The other night Don’t Give Up on Me by Andy Grammer came on. In the song, there is a line that says, “I will fight/ I will fight for you/ I always do, until my heart/ Is black and blue” This triggered the memory of me driving across Iowa and Nebraska while listening to this …
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A prayer from the Bible App got me thinking about our time here on earth. “God, I am humbled that you carefully consider my life. Even though I am only here on earth for a moment, you care deeply about that moment.” Our lives are but a moment in time. A blip on the timeline …
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jt-zahradnik/episodes/Choose-Your-Attitude–Finding-the-Good-in-the-Bad-e2fdcvm “If it (suffering) is avoidable, the meaningful thing to do is remove its cause…If, on the other hand, one cannot change a situation that causes his suffering, he can still choose his attitude.” -Viktor E. FranklWe can’t always control what happens to us but we can control how we will respond.
Enjoy this moment because it won’t last. My oldest singing T.N.T. at the top of her lungs, my son constantly wanting to wrestle or engage in some superhero battle, or my youngest asking me to lay in bed with her. These days will be over before I know it. A bad side of divorce is …
“If I just had more money then I wouldn’t be so stressed all the time.” What if you never make more than you currently do? Will you be happy? And why do you need more money to be happy? The answers are pretty obvious. I mean, who likes being broke? Does anyone like worrying if …
“True healing is connected with our willingness to run through the pain not away from it.” -Granger Smith The first time I heard about this concept of running into our pain, the author used the illustration of the buffalo. When a storm is coming buffalo will turn to face the storm and then begin to walk …
The moment it all began to change was the day I finally stood up for myself. I was finally free. I remember calling my brother and telling him I finally said what needed to be said and did not back down. And the best part was I stayed calm. What a powerful feeling to be …
Life can be hard at times. There are days you feel like a big steaming pile of…well…you get the idea. How can you have less of those type of days? 1) Plan out your day. Nothing beats a good ol to-do list to help you feel like you accomplished something. Make sure to include tasks …
“If it (suffering) is avoidable, the meaningful thing to do is remove its cause…If, on the other hand, one cannot change a situation that causes his suffering, he can still choose his attitude.” -Viktor E. Frankl If you have a rock in your shoe, you stop and remove it unless you are a masochistic. If you …
Recently I overheard a gentleman say something to the affect, “Don’t curse the passing inconvenience of the snow piles for the future blessing in spring.” Here where I live in Iowa, we have had a ton of snow in a short amount of time and quite frankly most of us are already over it. This …