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happiness is a choice
The Course in Miracles talks about God’s will for us is to be happy. Why do we make it so hard? I don’t believe we consciously choose unhappiness. We have spent a lot of time, looking for happiness in all the wrong places; a relationship, job, vacation, new car,...
go home!
I love the water!! I mean, I am a water girl. When I was in Sedona, Arizona I began to miss the water. While on a hike into the mountainous rocks, I heard the welcoming sound of rushing water coming from a creek below. As I was listening to the sound of the water I...
appreciation is a platform for growth
Have you ever been in awe of someone’s talents or attitudes? If "you spot it, you got it." You might be saying I can’t play music like that or sing like that, maybe not, but how else are you creative, how else do you extend yourself in the world? Maybe you decorate,...
irritation is a platform for growth
Whatever it is that we don’t like in another person, we don’t like in ourself. "You Spot It, You Got It." I was in a workshop with a woman that had something to say about almost everything the instructor was teaching us. By the fourth day, I found myself not only...
awareness is key
“You cannot change what you do not acknowledge”. Dr. Phil's Life Law #4 In other words if I’m having a hard time with situations and people, what’s the common denominator? ME! The only way to begin to change our lives is to realize it starts, here. That means with me...
why is it soooo hard to surrender?
It’s so hard to surrender, because we think we know what’s best for us and for those around us. Hello! Look around; we don’t always know what’s best. We are control freaks, constantly wanting to control others, when the truth of the mater is, it’s a huge task just to...
prayer
Growing up Catholic, prayer became just words. I attended a private school that sometimes included Church as part of our school day. The “Hail Mary” and the “Our Father”, where prayers that were said with a rosary (prayer beads) or just independently. I remember being...
what I learned
I set out on a journey this summer to get away from the Texas heat and just enjoy “being”. This is what I learned: We live in a wonderful country filled with a myriad of different terrains. Whether you are a fan of mountains, lakes, oceans, deserts, forests, or a...
why is vulnerability so scary?
Vulnerability is scary because we don’t know what’s on the other side of it. In my journey to vulnerability, I realized that if I gave up everything that I ever knew...in other words who I thought I was...I didn’t know who I would be. There was a part of me that was...