All of us, if we have lived long enough, are going to experience hard times in our lives. We are going to have dark days with doubts and fears increasing. Things are going to go wrong and sometimes we may even get damaged in the process. We will likely have some heartaches, troubles, challenging periods,…
I was musing the other day about how much our own thoughts about ourselves influence our life for better or for worse. Sometimes we act as if life is just happening to us and we’re along for the ride, so to speak. We are quick to point to circumstances and conditions without really taking any…
As I was enjoying the serenity of my Morning Pages time spent with God, expressing a litany of challenges and troubles that were besieging my mind in that moment, the above thought flashed across my mind. It took me by surprise to say the least. It’s not easy to admit that many of the difficulties…
The other night I woke up with Minnie Ripperton’s song, “Back Down Memory Lane” playing through my mind. Oddly, when I was a young man, the song always seemed to make me want to cry. Yet here it was again, in my head in the middle of the night for no apparent reason. You have…
Well folks, I did it. I officially published my first book appropriately entitled, “Just Some Good Thoughts” (Nothing more, nothing less…) The book is a compilation of blogs I have written over the years. I arranged the book topically, so it’s not necessarily a read straight though book, but rather a reference guide designed to…
As I reflected on tonight’s topic, it seemed the logical answer would be “yes!” But, is it though? Or, did the question give you a certain amount of pause followed by some persuading of self to arrive at the right answer? What happens to a person that leads to not loving themself? What kind of…
It seems we often miss out on so much life because we are driven by the need for accomplishments. While not unique to our American culture, putting all of our focus and attention on reaching some end leaves a lot of time in between. The time in between is actually our life. In order to…
Did you know that the answer to the question above has a monumental impact concerning how your life turns out? Human beings live and die right between their ears. What you think about and consider the most is what gets into your heart and from your heart proceed the issues of your life. Your heart…
Wholeness is a much talked about subject in certain circles. In the legal profession, being made whole refers to a person receiving back everything they lost. In the world of health, being made whole means the removal of every cause for ill health resulting in full restoration. Even the word “whole” itself would seem to…
I don’t know if it was a moon cycle or the wrong crowd, but everyone I passed by the other day exuded palpable despair. It was like they were walking, but not really alive. You could see in their eyes that all of the life had been sucked out of them. And it wasn’t just…