Posts Tagged ‘personal growth’
So, This is Christmas at Fifty-Eight
I love the Christmas season. It’s a sensual spectacle for my soul. The yummy treats that appear only once a year, even if my appetite for them is a year-round event. The power of light to pierce the short December days and even longer December nights. The glorious music. The profane and holy, both speaking…
Read MoreReflections on Aging, Life and Death at Fifty-Eight
We are born into an earthly existence that is measured in milestones, memories and moments. A process that begins at birth; recording our arrival time and location. A process that ends with death; recording our departure time and location. Our lives bookended by numbers that simply state our commencement and our closure as the dearly departed.
Read MoreHumility, Vegas and Mountains
I heart the mountains and I hear the mountains. Visually profound understandings about the nature of Love and what is required to love my neighbor. Divine whispers that sing to my soul the hymn of humility.
Read MoreCh-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes: Learning to Trust in God Alone
Full of repentance and humility; thankfulness and gratitude; peace and love; I fully surrendered myself to God. To live a new life. A life of love that tries to honor God and all people, including people resistant to God’s unconditional love and unyielding grace like I once was.
Read MoreWhy Can’t God Just Tell Us What To Do? Well, At Least Me
Like millions of other faith filled people, I just want God to tell me what I need to do; now. I’d also be good with knowing my future. Equating divine Love as a cosmic fortune teller even if God has already shared with all of us our future.
Read MoreAutumn Has Arrived: Released from Regret
Learning from and honoring my history but no longer ensnared in it. Love lives in the present. Love is never about entrapping us in the past or entangling our future (only God knows what will be.)
Read MoreDoubt and Faith and Doubt
While I deeply believe that God will provide, living my faith has been unsettling.
Read MoreRain and Gain
As much as we try and avoid the rain, it sustains life. Without it plants would wither, animals would become parched, and we would not grow. Moreover, we would die.
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