In The Far Reaches Of My Soul Ever since I was a young girl, I had a sense inside of me, in the far reaches of my soul, that would speak to me and allow me to feel things other's did not. I could sense what type of mood someone was in just by feeling their negative or positive... ( added 207 days 12 hours ago.)

Ah, Mr. President, Come And Sit With Me For A While I have always wanted kids, Mr. President, ever since I was a little girl. I would play with my dolls for hours, nurturing with every ounce of my being. My dream was to have kids, and love them, take care of them, guide them, and instill good... ( added 213 days 14 hours ago.)

Cayce Anthony: Can A Selfish Ego Drive One To Murder It's hard for me to fathom how someone could think solely about their wants and needs to the point of killing their own child. A twenty two year old girl stands accused of doing just that. If one were to believe the pieces of the story that have... ( added 217 days 11 hours ago.)

Survival Mode And The Power Of The Spirit There are times in our lives where we must rely on our instincts to get us through, both emotionally and physically. While experiencing stress, for whatever reason, it's important to remember when to sleep, when to eat, when to exercise, and when... ( added 220 days 11 hours ago.)

Inspire Yourself To Be Happy The ability to be happy, and to savor what that feels like, inspires me to enjoy life. I love nature, and the cleanness of country air, and all the beautiful wildflowers that grow, how they got planted always remains a mystery. Little animals... ( added 222 days 8 hours ago.)

When God Visits Our Mind, Do We listen How often do we profess to want God to intervene in our lives, and gently guide us in the right direction? "Dear God, help me" is probably the most widely used phrase in History. We pray, we talk, we try kneeling, sitting, standing, lying down... ( added 225 days 13 hours ago.)

Sometimes God Seems To Be On Call Somewhere Else I know there are times in our lives where even God seems to be on call somewhere else. It feels as if everytime we cry out, we are received by a busy signal. Our frustrations rise, and our fear is only masked by the sobs of our tears. The rush of... ( added 230 days 17 hours ago.)

The Whisper Of Life Has Been A Thunderous Roar All is quiet for the first few seconds of our lives, right before we begin to cry, already resisting our new environment. And so it begins. Life. Learning, retaining, changing, rearranging, confused in a land we knew nothing about. We experience... ( added 235 days 20 hours ago.)

War Begins In The Soul We all have a driving force that pushes us through our lives. It is a real, yet invisible whisper that tells us what is right and what is wrong. Some of us choose to listen to that inner voice, and some of us decide to turn a deaf's ear. Some... ( added 239 days 8 hours ago.)

Have You Played The Blame Game It never ceases to amaze me that we of the human race, will try to blame everyone else but ourselves for the situations we find ourselves in at any given time. This "blame game" starts as soon as we learn to talk. We hand the dog our favorite... ( added 242 days 21 hours ago.)

I Didnt Fall Off The Face Of The Earth Throughout the duration of our lives, we will undoubtedly meet people and go through situations that could easily end our resolve and leave us weakened and battered. How do we protect ourselves from falling backwards instead of moving positively... ( added 247 days 17 hours ago.)

I Raised A Son, But He Became A Man Alone No matter how many years a mom and son share together, the road to manhood is often traveled alone at some point. Often times a son leaves for college a boy and miraculously returns a man. All the hard work that precedes this change may be happily... ( added 252 days 9 hours ago.)

Our Darkest Hour May Be Our Future Foundation I don't think anyone wants to go through the pain of heartache, disappointment, disillusionment, or the loss of a loved one. Situations hurt, people hurt, life hurts sometimes, and there are many dark hours that test our Faith and dishearten our... ( added 260 days 17 hours ago.)

Does Anyone Really Know What Time It Is My lifelong mission has always been to try and figure out what this life is all about, and what happens when you die. Through experience with many different types of philosophies and concepts, I believe I am on Earth to learn, and change, and... ( added 265 days 18 hours ago.)

There Is A Difference In Knowing Have you ever watched babies play? I'm sure you have. Sometimes, one will bump the other in the heard by accident, and there will be a little crying, a little sniffling, and with some positive reinforcement, they'll be back to playing in no time.... ( added 270 days 13 hours ago.)

The Grass Is Still Green Nature is such a constant reminder of the flexibility and resilience of the spirit. No matter what kind of day or week we may be having, the grass is still green, and the sky remains a brilliant blue. It's almost maddening at times. The way we... ( added 273 days 17 hours ago.)

Will Has More Power Than Any Other Attribute Will is a culmination of experiencing many different feelings. Fear, frustration, laziness, negativity, excitement, anger, sadness, grief, confusion and loneliness. When confronted by these feelings for the first time, we may not know what to... ( added 279 days 17 hours ago.)

Perception And Truth Don't Always Add Up How many times is our perception and the truth one in the same? And how often do we stick around long enough to hear someone else's perception of their truth? We perceive what our mind tells us to, but it ain't always necessarily so! How many... ( added 284 days 2 hours ago.)

We Must Experience Our Own Humility I think we need to truly experience humility, and own it as ours, in order to know what it's means to be humble. We need to relate to the way another may be feeling, before we can truly help them in any way. There are emotions that come with... ( added 291 days 1 hour ago.)

If Your Covers Have Become Your Best Friend, Depression May Be Visiting We all need to take time to rest, relax, and rejuvenate. Trying to accomplish all that needs to be done in any given day and get to bed before the light comes up, doesn't leave much time for rest and relaxation. Not being true to one's self, not... ( added 295 days 23 hours ago.)

The Wishing Well Almost all of us have looked down into a wishing well, commented on it's deepness, yelled to hear our echo, and maybe made a wish as we threw a penny to the water that found it's home at the bottom. I think next to every wishing well, there should... ( added 301 days 16 hours ago.)

The Bitter Edge Can Bring You Back We all start out as infants, then babies and toddlers and then, we're called kids until our teens and 20's. The infant and baby period isn't too hard. We have someone doing everything for us and making sure we are safe, warm, and feeling loved.... ( added 307 days 1 hour ago.)

The Mystery To Life Is Looming No one knows what is going to happen from one minute to the next. It's a mystery. We all go through our puzzles and conundrums and mystification's. We try to figure out what this grand life of ours is all about, or not so grand in some cases. What... ( added 309 days 5 hours ago.)

Every Moment Is Just A Fragment Of Life If we could keep the awareness that each moment is just a fragment of life, and live our lives as such, good things would be appreciated, and bad things would be simplified. Through experience, we would know how quickly each moment goes by. Why... ( added 316 days 8 hours ago.)

My Son Is Leaving For The Air Force I happened to have my 21 year old son on the night before we were moving into our new home. No one could come to see us because they were all helping to move us in. We were alone, and we bonded. Our birthdates are 10 days apart, and we share many... ( added 319 days 8 hours ago.)