Tim Eckstrom

I recently had a conversation with a very good friend of mine who admitted to having lost his way vocationally. Several years ago he was in a place where he was doing pretty well financially and quite busy in his chosen area of business. But with the economic crunch that began in 2008, business began to dwindle. Opportunities were still out there, but he allowed discouragement to get in the way. Instead of tackling the challenges that he was facing, he froze! Read More

Many of you have seen the movie “Invictus”, starring Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon; the story of how the South African rugby team won the world cup in their home country during the period of time when Nelson Mandela was serving as President. It is a moving, inspiring movie; one that I think Morgan was born to star in. I finally got around to seeing it this past week.  Read More

I had a chance to see the animated movie ‘Up’ a couple nights ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. It had a lot of great humor in it and was very well written. Without giving too much of it away, it is the story of a boy who meets a girl. She is a girl full of life and adventure. He is instantly attracted to her and mesmerized by her dreams. In fact, they promise each other as little kids (and cross their hearts!) to go on a great adventure together.  Read More