This time of year it is everywhere, from songs on the radio to signs on our front lawns. Joy. Glittering lights, Christmas trees, cookies, caroling, time spent with family - and if your lucky a sleigh ride-. From outside it looks perfect, doesn't it? But once you open the door and step across the threshold a new picture meets you- a race for perfection, stress over the right gift, if only that family member will put in an appearance, traffic, grumps, and for some the question of "Will I be …
Are You Here?
In this season of busyness, tradition, fun, exhaustion, Jimmy Stewart-induced nostalgia, and TONS of glitter, there is still a tendency for some to be a little joy-LESS. While there are a select few who may in fact naturally fall under the Grinch or Scrooge category… I’m mainly addressing those who may feel that JOY is only a word plastered on sparkly baubles and trinkets- not necessarily a condition of their hearts. While happiness is circumstantial, joy truly is a heart condition. It’s …
Joy in Hardships
As December gets a running start, it seems like everyone and their neighbor is getting ready for Christmas. It’s a time of joy, love, tradition, and giving, along with the gluttonous eating that we’re all so excited to partake in. However, not everyone is having a holly jolly Christmas this year. Not to be a little black rain cloud on this parade (as I truly do LOVE Christmas), but I do want us to remember that there are some that are hurting. Several people that I know of personally are going …
Do I Look Like Love?
Love. One of the most over used words in our vocabulary. I love this place. I love this song. I love that shirt. I love you. Those three little words that mean so much and yet so little. Love. We use it so often, about so many different things. But do we mean it? Or is it just a phrase we use like “cool”, or “wow”? Do I look like love? On a good day, maybe? On a bad day? Ahh- lets not go there. Recently we were invited by a friend to visit her church. We took her up on the offer and arrived …
Do You Like You? (It’s OK to love yourself!)
It's amazing to me how many people, especially women, are so hard on themselves in regards to how they look. [I won't even get into how critical people are about the way they act, think, accomplish things, etc.- that's a different post.] I also understand that others have no problem in this area whatsoever... kudos to you! For the rest of us, this is a hard topic to admit that we still struggle with, especially as we get older and should "know better by now". I realize that this post may be more …
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Plugging in to Your Ultimate Power Source
As you go through life, and things come up, do you find that sometimes you end up feeling like you are spinning your wheels without much change happening or progress being made? I don’t know about you, but with me that happens far more often than I care to admit; but I am going to admit it, right here right now. What I have come to find is that I find myself relying on my self, my own problem-solving abilities, my own strength, and my own power. Which is why I often times find myself spinning …
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