Sitting outside on the porch in the warmer weather and enjoying the still, quiet reverie of the morning has always been one of my favorite things to do. There’s just something about the morning, long before the world machine gets going. There’s a gentleness in the air, a softness absent any sharp edges. It’s peaceful…
On Monday I sat down dutifully to write my blog. I began writing with a vague concept in mind and continued on until the first paragraph was completed. Then, it happened. I’m not sure if it was because I had not written a blog in several weeks or the subject matter I chose, but there…
There is nothing like a birthday to give you some pause in order to consider what happened over the course of the past year. Personally, this past year was a period of almost unequalled and unparalleled growth. God taught me so many important lessons, some very personal, others just to bless me. My Morning Pages…
Now you know as the world’s foremost purveyor of the importance of thought, albeit self disclosed, the topic of thought has always intrigued me. It is literally the difference between a good and a bad life. It is the only thing in this world that you can control. It is the gatekeeper to your heart…
I have been working with a close friend lately on a project that helps people to connect with what is most important in their lives. Part of that process involves figuring out your life’s purpose. That, my friends, is a very deep concept. I say deep because it requires you to peel away all of…
In order for us to learn spiritual lessons we need something in the physical realm from which we can relate. The Bible is full of metaphors. One of the most important comparisons involves light and darkness. The light represents goodness and God while the darkness represents evil and the devil. Darkness can always be understood…
Mental health has become a popular topic nowadays. People are becoming more and more aware of the importance of their mental health and how it positively or negatively affects their lives. It might surprise you to know that as long as there have been human beings, mankind has endured mental health problems. As thinking beings…
Have you ever felt worn down like maybe you have run out of energy? Or maybe you are having a good day and something comes up apparently out of nowhere that seems to zap away your strength? Perhaps you just feel bored with life and can’t seem to find anything that turns you on. These…
It is peculiar to me that something that affects our life as much as our emotions do, would be the subject of greater education and study. It’s like we all grew up with this menagerie of feelings, yet seldom have we learned to understand what those myriad feelings are communicating to us. Most people, it…
I’m not sure if it’s politics or the ease of getting information or the advent of social media, but it seems more and more that people have stopped thinking for themselves. Maybe there’s nothing new under the sun. Maybe all original thought has already been thought. Perhaps we have reached such a grand stage of…