Tag: mental-health
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Cucumbers in the Bushes
I have been a prolific blackberry picker for the past ten years. An unseen gift that Trinity has delivered year after year. I invite many people to join me in the bushes, but none do. There are a litany of reasons why the enthusiasm gives way to reasons why not. The most common is the…
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Look Out!
If you would have told me 15 years ago that I would walk alongside people dealing with addiction and self-worth struggles, I would have chuckled and inwardly thought, ‘not happening.’ You see, I was so busy dealing with the destruction that my own addiction to pornography had wreaked, I could not conceive of an outwardly…
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You Are Enough
What I do. This is an odd post for me to share here. I was so taken by the beauty of the heart that wrote to me. Her vulnerability coupled with her strength and understanding of who she is, well is just awesome. This was sent to me from a beautiful single mom last night. …
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Life Lessons, Comfort Zones
The great theologian Jimmy Buffet sang it so well, “Changes in attitudes, changes in latitudes…” causes our mental state to let go and joy to invade. Gotta give it to Jimmy. He was right on. Right, on this. I am excited about a project that I have been working on for months now with a…
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What do you want?
It’s a powerful question that I often ask people when meeting with them. Almost every time the question is followed by silence, that at times becomes uncomfortable. The truth is many of us are going through the motions and too often, the emotions of a life without direction, goals or sadly, purpose. The great speaker…
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Be careful. You might get what you ask for.
“I Have a Dream, a song to sing To help me cope, with anything If you see the wonder, of a fairy tale You can take the future, even if you fail I believe in angels Something good in everything I see I believe in angels When I know the time is right for me…