One of the greatest gifts in life is learning to be at home with yourself. Being willing to be where you are, to feel what you feel, and practice self-compassion. It is a gift to ourselves when we witness our own life and our own experiences without judgment. We create safety for ourselves by being …
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Believe.
Our beliefs are the thoughts that we have practiced thinking over and over again. We have to practice believing a new thought in order to begin to act a different way. Our brains form pathways. We think a thought and our body responds based on the pathway we have created over time. If we want …
A New Way.
I used to be stuck in a cycle of seeing everything that was wrong, then I decided to open my eyes to everything that was right. I used to try to do all the things I thought were “right” that would create the results I wanted, but I constantly felt like I messed up, fell …
The Old Man and the Sea.
I listened to Ernest Hemingway’s book The Old Man and the Sea this week. Initially, I thought it was terrible. I said as much when I got home last night after finishing the book. Dean looked the book up and said it was about perseverance. My thought was, “yeah but he got nothing for his …
Hope While Accepting All of Life
When I say, “we have more power than we realize, or often choose to tap into, the power of the Holy Spirit living in us helping us!” I am trying to remind us that we have God with us ALL THE TIME. In the good and the bad. In the easy and the hard. And …
Repeat. On LOVE.
We must know love, accept love, and receive love for our-self. We must know God's love for us, deep inside, to be able to offer love well to others. We cannot give something to others that we don't have ourselves. We MUST spend time with God to KNOW His LOVE. If we want to be changed, transformed, …
This Is How It Is.
People seem to battle with reality. They think life “should go” a certain way. They have expectations and ideals about how people should be, about how the world should be, about what is supposed to happen. Then when people, the world, situations, do not go as they expected they become angry, frustrated, disappointed, unhappy with …
The World Isn’t as It Should Be
“The world isn’t as it should be.” I’ve read that sentence in two Advent devotionals this year. I understand that the world is not as God originally created it, the perfect garden. I thought about saying the world is not as God intended but then I was thinking He had to know that man was …
Joy to the World
But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be for all the people.” Luke 2:10 There are things in life that happen that cause us to be afraid. God gave us our fear instinct/feeling, but He does not want us to …
The Soul Felt Its Worth
Do you know your worth? Do you feel you have worth? Do you agree with God about your worth? Jesus came to bring us gifts. The gifts of life, love, peace, hope, joy, salvation, freedom, worth, and value to name a few. Do you receive His gifts? Do you accept them as your own? Or …
seeking and discovering a better WAY 