How would you define “blessings”? The dictionary defines “blessing” as: the act or words of a person who blesses a special favor, mercy, or benefit a gift bestowed by God that brings happiness the invoking of God’s favor upon a person a prayer said before a meal Generally, blessings are thought of by most as […]
To live is to experience change. When we choose to change, it usually goes smoothly emotionally. When change is thrust upon us and turns our lives upside down it can result in an emotional ride that is filled with a mixed bag of emotions. Many years ago, some wise people who watched this change journey […]
Expectations can be our friend but unfortunately they can also be our worst nightmare. The challenge is to dance with expectations so they remain reasonably realistic yet filled with promise. How exactly do you do that? The two ditches you fall into: 1) No expectations. Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be […]
When travel plans for your life are altered or interrupted and your new destination changes or is uncertain, what do you do? How do you live with the tension of having a new destination that’s way off in the distance yet knowing that if you just sit and wait for it, you’ll go stir crazy? […]
“Good grief” sounds like an oxymoron – two contrasting ideas that don’t seem to fit together. But when we look deeper, grief is a process we enter into when we experience a loss in our lives so it makes sense to make it as “good” or “beneficial” as possible. Grief is: “keen mental suffering or […]
The other day I saw a hitchhiker with the sign “Anywhere but Here!” I couldn’t help but thinking, “What or who are they running away from?” To want to be “Anywhere but Here” has certainly crossed my mind during this season of suffering and recovery! It’s like the person who decides, “The grass is greener […]
When trouble rocks our world, our first response is often disappointment, anger and frustration. We might even feel like God is cursing or punishing us for some reason. The thought often farthest from our mind is to say a prayer of thanks for this blessing! In life, things are not always as they appear. The […]
“Two men looked through prison bars, One saw mud, one saw stars” (Oscar Wilde). What do you do when you feel like your circumstances have created a prison like atmosphere in your life? At 23 weeks into my recovery, I looked at my situation and even though physically I was coping with the pain and […]
People have asked, “How do I prepare for the adversity I know will come into my life? It`s going well right now, but I know it won’t always be smooth sailing.” To answer that, let’s look at two explorers who treated preparation quite differently and with shocking results. Amundsen busy planning In October of 1911, […]
When you are faced with adversity and trouble, what is your response? Dance around it? Dance through it & fast? Dance with it? How you choose to dance, changes everything! When I woke up two days after my motorcycle accident I was a mess. My bones were broken, my body was bruised and I was […]