Author: Chuck Lucas

I am the Editor and Founder of https://principlesneverfail.us/ a blog dedicated to principle centered personal development. The social, intellectual, physical, and spirtual challenges facing individuals and the communities in which we live in 2020 and beyond will require the best that is within us. True principles anchor us to the truths previously discovered. We can move forward into the future with confidence on the correct path if we do not forsake the truths we already know. My over 50 year quest has been to discover true principles and seek to understand and strive to apply them in my life. My hope is that some of what I have found may be of value to my family, friends, and to you.

Families are hard . . .

Families are hard, hard, hard, no matter how cherished and astonishing they may also be. 

At family gatherings where you suddenly feel homicidal or suicidal –remember that in all cases, it’s a miracle that any of us, specifically, were conceived and born. Earth is forgiveness school. It begins with forgiving yourself, and then you might as well start at the dinner table. That way, you can do this work in comfortable pants. ― Anne Lamott

Nothing is good that isn’t voluntary

There is one rule we must all remember in setting goals: We may set goals to increase our own abilities to lead and serve others, but we cannot set goals for others. Once we have accepted Christ as our ideal, we have to give up all goals that are based on using compulsion to improve the lives of others or to make a better world. ― Vaughn J. Featherstone (adapted)