Folks, you are not your body, you have deeper things to worry about than that. You have a spirit that needs real care. Take care of that body, definitely. But more importantly, take care of your spirit.
Refuse to hold on to your grudge. Stop nursing that bad memory over and over again, which has fattened itself to the point of nearly consuming your world.
Give the gift of love to those who have less-than-joyful holiday experiences coloring their outlook on the holidays. Love them in the form of being understanding, patient and caring. And one of the greatest gifts you can give is to Just. Be. Present.
Newbie NFL football player Desmond Watson, just out of college and weighing in at a hefty 464 pounds, needed to lose weight in order to get off the bench. After a dramatic loss of 35 pounds of flab, he was asked how he had managed to reach that goal.
Grieve openly. In your own way and for as long as you need. Grieving is natural. Let yourself experience the pain as it comes and goes in your life. So that it can eventually go.
Outside storms can be horrible and life changing for a while. But the inside storms – those are the ones that change us for the rest of our lives. We either get bitter, or we allow the storm to make us better.
Sweet lovable babies will grow quickly into messy toddlers, who will become energetic kids, then mouthy teens, and finally independent young adults. But it does take time and patience. Lots of patience.
If you have ever watched the old movie “Conagher,” a Western based on a rough 'n' tough cowboy with a gigantic sense of right and wrong, then you might well remember the story line’s leading lady. An attractive young widow with two children, left in a lonely shack out in the boonies after the supposed death of her husband.
So, to the hurting, our words may seem rather artificial. The one who is hurting can sense whether you know what they are going through. But that is all we can do, offer our uneducated sympathy and our help. Our Creator knows all this.
Alex suddenly realized he was starving – according to his standards. Of course, that standard set low, as his stomach pretty much governed his life. Forty-five minutes without something going into his mouth seemed like forever to that growing teenager.
Grandma was a healthy, strapping woman who believed in her grandkids having their learning abilities attached to their behinds, and believed a healthy strong spanking would drive the needed information home.
It is vital that you learn to recognize your negative thoughts, and then forcibly replace them with a totally different way of thinking about what you fear. Deliberately take control, before you cause an ending that didn’t have to happen.
