Morning Coffee With Larry Quicksall

Good morning and good coffee everybody! Today I wanna share with you something I came across over the weekend called the backwards principal by Alan Watts. At first when I read it I had to kind of shake my head and read it again. But after reading it a second time I said, “oh, I get it.” I think this podcast has some pretty good stuff that you’ll be able to apply into every day life. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/larry-quicksall/message

Good morning and good copy everybody! Today I wanna share with you a fun game that I started playing yesterday with a friends post on Facebook. Usually I don’t like the “what if game” when it’s in therapy but this is a great game! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/larry-quicksall/message

Good morning and good coffee!  Several years ago I learned the story of the Radioactive Boy Scout who was trying to create a breeder reactor in his mom's shed in the backyard when he was just 17 years old.  There another boy and his story too.  Like the first he was fascinated with science and nuclear energy but his life has taken a very different path.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/larry-quicksall/message

Good morning and good coffee! Have you seen the new little Facebook thing going around where you were supposed to take a photo out your window and post it? So what would you post if you were playing this game? It’s really about what is important to you and what you focus on. That’s the topic of today’s morning coffee conversation. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/larry-quicksall/message

Good morning and good coffee!  Well, I had a great weekend taking a grandson on a canoe trip down the Current River.  This was his first time river canoeing, and it was quite an adventure!  My thoughts... rather than giving a person money or something from Walmart, give them a unique adventure that will last a lifetime. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/larry-quicksall/message

Good morning and good coffee!  Today I want to share some of my observations and thoughts regarding our senses, perceptions, and specifically our memories.  To me it is amazing how memory can be influenced into inaccuracy based upon our beliefs, anticipations, and pre-judging (prejudices).  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/larry-quicksall/message

Good morning and good coffee!  Last night my family had an unexpected encounter with the Perseids Meteor Shower and it was AMAZING!  And that amazement created an opportunity to teach, learn, and appreciate the wonderment of nature.  But you don't have to wait for a meteor show to be amazed, because God has created an abundance of things in your everyday life about which you can be amazed.  Why should you be amazed?  Well, it is a bit like Narnia where you walk through an old wardrobe to find yourself briefly in a land you never knew existed.  Be Amazed! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/larry-quicksall/message

Good morning and good coffee!  My wife sent me an inspirational meme that is again a great little nugget of truth.  It's more than a few lines to make us feel good, but it also focuses our purpose.  Enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/larry-quicksall/message

Good morning and good coffee!  I found this on my wife's Facebook feed and fell in love with it, as it is a follow-up on yesterday's podcast titled "Power of the Pause".  This meme says, "When someone tries to trigger you by insulting you or by doing or saying something that irritates you, take a deep breath and switch off your ego.  Remember that if you are easily offended, you are easily manipulated. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/larry-quicksall/message

Good morning and good coffee!  Today I want to share with you a power, a very powerful power: the power of the pause.  You see, a pause is a powerful form of communication used by successful speakers, but there is a different type of pause related to thinking and acting that we have the opportunity to use every day.  And, this pause protects us and others from all kinds of negative emotions and actions.  Find out about the Power of the Pause on today's show. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/larry-quicksall/message

Good morning and good coffee everyone!  Today I am focusing on two things.  The first is a prophetic meme from 12/2/2019 about letting go of 2019 and embracing the new beginnings of 2020 (Oh My!).  The second is about the difference between communication and comprehension, the challenges it gives us, and ways I have learned to increase comprehension.  Good stuff this morning people! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/larry-quicksall/message

Good morning and good coffee!  Today I am feeling distress which resulted in restless sleep and an inability to find a topic for today's podcast.  However, a biblical phrase popped into my head and it feels like the right topic for today.  Want to know what it is?  Well, grab a cup of coffee and take a listen. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/larry-quicksall/message

Good morning and good coffee everybody! Almost daily I catch myself saying “I can’t wait for things to get back to normal”, but were all parts of normal really all that good? In today’s show, I want to examine the concept of a reset, in other words during this time of an extended disruption we have an opportunity to decide the things that we want to go back to, the things we don’t want to go back to, and the new patterns of life that we want to embrace as the time of Covid eventually comes to an end. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/larry-quicksall/message

Good morning and good coffee!  Last night my wife was gathering chicken egg and showed me one that was laid without a shell.... yes, without a shell... just the membrane.  In today's podcast I share the possible reasons for this unusual situation and draw a parallel to what can happen when our protective shell is too thin or non-existent.   --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/larry-quicksall/message

Good morning and good coffee! On today’s episode I am joined by my son Aaron who is up here on a little vacation with his girlfriend and he shares about some other adventures in southern Illinois as well as life as a park ranger at Mammoth Cave National Park. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/larry-quicksall/message

Good morning and good coffee!  This morning my mind went on an interesting journey regarding the concept of "BIG", and today I thought we could have a little fun with where my mind went asking the question "How Big is Big?" --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/larry-quicksall/message

Good morning and good coffee everybody! Have you ever tried to make a serious change only to have it fail because you kept holding on to the past? Today I want to talk about what the cost is for a new life if you want to have change for the better. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/larry-quicksall/message

Good morning and good coffee everybody! I’m back! After a two week vacation of not recording a podcast I am fresh, excited, and ready to have a fresh cup of coffee with you this morning. Today I want to talk about attitude with the question “what did the fans say?” --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/larry-quicksall/message

Today's Best of Morning Coffee is from August 30, 2019, and addresses the struggles that happen when we try to understand why bad things are happening.  Sometimes the best answer is that storms can clear paths opening opportunities at just the right time. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/larry-quicksall/message

Today's Best of Morning Coffee episode is from December 13, 2019, and takes a look at Morning Laughter.  I can't think of a better way to start my day! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/larry-quicksall/message