Keeping Up With Jones: The Lonnie Jones Podcast Adventure

You can be hurt but not be injured. They both involve some pain. Depending on how much power or importance you give the event will determine whether or not you let it affect your decision to continue or to quit. Life lived is life learned.  Every experience has facts, concepts and applications.  These are stories from the eclectic life of Lonnie Jones, Licensed Professional Counselor, Minister, SW...

This episode is a just a confession about the inconsistency of how we care for things and not people. It's straight out of the famous parable. We care for animals, we care for things...but people who are lost, or runaway we somehow justify that it's okay not to care. Life lived is life learned.  Every experience has facts, concepts and applications.  These are stories from the eclectic lif...

Loving something or someone sacrificially is what true love is. It goes beyond self, it goes beyond reciprocity, it goes beyond deserves...it goes beyond puppy love. Life lived is life learned.  Every experience has facts, concepts and applications.  These are stories from the eclectic life of Lonnie Jones, Licensed Professional Counselor, Minister, SWAT Team Chaplain, Outdoor Enthusiast and Quixo...

In order to share ammunition we have to have the same caliber. In order to share resources we have to understand about differences in calibers. Life lived is life learned.  Every experience has facts, concepts and applications.  These are stories from the eclectic life of Lonnie Jones, Licensed Professional Counselor, Minister, SWAT Team Chaplain, Outdoor Enthusiast and Quixotic Jedi.   Support th...

I don't have to get in with you in order to know what it looks like from where you are sitting. Often we want to be in or out. But there is middle ground without being in the middle of it. Life lived is life learned.  Every experience has facts, concepts and applications.  These are stories from the eclectic life of Lonnie Jones, Licensed Professional Counselor, Minister, SWAT Team Chaplain, O...

I saw myself looking at myself and it scared me. There are moments when we see ourselves and we have to realize that is the real us or that is really us. When we reflect on that then we decide to smile or not to smile. Life lived is life learned.  Every experience has facts, concepts and applications.  These are stories from the eclectic life of Lonnie Jones, Licensed Professional Counselor, Minis...

Knowing when to pay attention to something and when to ignore it is a key in regulating the pressure signals in our lives. Your "drive" will depend on how you respond to pressure...real or perceived. Life lived is life learned.  Every experience has facts, concepts and applications.  These are stories from the eclectic life of Lonnie Jones, Licensed Professional Counselor, Minister, SWAT...

If you went up on the roof naked it would feel really cold but it wouldn't be colder than the actual temperature. Life lived is life learned.  Every experience has facts, concepts and applications.  These are stories from the eclectic life of Lonnie Jones, Licensed Professional Counselor, Minister, SWAT Team Chaplain, Outdoor Enthusiast and Quixotic Jedi.   Support this podcast at https://anch...

We all have standing offers and we have to choose every day which ones we will accept, reject or refuse to even consider. Life lived is life learned.  Every experience has facts, concepts and applications.  These are stories from the eclectic life of Lonnie Jones, Licensed Professional Counselor, Minister, SWAT Team Chaplain, Outdoor Enthusiast and Quixotic Jedi.   Support this podcast at https://...

When you are given responsibility for something that is not yours a very appropriate response is to simply say, "It's not actually mine." It is not healthy to accept responsibility for things you don't own or can't control. Life lived is life learned.  Every experience has facts, concepts and applications.  These are stories from the eclectic life of Lonnie Jones, Licensed Pr...

Willing to believe something about someone else by default means I also believe something about me. Opposite of the willing suspension of disbelief is the willingness to accept a truth on superficial, external information posing as evidence. Life lived is life learned.  Every experience has facts, concepts and applications.  These are stories from the eclectic life of Lonnie Jones, Licensed Profes...

Just because he's in front doesn't make him the leader. Can he see? What can he see? Does his protection limit his vision? Leadership is about vision not position. Life lived is life learned.  Every experience has facts, concepts and applications.  These are stories from the eclectic life of Lonnie Jones, Licensed Professional Counselor, Minister, SWAT Team Chaplain, Outdoor Enthusiast and...

