Somethin’ To Believe In…
Just because you can doesn’t mean you should. – Acheron Parthenopaeus Just because you want something doesn’t mean that it is good for you. Just because you can make a particular choice doesn’t necessarily make it the right choice for you. And just because you have freedoms doesn’t mean you should use those freedoms to abuse yourself or others. What a concept! It sounds like Parenting 101 to me…. Yet we’re adults, and we are the ones who make particularly bad choices on a daily basis. Some of the bad choices we make are simple ones: skipping out on an...
Read MoreSigns, Signs, Everywhere There’s Signs….
If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss bank. ~ Woody Allen “God, please give me a sign!!!!” “No, not THAT sign…. The other kind of sign!” “Why won’t God just give me a sign? That’s not too much to ask!” “I have been praying for a sign, but I am just not getting it!” Ug! Aren’t we all like that to some extent? We are so determined that we are on the right path, and we are so determined to get what we “want”, that sometimes we forget that our “needs” are very different. In that respect, we are all very...
Read MoreRoll With It, Baby!
Stress is when you wake up screaming and you realize you haven’t fallen asleep yet Stress. From the moment we wake up, we feel that crushing awareness of all of the things we have to accomplish in any given day, and how little time we have to actually accomplish them. Then we have to factor in our kids, our mates, our friends, our co-workers, and everyone else we have contact with on any given day. We know they will have pressing wants and needs that will involve us and our time, energy, and patience. Then we have all of the little emergency situations that crop up; things we...
Read MoreHave You Ever Seen the Rain?
And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow. ~ Gilbert K. Chesterton There is something sort of sad about dark, rainy days. They seem to cast a shadow of reflection over us, don’t they? For me, the rain allows those melancholy feelings to wash over me and cleanse me from the emotional build-ups that we all have. Rainy weather is healing weather; it allows us to peacefully reflect, and look forward to the sunny days that lie ahead. Lately, I have had a tremendous weight placed on my shoulders. Emotionally, I have been...
Read MoreThank You
If you want to turn your life around, try thankfulness. It will change your life mightily. ~Gerald Good “Thank you.” Isn’t it amazing how two such little words can greatly affect how you feel in any given situation? We live in such a world where honest gratitude is becoming a very rare thing, indeed. It seems as though we take things for granted. We all have basic assumptions each day as we get out of our plush beds, take our hot showers, and drive to work in our well-maintained cars. We gripe about the weather, about the traffic, about other people, even...
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