You might find this quite odd, but as an avid gardener, I actually speak to my plants. I walk around the yard and tell them how well they are doing. I use words like spectacular and wow as I take the time to appreciate them. Some struggle a bit and I let them know if…
The one day of the year when gratitude is often expressed is upon us. We call it Thanksgiving. Traditionally it’s a day to take a moment and appreciate what you already have; the blessings you already enjoy. If you think about it, no matter what may be going on in your personal life, there are…
Okay let’s get a little personal tonight. Do you remember the last time you felt really good? Not just happy in a moment, but having an overall a sense of contentment and confidence in things working out for you? A time when your mind was completely at ease and hovered there for awhile? Inside you…
This world can be a confusing place at times. Unlike the past, there are endless distractions all clamoring for our time and attention. We have the world at our fingertips with just a few strokes on the keyboard. We have unparalleled access to information and with that information comes a litany of requirements; things we…
I think of all the questions in the world that you could ask a person, none quite holds the significance as the one above; are you blessed? Blessed at its core generally refers to the blessings that people receive from God. Accordingly, many people claim to be blessed and perhaps, rightly so. Some folks are…
Life requires energy to live it and your level of energy is connected directly to your thoughts. Children seem to have an almost unlimited amount of enthusiasm, but children also don’t waste too much time thinking about the wrong stuff. Adults do that. There is a competition that rages daily and that contest is for…
I’m sure you already know this by now, but our time on the earth is frightfully short. What seems like forever when we are twenty quickly turns into forty, fifty, then enter our sixties and beyond. And even though us believing types can look forward to the opportunity to live forever, life on this planet…
When you are a young person, you cannot wait to get older and do the things that adults can do. When you reach adulthood, you quickly learn that being an adult carries with it some responsibilities you hadn’t really thought all the way through. You take on those responsibilities and begin to figure things out.…
It seems much time and energy has been spent convincing people with the least money of the lack of its importance in their lives. You hear it all the time from well-meaning folks busy explaining away money by either discounting it entirely or else demonizing it as a source of evil. However, when you observe…
Human beings are not static, meaning not fixed nor unable to change. Yet, how many people live that way? You can literally be anyone you want to be, without limit or holdback. You are not defined by anything you have done or have not yet done. You always have the capacity to change. The very…