I grew up in a household where rarely did we end a conversation or part company without first saying, “I love you.” That is very special to me. Even though it was said thousands of times, it never once lost its power and meaning. So when see the absence of this in the lives in so many other people, I …
Relax.
“I don’t have time to relax,” you say. Honestly, you do. Far too often we get caught up in the belief that there simply isn’t enough time for us to spend alone in peace and quiet contemplation. This is a lie. Modern life has conditioned us to embrace a go-go-go lifestyle, with a need to constantly fill any available time …
A better life.
For some it’s anger. For others it’s sadness, or timidity, or shame, or worthlessness, or defeat, or arrogance. We often don’t know the true posture of another’s heart. Though the manifestation of these feelings is sometimes obvious in the way they behave, we aren’t always privy to what circumstances or experiences have given birth to such things. While our feelings …
Baby steps.
Sometimes in life you are simply dealt a rotten hand. It can seem that everything is against you. Wave after wave after wave of disappointments, tragedies and struggles crash against you, and you find it difficult to cling to the rocks of hope. You begin to think that you are unlucky, or blame life for being unfair. You’ve experienced so …
Read carefully.
Carefully read each of these sentences, pausing for a moment and visualizing how it is manifest in your life. Ask yourself, “Do I do this? Is this me? What might my world be like if I changed this one thing?” Love from the center of who you are; don’t fake it. Run for dear life from evil; hold on for dear …