The Spirit of Defeatism I was having a discussion with an old friend that I hadn’t seen for years. When I asked her how she was, I saw her pause and then tear up. She told me that it had been a terrible time, for her young nephew had just committed suicide. As I watched her, I…
Loss
If I can just get my hand to my face!
Sometimes life is so hard that each minute becomes all that one can bear. In AA they have a slogan called “one day at a time.” Sometimes it is one hour at a time or in reference to above, one minute at a time. We can get hit from many directions, and the result is…
Our Deceptions, Our Fears and Our Hope: Part I
Fear is a terrible thing. It rules much of our lives, and it delights the adversary, who is the father of fear as well as lies. He is the constant source of whispers that sound like this: “You’ve gone too far; you’ve done too much; you’re not loved anymore and there is no hope.” Those…
Dealing with Failure We Can’t Fix
There are some failures that we just cannot fix. Let me give you some examples: How about getting in an accident, and people don’t survive? Perhaps some of the fault was yours and some of the fault was the other driver’s. Did we do everything we could do just perfectly? How about having a son or…
The Second Gift: The Gift that is So Necessary to Our Journey – Passing On
I was asked to speak once on the three gifts of life that I felt took my breath away. So I’m going to break them into three Monday thoughts! I have felt strongly that we have to keep the main things of life in perspective for us to survive this journey with hope and often…