Author David Grimm
Welcome Back!
The Pursuit Welcome Back! I've been pretty silent over these last several weeks during our restaurant remodel on purpose. I've been using this time as a sort of reset. I've been trying to take this time to connect deeper with the Lord and work on a few things. I've had some time to work on a few of these projects while our restaurant is being remodeled. One of those projects has been my upcoming book, "Unlikely Candidate," which I hope to release soon, and I've even made good headway on a...
It Can Happen in an Instant: Part 2
My mind was in a fog. Everything became distant and seemed like 100 miles in front of me as the sound I was hearing retreated far away into a distant echo. Everything around me was moving in slow motion. A crowd surrounded me on the basketball court as everyone stared at my deformed leg. I’ve never experienced a bad break in my bones before this day. This was not something that was a part of my plans. This incident interrupted everything I had hoped this summer would be. As I shared last...
It Can Happen in an Instant: Part 1
It Can Happen in an Instant: Part 1 In a split second, our lives can change. It can range from the worst thing imaginable to the most joyous occasion. One day you could be here and the next you’re gone. Or on the other spectrum of instantaneous happenings, many individuals have become millionaires overnight! Be it good or bad, anything can happen in an instant. Twenty-four years ago something just as dramatic as becoming a millionaire overnight happened to me. I was not expecting it. It just...
Life Moves Fast
Life Moves Fast We live our life day by day caught up in the whirlwind of busyness and all of a sudden find ourselves quickly at the end of it. As a result, we have no idea how it came so fast. So many memories will flood through our minds, some opportunities missed and some regrets (hopefully more thankful moments than regrets), and filled with the knowledge we’re about to say goodbye to all our loved ones and friends. This was the case for my father-in-law Mark Mays this past week as he...
No Shortcuts to Greatness
No Shortcuts to Greatness If you want to go far, you’ll have to practice hard and long. Practice makes perfect as the saying goes. Why is this? Practice means repetition. With repetition, one is building habits, good habits that are being refined and perfected. In the case of sports, repetition causes muscle memory. The more you do a repeated movement over and over the more it becomes natural and a habit. I’ve learned a lot in the world of gymnastics these past years ever since we’ve moved to...
Slow and Steady Wins the Race
Slow and Steady Wins The Race I’m not sure where this saying came from. Every race I’ve ever seen wasn’t won by someone going slow and steady. In fact, even in marathons, the contestants who win are actually sprinting each mile. Look up race times to see if I’m telling the truth. It’s pretty remarkable that they can run that fast for that long without their bodies giving out. It amazes me every time I see the winner of a marathon and then see their split times. I can’t run that fast for half...
Pulling Weeds
I hate pulling weeds. I always think that I would love to have a garden and imagine planting jalapeños, Roma tomatoes, cilantro, garlic, onions, and other veggies so we can make our own delicious homemade salsa! Then I realize quickly it requires a gardener to have a garden. To those who have never had a garden, this equates to a lot of work. A garden doesn’t happen by accident. The more planning and care you put into your garden, the more fruitful your labor is. The opposite is just as true....
Surviving or Thriving
We all know what it takes to survive. We need the basics: food, water, air, and shelter. But what do you need to thrive? It’s a difficult question to answer if you’ve never thought about it. It’s especially hard when we find ourselves in survival mode. When we’re in this mode we are just doing the bare minimum to get by in life because that’s all the strength or energy we can muster up. Routine becomes a numbing agent to mask the pain. Don’t get me wrong, routine is healthy when it’s the...
Measuring Up
What standard do you measure by? It seems the entire world uses the metric system. Then you have the United States. We use the Imperial system. We could argue that one system is better than the other. But it would be pointless because millions of people use both and it works. The point is they have a standard to which the entire group of people subscribes to for their measurements. Imagine the utter chaos if every contractor picked which system they’d use in the USA to build our buildings. It...
What Can I Do?
We Listen. This is one of our “Grow U.” employer promises to all our team members who come on board. We don’t admit that we have all the answers for everyone who comes to us with a problem, but one thing we can offer is hope and a listening ear. Life is hard. No one who has ever lived will ever argue that. Life can be messy. We live in a broken world and people now more than ever need hope. Hope that whatever struggle you are facing will and can get better. We will come alongside each one of...
Comeback after Crisis
For the longest time I used to loathe difficult times. I still don’t like them (something I’m working on), but my attitude has completely changed toward moments of crisis or difficulty. I have learned this lesson throughout my entire life and each time it becomes clearer. One particular period began about 11 years ago and lasted for several years. It began roughly 8 years into my occupation as a youth pastor. My Dad contracted an illness. It started with him having difficulty breathing. The...