Don’t rationalize your weaknesses or the time you should be working on them! You know out is out, and in is in! Let me explain this comment. I was sure that the telestial kingdom would only hold those who murdered or did terrible things. It is interesting that the proud also are there, as well…
How To Overcome Anything & Everything Through Christ – A Story of Depression, Suicide, Loss of Faith and Addiction
If you are reading this article, you probably know me. Roberta Hess Park was a big part of my life growing up, and she has allowed me to share my story. I chose to write this anonymously, not out of fear or to protect myself, but because I really, extremely don’t like attention. I warn…
A Christmas Message: Look up, not down! Look forward, not backward!
These powerful words hit my thoughts as though they had been said out loud. It was one of those times that I think we all experience, looking backward at all the things we hadn’t gotten done; or hadn’t done right! The more I looked the more down I felt. As I was walking down the…
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…
Is This Your “Blankin” Chicken?
It Looks Like Chocolate! Some years ago, I was listening to a candy maker being interviewed about a well-known candy bar. The discussion involved how much real chocolate was used in many of the candy bars. He commented that often, in some, there was no chocolate at all. He then said these words: “It looks…
Locked into the Embrace of Negativity
We often wonder why our relationships with others do not change particularly when they turn negative. It can be with very close relationships such as with spouses and our children. It can be with our parents or different members of our extended families. It can even occur at work or in neighborhoods. It is destructive…
A Message of Cheer, but Hang on for the Ride!
Gloom and doom I was talking to a friend who lives in a large city clear across the nation and she shared with me how she had become truly afraid of venturing out particularly by herself or even with her children. She felt that the ordinary way of life that she had grown up with…
The Worlds We Enter
“You have cancer!” These are words we never want to hear, but there are many of us that hear those words. They are frightening and we know in an instant that we are about to enter another world. Another set of words that are frightening: “There seems to be a problem with your baby.” There…
The Miracle of At-One-Ness
I’ve seen some miracles this summer and in particular one made me think about the power of a group, both for good or ill. It is hard to be at one with another. Friends struggle, families struggle, couples struggle and society as a whole usually stumbles most of the time. What creates at-one-ness? Usually there…
Slow Down? Yeah, right! How? Simple Ways to Reduce Stress
We live in the most stress-filled time in Earth’s history. Why? We are never turned off. Since industrialization, we have had an era of speed. Hurry! Hurry! Get to school! Get to work! Get to the meeting! Now our phones are always with us. We have computers always on, and we get to bed late…