challenges
Forgiveness
If you haven’t forgiven yourself something, how can you forgive others?” – Dolores Huerta Forgiveness absolutely goes both ways. We need to forgive ourselves as well as forgive others. For some of us this concept is a contradiction and causes us to be disturbed at times. Yet the truth is simple, if we can not … Read more
Never Fear Fear…
Most fears cannot withstand the test of careful scrutiny and analysis. When we expose our fears to the light of thoughtful examination they usually just evaporate. Jack Canfield Fear is a natural occurrence in our biological life. Fear is our friend it is our radar system that warns us of danger ahead! Yet for many … Read more
Why Worry?
We have to fight them daily, like fleas, those many small worries about the morrow, for they sap our energies. – Etty Hillesum Why worry? If we are to be happy, joyous and free we need to be free of worry. We all feel stress, however we must immediately utilize our tools to clarify what … Read more
Service…
Giving is the secret of a healthy life. Not necessarily money, but whatever a person has of encouragement, sympathy and understanding. – John D. Rockefeller * I would love to say I am perfect in all things or that I have zero contradictions. The truth however is simple, I am not even close. I do … Read more
Go, Go, Go…
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. – Mark Twain * Each and every one of us has that something within us that sparks our desire to be somebody. When we surround ourselves with … Read more
Fight…
“Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight.” – Helen Keller * Over the course of time my deficiencies have turned out to be my strengths. I was always a fidgety kid, got into all kinds of trouble because I was always into … Read more
Fear not here…
“I have accepted fear as a part of life, specifically the fear of change, the fear of the unknown. I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: Turn back, turn back; you’ll die if you venture too far.”– Erica Jong ♦ We all face fear, an early acronym I remember being … Read more
Difficult times pass…
Difficult times have helped me to understand better than before how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way, and that so many things that one goes worrying about are of no importance whatsoever.” – Isak Dinesen In the recovered life we know exactly what difficult times are. We have experienced many of our self … Read more