As far as the east is from the west, I will remove your sins from you. – God That’s the offer of forgiveness we all want to take. But when it comes to forgiveness between us humans, as far as the east is from the west is a bit much to contemplate. God knows this. In fact, when the disciples were told that they had … Continue reading Stages of Forgiving
Sometimes someone you know is doing something that any idiot – yourself included – can see is heading for disaster. Most likely the person doing this knows that everyone thinks they are making a huge mistake. (If they don’t, if you are any sort of friend you need to be brave enough to gently raise it with them.) Once they know that others do not … Continue reading When Someone You Love is Making a Big Mistake
Forgiveness is absolutely essential, but sometimes our hurts are just so big. Here are some steps I have found useful in getting to a point of forgiveness. 1. Be realistic about your pain and what it is you are forgiving. If you are angry, be angry. If you are hurt, be hurt. Don’t pretend it’s not as bad as it is. If you are destroyed, … Continue reading Steps to Forgiveness
I don’t know if it’s just a quirk of my personality or if someone dropped me on my head as a child, but I always feel responsible for everything. I feel like if I was only good enough at managing all aspects of my life, my house would always be clean, I would never be late, laundry would never pile up, my children would never … Continue reading Don’t get upset over things you can’t control!
We often have a hard time accepting the difference between how we feel and what is true. Feelings themselves aren’t wrong, they just tend to point in the wrong direction if left untrained. But our feelings are meant to lead us, so it’s worth it to take the time to start training them to line up with reality. The best way I know how to … Continue reading Perspective
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!
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
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!
It seemed to take forever, but my book The Upside Down World, A Book of Wisdom in Progress is finally available for sale on Amazon. It is a collection of essays, poety, art work by my lovely sister Cindy, quotes, stories and more meant to help people find a better view of what Wisdom looks like and how it can work in our lives. This … Continue reading The Upside Down World Is Here!!!!!
The Upside Down World 