Red Edge Mentoring – Page 14 – Empowering Leaders to Create & Live a More Intentional Life

Monday Morning Boost: Smile With Hope

September 11, 2022 Les Patterson Comments 0 Comment

When life feels extra hard, I take inspiration from my mother. Mom lived most of her life with chronic pain so bad that any movement hurt so much that she wanted to scream. But instead of screaming, she spoke softly. Instead of complaining, she expressed immense gratitude. Instead of mourning what she couldn’t do, she focused on what she could do. Mom replaced the natural tendency for bitterness by focusing intensely on joy. Hope replaced fear. Light replaced dark. Peace…

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#SUNDAYREFLECTIONS: REMEMBERING 9/11 AND EACH LIFE THAT TOUCHED OURS FOR GOOD

September 11, 2022 Les Patterson Comments 0 Comment

#SUNDAYREFLECTIONS: REMEMBERING 9/11 AND EACH LIFE THAT TOUCHED OURS FOR GOOD Two decades ago, plus one year, the world we knew changed with the fatal journey of four planes. In the blink of those horrible moments, thousands of people died, and thousands more would eventually die through the lingering impact to physical and mental health as well as in service to our country. Each one of those thousands of people was a person who touched others for good… their families,…

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Monday Morning Boost: To Labor… To Play…

September 5, 2022 Les Patterson Comments 0 Comment

To honor those who labor… We play. We head to the lake, the mountains, the parks. We barbecue, watch movies, and sleep in. We camp, ride bikes, paddleboard. To help us play… Many must labor… They work the stores, the gas stations, the drive-thrus. They drive trucks, deliver packages, rescue broken-down vehicles. They patrol the streets, nurse the sick, defend our country. Sometimes we play. Sometimes we labor. Sometimes we do both. Today… however you labor or however you play……

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Monday Morning Boost: Farewell To He Who Was Truly “Better Than The Best”

August 28, 2022 Les Patterson Comments 0 Comment

The task must have been daunting. It was the summer of 1985 and Lionel Kendrick of North Carolina and his wife Myrtis were tasked with shepherding several hundred young men and young women who had volunteered for missionary labors. The Kendrick’s were assigned to a geographical area called the Florida Tampa Mission covering most of central and southwest Florida. You’re not just good… In December of that year, I was assigned to the Florida Tampa Mission. I felt as lost as…

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Monday Morning Boost: Walk The Sacred Grounds

August 21, 2022 Les Patterson Comments 0 Comment

He felt lost in the soul but content living in his ramshackle camp. He was tall though it was hard to tell as he was quite hunched over. His face hadn’t seen a razor in several weeks and his hair was matted and dirty. When he smiled, which he did quite easily, I could see he was missing a few teeth. A worn-out tent along with an equally worn-out sleeping bag was his home. A stuffed army duffle bag, faded…

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Monday Morning Boost: How Did I Become A Speaker?

August 14, 2022 Les Patterson Comments 0 Comment

I was asked the following question last week during an online Q&A session: “How long has it taken you to become a public figure/speaker? How’d you get so good at talking?” As I answered the question, I felt others may be interested in my answer as well. I am not naturally a confident person. For many years I didn’t feel confident raising my voice as a speaker in any way. Nor did I consider myself any kind of public figure….

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Monday Morning Boost – Putting The “Thought That Counts” To Work

August 7, 2022 Les Patterson Comments 0 Comment

One noticed a worn-out Flag… another wanted to share love and appreciation… each did something about it. THE FLAG We’ve had our current Flag flying for nigh onto two years. Cache Valley’s frigid winters, blistering summers, and galeforce windstorms (maybe just a bit exaggerated) have turned that beautiful symbol into a somewhat “Ragged Old Flag” that would serve Johnny Cash well. Scott and Valerie Pettingill are friends and neighbors who live across the street. They have a beautiful yard and…

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Monday Morning Boost: I Love Cache Valley!

July 31, 2022 Les Patterson Comments 0 Comment

A recent question about the good and bad of living in Logan and Cache Valley prompted me to share the following thoughts… We fell in love with Cache Valley when we moved here in 1991 to go to school. We continue every day to fall in love with this beautiful valley and the beautiful people that live here, including those that just moved here from California. We choose to see the beauty and greatness that is here, and do what…

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Monday Morning Boost: Honoring a Complicated Pioneer History

July 25, 2022 Les Patterson Comments 0 Comment

Pioneer Day can be extra complicated. Even 175 years later. Pioneer Day itself is not that complicated. As a day set aside to honor the arrival of the Mormon Pioneers to the Great Salt Lake Valley, it’s an official state holiday in Utah with celebrations that rival and sometimes surpass those of Independence Day. Also like the Fourth of July, Pioneer commemorates a birth of sorts via a revolutionary declaration of independence. The Mormon pioneers, from their humble beginnings in…

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Sunday Reflections: Songs About The Pioneers

July 24, 2022 Les Patterson Comments 0 Comment

#SUNDAYREFLECTIONS: SONGS ABOUT THE PIONEERS Pioneer children sang as they walked… and they probably also cried, laughed, shouted, and talked normally just our children do! Pioneer Day is a commemoration of July 24, 1847, when the Mormon Pioneers arrived in the Great Salt Lake Valley in what is now known as the State of Utah. History has it that on that day, Brigham Young rose from his sick bed in a wagon and confirmed this was the place he had…

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