She wanted us to have a concrete plan so that if I got hurt my grandson would know what to do. She had a plan like that but probably doesn't remember because of how young she was when we adventured together. Of course the plan is not designed to save me. If that happens it's a bonus. Life lived is life learned.  Every experience has facts, concepts and applications.  These are stories from...

What did you expect when you asked them to hand you food through the window? Well it's unacceptable and unmanageable...It's a disaster burger. Life lived is life learned.  Every experience has facts, concepts and applications.  These are stories from the eclectic life of Lonnie Jones, Licensed Professional Counselor, Minister, SWAT Team Chaplain, Outdoor Enthusiast and Quixotic Jedi.   Sup...

You have to start with something. The something you start with has to be quality otherwise you have no expectation of enduring quality or longevity. Life lived is life learned.  Every experience has facts, concepts and applications.  These are stories from the eclectic life of Lonnie Jones, Licensed Professional Counselor, Minister, SWAT Team Chaplain, Outdoor Enthusiast and Quixotic Jedi.   Suppo...

The voice in the back of the room warned that there'd be trouble in the house tonight. We have that same voice in the back of head if we just train it, calibrate, turn it up and listen to it. Life lived is life learned.  Every experience has facts, concepts and applications.  These are stories from the eclectic life of Lonnie Jones, Licensed Professional Counselor, Minister, SWAT Team Chaplain...

Although it may be inconvenient or even unexpected there is an expectation that we get in the deep in and help people. Life lived is life learned. Every experience has facts, concepts and applications. These are stories from the eclectic life of Lonnie Jones, Licensed Professional Counselor, Minister, SWAT Team Chaplain, Outdoor Enthusiast and Quixotic Jedi. Purchase original art, t-shirts, sticke...

Things are always what they seem but usually seem to be what they really are. You can't be a wolfman. You are either a wolf or a man more accurately you are either a wolf or a sheep. Life lived is life learned. Every experience has facts, concepts and applications. These are stories from the eclectic life of Lonnie Jones, Licensed Professional Counselor, Minister, SWAT Team Chaplain, Outdoor E...

The building had changed ownership. Because it had changed ownership the occupancy had changed, the product had changed and the purpose had changed. Life lived is life learned. Every experience has facts, concepts and applications. These are stories from the eclectic life of Lonnie Jones, Licensed Professional Counselor, Minister, SWAT Team Chaplain, Outdoor Enthusiast and Quixotic Jedi. Purchase...

She wouldn't sell me a junior frosty...so I ate a large one and it was all her fault! Taking blame verses laying blame is the difference in ownership, integrity and passing the buck. I get to make all my own choices. Life lived is life learned.  Every experience has facts, concepts and applications.  These are stories from the eclectic life of Lonnie Jones, Licensed Professional Counselor, Min...

I could tell where she was because I had been there...many, many times. I'd had lots of experience with this area in Arkansas. Although I wasn't actually there I could relate to the fact that she was there and I understood where she was at because it was familiar territory. Life lived is life learned.  Every experience has facts, concepts and applications.  These are stories from the eclec...

I failed the SWAT Team PT test on National No Excuse Day. I failed with my wife and there was simply no excuse. I will try to do better, I will try to be better. I will work harder and even if my efforts don't reach the goals that I have set it will not be because I was not trying to improve. Life lived is life learned.  Every experience has facts, concepts and applications.  These are stories...

There was one requirement. "Do not let go of the rope." There were many who became discouraged, got tired, fatigued or felt as if they were failing and they simply let go. There was this little girl, who was weakest of them all, and she understood that it was not her job to hold herself up but to simply hold on. She was doing none of the work...she was simply obedient. Life lived is life...

I knew they would be there. Troy would show up and Jacque would come by. It was not a matter of "if" but simply a matter of "when". In one circumstance I could simply relax and wait. In the other circumstance it was a just a matter of not stopping until she came to pick me up. Life lived is life learned.  Every experience has facts, concepts and applications.  These are stories...

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