what your mind constantly dwells on that will happen. A study of the Bible will give you the greatest of all wisdom. Read it and learn God's great laws and wisdom.

The Slight Edge, by Jeff Olsen is another book that I highly reccomend, if you want to influence your thinking in a positive way. I would encourage you to read as many good self help books as you can, and there are many of them. "The Secret", by Rhonda Byrne is also a good book, and DVD, even though the things taught have never been "secret". All the principles there have been taught throughout the Bible. After all, He is the Creator, and designed everything.

Let me pause here to say that now there is also a great Biblical explanation to "The Secret", by Rohnda Byrne, called "The Secret Things Of God", by Dr. Henry Cloud. He explores the Christian perspective on "The Secret" phenomenon and the law of attraction.

Remember this: After all is said and done, there is more said than done. Don't just say it, do it.

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Whatever you want in life, you must give up something to get it. The greater the value, the greater the sacrifice required of you. Everything has a price.

People know exactly what they want from life, then turn around and do things that take them in the wrong direction. Stop doing those things that take you away from the things you want.

Everything you know about has already happened. Yet life is much more, because life is now.

Hold on to what you've already known. At the same time, open yourself fully to the things that are yours right now.

Follow Jesus and you can't get lost.