Is it time to say goodbye to someone? Is it time to cut the ties? Why do we find it hard to get out of relationships with those who don’t support us? I think, for one thing, that we as humans maintain a “herd” instinct. It’s comforting to be one of the tribe or pack. […]
Since the beginning of the year I have started my journey into understanding the Grace afforded us by God. In Second Corinthians 12, we find Paul pleading with God to take away his weakness yet God responds to him saying, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” God […]
I am guilty. How about you? Are you a ruminator? So I have these situations and problems that I obsess over every day. I don’t want to, really I don’t. My morning ritual once the house is empty is to meditate and then do my bible reading and praying. You’d think that I’d be ready […]
Pretty big topic! Relationships is defined as the way in which two or more concepts, objects, or people are connected, or the state of being connected. Reading this I would venture to guess you didn’t well up with any kind of emotion – positive or negative. But you sit with the word, you conjure the […]
“I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.’…I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough […]
“To travel is to live.” – Hans Christian Andersen I have a confession to make, I’m a traveler at heart. Sometimes I fantasize about wandering the globe with my journal and my camera, staying in Italy a month, off to Australia for half the year then slowly hopping my way around the world. But life has […]
New Horizon” target=”_blank”>The photo challenge this week was challenging you to think ahead and show your work in a representative photo. Rather than a resolution I felt compelled to show something that you want to achieve — a rebirth of me! 2017 I hope will take me from a chrysalis to a butterfly. I […]
The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next. – Mignon McLaughlin I’ve been busy but truth be told I believe I have been stuck. There have been times in my life where my musings have come quite easily and I can clearly articulate them whether it […]
Last night I had another frustrating night after a long and equally frustrating day with my mentally ill adult/child. There are days when it gets really hard to be supportive, loving and even civil. Then the lines of what is the illness and what is the person get even more blurred. I found a really […]
How do you become stigma free? Just follow these steps. Educate Yourself and Others Everyone knows a little about mental health issues but knowing the facts about mental illness can help you educate others and reject stigmatizing stereotypes. They are not the result of personal weakness, lack of character or poor upbringing. Understanding mental health isn’t only about […]
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