We are each in our own little row boats learning to navigate this frail existence; however, we are all in the same body of water. We have an illusion of separateness but God’s plan has always been that we would work together as we learn to love, forgive and see the ‘other’ as ‘ourselves’. Our eyes are opened to this truth as we are ready and able to see it.
Is Writing About Your Life Healing?
Yes, it can be emotionally healing to write if you know how to do it in a way that doesn’t re-traumatize you. I think this is why many people start writing but never finish – they don’t know where to start, what to share and how to put all of the story together in a way that is beneficial for …
Sharing Our Talents
When I was asked to speak at a recent conference, thoughts of self-doubt crept into my mind, “What if I’m not eloquent enough in my speaking? What if I get too emotional or forget what I most wanted to share?” Immediately this scripture popped into my mind, “But with some I am not well pleased, for they will not open …
New Age Spirituality was like a shiny new ornament that drew me to ideas like, “Do you” and “Follow Your Bliss”. Little did I know in the beginning that I would end up losing my faith in God.
Those who once had spiritual vision can suffer from self-inflicted spiritual blindness. As Henry B. Eyring said, “Their problem does not lie in what they think they see; it lies in what they cannot yet see.” In the early part of this century, I became enthralled with teachings of New Age spirituality. I devoured personal growth books written by popular …
Church is meant to be more of a hospital for healing, not a place to pretend we are doing everything right.
After not attending church on my own for over a decade, I felt like a foreigner in that kind of environment when I first went back. Every aspect of what I saw and heard was entering my brain and being critically analyzed and processed. From each word spoken to every song of praise – I was deciding whether or not …
I’ve done life my way
I will never forget the heavy fearful emotions that flooded my body when the pregnancy was confirmed. I’d gone alone to see a doctor and request the test. Deep inside I already knew it was true even though I had hoped it wasn’t. Yes, I was pregnant at 16, while in my junior year of high school. What was going …
Freedom = Choice
I woke up at 4 am this morning. My alarm was set to go off at 5:30. I knew I wasn’t going to be able to go back to sleep for that hour an a half. I started thinking about what I could think about as I lay relaxed in my warm comfy bed. I didn’t just want my thoughts …
When we go looking for evidence of something we believe, we can usually find it. Although, it doesn’t make the belief completely true.
We live in a world that is full of opposites: light and dark, good and evil, old and young, rich and poor. It’s easy to see ourselves this way too- through the lens of either/or mentality. Especially if we tend to be self critical, we may need to look carefully at what we believe when it comes to thinking we …
My Relationship With Money
I started looking for jobs when I was 13. Not because I had to, I wanted to. I’m the youngest of four daughters and by the time I came along my parents were doing pretty well financially. We had a middle-class lifestyle in the 70s. Nice cars, decent home, family vacations, a ski boat, tickets to see the Ice Capades, Globe …
If you don’t know you, you can’t love you
How long have you been looking for someone to love you? Everyone has stories they could tell about searching for love We live in a world where we have learned to focus outward. Always looking to someone or something outside of us to feel complete. The problem with this is it’s a never ending pursuit. Because we are looking to …