Thursday; September 29
Every year I remember September 29 for one special event – it was the day on which our son was born, but alas, not everyone remembers the day for that reason. In fact, there are several things that are remarkable for that day, but one recently caught my attention. It was on September 29, 1988 that NASA resumed launching space shuttles. Many of us remember where we were when Challenger blew up in on January 28, 1986. After years of successful space missions our worst fears were realized when people watched the disaster. It would take two years for space program and the world to feet good enough to move on – but eventually we did. As I thought about this new beginning, I got to thinking about how easy it is to allow disasters to stop us cold. It is natural for us to reel from calamities, but it is also very tempting for us to get stuck and never move on. No matter how much success we have had, when something bad happens, it is tempting to just quit. Have we been so negatively imp