I’ve been thinking about, and this seems funny to even have to say, but I want to say, “Be kind to yourself. Be a good friend to yourself. Practice self-compassion.” It seems like this should be a no-brainer. Like of course we would be kind to ourselves. But I don’t think we are usually. Like …
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stop. start.
It might just be me, my problem/struggle, but I think maybe I am not alone. We tend to beat ourselves up for mistakes no matter how big or small. We tend to ruminate on the thing we said wrong, the thing we forgot to do, the situation we responded poorly towards. As I’ve thought about …
reading.
I’ve been re-listening to all Brené Brown’s books. Brené Brown is a shame and vulnerability researcher. Her work has been a catalyst for change in my life. As I have re-listened this time, I keep thinking about how we need the help of the Holy Spirit, of how we have more power than we think, …
practice being still.
“Be still, and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10 NIV You may have seen this scripture on a decorative sign in someone’s home, have it in your own home, or heard it repeated growing up in church. People recite this scripture. Have seen or heard this scripture. But. Do we do what this scripture …
practice.
Practice self-compassion. Practice compassion. Practice renewing your mind. Practice calm. You know when you are in the grocery store approaching the checkout and scanning to see which line is the shortest. Wondering which line to choose when they all are full. Then you see a line that only has one customer, so you go to …
More thoughts on. Practices. Habits. Changes.
We repeat movements, routines, thought patterns. We repeat choices and each time we repeat a choice we are developing a habit. If I eat a bowl of ice cream every night after dinner, I will develop a habit of eating ice cream every night after dinner. I will begin to fix the bowl of ice …
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Practices. Habits. Changes.
“We become good at what we repeatedly do.” “What we believe determines how we behave.” If we think we will always be the way we are, if we think we are incapable of change, then we will continue to be the way we are. “Change happens when the pain of staying the same is greater …
Seek and Find.
Between 2013, when my family and I moved to Tennessee, and the fall of 2016 a series of external circumstances, experiences, conversations, things that happened, caused me to seriously doubt. Doubt myself. Doubt others. Doubt life. Doubt God. But thankfully my response was to seek God. To dive into a search for Truth. Read God’s …
God Is with You!
God is with us! God is with you! God is with me! Every moment of every day. God is in us! Always available! Ever-Present Help! We have the best, wisest, most faithful, generous, kind, loving, trustworthy friend with us all the time! Our heavenly Father! The Lord Jesus Christ! Holy Spirit! Divine Flow! We have …
let’s change our thinking.
We each have our own set of circumstances in life, our own hardships, troubles, trials, challenges, illnesses, weaknesses, struggles, misfortunes, sadness’s, and our own set of joys, pleasures, happiness’s, blessings, strengths, celebrations, and enjoyments. We get to choose how we think about our lives, about every experience. We determine what the circumstances mean by our …
seeking and discovering a better WAY 