Ecclesiastes 3:1 says, "For everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven;" And verse 3:6 says, "A time to search and a time to quit searching. A time to keep and a time to throw away." One of the great challenges of life is deciding when to hold on and when [...]
How often do you think about these types of questions: • What are we going to do about ..... • What if [XXXX] happens .... • What if [XXXX] doesn't happen .... • How are we going to handle .... • What are we going to do if .... These are all potentially worry questions. [...]
Do you clearly recognize the difference between a thought and a feeling? Several years ago, I participated in a class on inter-personal communication. The class met for several weeks on Sunday evenings at the church I was attending at the time. It was an excellent class and still today I use the knowledge I gained [...]
It comes as no surprise to anyone that I believe the words we choose are important. Every day; every thought; every word; every conversation....our words, whether spoken or quietly thought to ourselves, impact the lives we live. I'm totally fascinated and passionate about just how much our lives are impacted by our word choices. I also [...]
Being kind and understanding toward others, taking care of and helping others, putting others first .....these are all good values that have been instilled in us. They are also ones that I believe in and have no issue with; well, except one. There are times when a person's mindset gets filled to overflowing with the [...]
Yes, there have been many seasonal firsts happening recently. There has been the first snow which caused me to ask, "What happened to starting with a few flurries" followed quickly by, "Oh, why didn't we put the furniture away and winterize the pond just one week sooner!?!?" There was also the first Black Friday ad and the first [...]
I listened to a young woman describe her journey of recovering from a traumatic childhood event. In the end, she summed it up by saying, "I knew when I stopped wanting to tell people the story, when I stopped wanting it to be the first thing they knew about me, stopped wanting them to know [...]
I'm a morning person. Hands-down, no question, inarguably a morning person. There's only one problem. I am a morning person once my feet hit the floor. That is a critical point ... once my feet hit the floor. Because between the first time the alarm rings and the time my feet actually make their way to the floor [...]
