Why I am an Idiot
I just read a blogger commenting on how people who are strongly intuitive can be really bad at seeing the obvious even though they are really good at seeing what’s going on beneath the surface. Boy-oh-boy is that me! It’s probably why I have such a high tolerance for messes and have taken so long to become a somewhat average housekeeper. I can spend 10 … Continue reading Why I am an Idiot
Why I Won’t Keep a Gratitude Journal!
Here’s where I tell you all about the magic of gratitude journals. Everyone you and I know, from my mother to Oprah swears that keeping a gratitude journal changed their life. Which is wonderful, but I have never kept a gratitude journal. The idea of having one more thing to remember and make time for – at the same time no less! – makes me … Continue reading Why I Won’t Keep a Gratitude Journal!
Lookin’ for Love
I have 2 copies of a New-York Times Bestselling book on “love languages”. Which is odd because I really don’t like the book. Since it’s a major bestseller, I guess that makes me odd. The reason I don’t like the book: it spends all its pages convincing you and teaching you to learn the love language your partner speaks. Yet the book says nothing that … Continue reading Lookin’ for Love
The real reason prosperous humans have fewer kids
The more kids, the harder it is to keep the house clean. When you live in areas with Western levels of prosperity, there’s a lot of crap for kids to make a mess with! So to have more than a couple of kids, either you have to be a super organizer or you have a very high tolerance for mess. Or I suppose you could … Continue reading The real reason prosperous humans have fewer kids
Anxiety -> Prayer -> Peace
– Paul to the Phillipians Life is stressful. Remembering to pray is hard. So, some years ago, I read this verse and decided to kill 2 birds with one stone. From that point on, I decided, being anxious or worried would be the universe’s cue for me to check in with the divine (you know – pray). Sometimes the prayer was just a “hey – … Continue reading Anxiety -> Prayer -> Peace
Practice Forgiveness Day!
Being forgiven = Freedom Forgiving = Freedom Pick a day this week to deliberately forgive anything and everything that bugs you. Traffic? “I forgive you idiots for being in my way. I forgive the morons who designed the road system while under the influence of socialist drug addicts during their brutalist period. I forgive my brakes for screetching.” (FYI – Name calling is tolerated, but … Continue reading Practice Forgiveness Day!
Pay your body a visit!
It’s hard to enjoy your life if you are not really there for it. “I am.” -God “Be Present” is one of those great spiritual truths like Love, Peace an Compassion. I’m sure books have been written on why this is so, but so far the teaching of it has been lax at best. And no matter how much people on TV swear by it, … Continue reading Pay your body a visit!
What I think God would say about abortion
I am not God (just in case you were confused – lol), but based on what I know about God and how he works – which admittedly may be all wrong – I have certain hypothesis about what God would want us to be saying about a variety of topics. And although it may seem blasphemous to those who think that we already know all … Continue reading What I think God would say about abortion
What to do when you wake up in hell
Today, I want to share a bit more about a short story from my book The Upside Down World – A Book of Wisdom in Progress. In the story, I imagine a conversation between the resurrected Jesus and one of his disciples when the question, “what was it like being dead?” gets asked. From the story: As he stared into the fire in front of … Continue reading What to do when you wake up in hell
A New Fundamentalism
I, Rebecca Trotter, hereby declare that the time has come for a new form of Christian fundamentalism. It is my belief that this new fundamentalism is needed in order to preserve what is most sacred and true to Christianity against assaults from without and within the Christian church. Although there is freedom in Christ which allows for a variety of ideas and understandings to be … Continue reading A New Fundamentalism
The Upside Down World 