Are You A Caterpillar Or A Butterfly "Just When The Caterpillar Thought Life Was Over, It Became A Butterfly." We all go through our stages when we feel like we are in a dark cocoon, slowly moving towards the end of a tunnel, towards the light. We can feel the warmth and see... ( added 322 days 1 hour ago.)

We Can Create A Hope Redeemed If everyone became an optimist, even for the sake of experimenting, we could quite possibly make a difference in the World in which we live. We make changes in our personal relationships, in an attempt to make them calmer and more fulfilling. We... ( added 325 days 2 hours ago.)

God Knows Our Intent Sometimes, in our busy lives, we forget that God knows everything we are thinking, before we make our next move. He knows if the intent behind our actions is pure and honest or tainted with revenge and hatred. Our concern should be on our own... ( added 327 days 2 hours ago.)

This Is No Accident Did you ever wonder why you exist? What a Higher Power's plan is for you? Is there even a plan? Is there even a Higher Power? If we follow the plan, and do the right things, will be rewarded? If we don't choose to follow the plan, and commit... ( added 329 days ago.)

The Strength Of Spirit Every experience we go through adds to our personality, our thinking process, reacting process, and most assuredly, our strength of spirit. Unfortunately, the bad experiences usually yield the most growth, and lessons learned. The positive... ( added 332 days 4 hours ago.)

Be Good For Goodness Sake So many strive to be their interpretation of what God expects of them. They try their best to be honest, and giving, altruistic and humble, helpful and non judgmental. They make sure they go out of their way in "sacrifice" to prove they are... ( added 336 days 2 hours ago.)

The Depths Of Emotion I believe that our mind tells our soul what we are thinking, and those thoughts become emotions. They can be happy emotions such as in the birth of a child, or a wedding, graduation, birthday, job promotion, or holiday. They can also be sad... ( added 340 days 3 hours ago.)

Have You Been Naughty Or Nice For a few weeks in December, it appears that everyone has been nice. All the people in stores buying presents for their loved ones, but is it because they feel they have to, or want to? Do we actually spend our money on people who may not deserve... ( added 341 days 5 hours ago.)

A Calm Surrender Life is filled with negative and positive feelings and circumstances. Anything from the discomfort of an infant in a wet diaper, to someone being told they have a life threatening illness. If we sat down and made a list of all the positives, and... ( added 347 days 3 hours ago.)

How Do We Teach Through Our Suffering When we share our experiences with others, and open our mind, heart, and soul, we may be able to spread knowledge and hope. Those who read what we write may be going through a similar situation, or may relate the pain of what we are saying to... ( added 349 days 12 hours ago.)

The Tides Wash In And Out One day, you may be driving home in a beautiful new car, feeling elated and proud, and excited to sit behind the wheel. Everything smells new and clean, and you don't mind the ride to work or to do your errands. Actually, you can't wait for any... ( added 354 days 9 hours ago.)

Use It, Dont Lose It Life can be very difficult at times. People can take advantage of your ignorance or naivete, or even your honesty. If you are a trusting person, and want to believe that there are good people in this world, especially the ones you surround... ( added 356 days 11 hours ago.)

We Are Like Candles In The Wind There are some candles that blow out easily with a quick puff, and others take a little longer and are more stubborn on their way to being extinguished. So, too, are some of us fragile and easily hurt, while others can stand the anger and... ( added 356 days 16 hours ago.)

How Do You Keep Your Integrity In Tact I believe the most important key to being comfortable with ourselves, is to be honest. This needs to start from within our own minds. It takes experience and maturity, but we all can get to a place where we know whether or not we are being honest... ( added 358 days 9 hours ago.)

Dear Jesus, I Thought I Saw You Today Fictional article Dear Jesus, I was walking to the post office, and I saw a man lying across someone's front porch steps. He seemed to be asleep, with black wool gloves, fingers exposed, an old black hat and a tattered coat. I would have gone... ( added 360 days 11 hours ago.)

Do You Suffer Over Your Suffering A Quote From Buddha We all go through stages of suffering, from the time we are young, until we leave this World. We won't to be able to avoid these stages of anger, grief, disappointment, confusion, and frustration. We can walk into any day... ( added 360 days 15 hours ago.)

Pride, Fear And Faith Go Hand in Hand I know there are many out there in cyberspace who have little babies, toddlers, and children. Their days are filled to the brim. Whether mom works outside of the home or not, there are hundreds of things to juggle in order for all to run... ( added 363 days 23 hours ago.)

How I Know God Exists Last winter, I left to go to the post office, and it was gray out, but not snowing. However, when I came out of the post office, it was like a blizzard. To me, that is the worst time to be driving, before the snow plows come along. I was... ( added 364 days 17 hours ago.)

Loneliness And Being Alone Are Two Different Things There are times when I love being alone. No one in the house, I can do whatever I want. I can play my favorite CD's, light a few candles, and escape into my flat screen. I do so anyway, but it's just nice when there's no extra background noise. I... ( added 1 year 1 day ago.)

Faith Is Your Choice As with almost anything, Faith is our choice. Our minds either believe in a Heavenly Spirit, or they don't. Many of us say we have Faith, and believe we do, but when something drastic happens in our lives, we are put to the test. We may have a... ( added 1 year 1 day ago.)

Lord, I Have Been Weary You may be tired of hearing me call your name Lord, for I have been doing so all of my life. Whether in times of great sadness, depression, anger, or excitement and happiness, I have come to you to ask for help or to thank You for Your gracious... ( added 1 year 3 days ago.)

It Really Is Possible To Change Another Person You can change another person mainly by your example. If someone is used to being loud and obnoxious and swears a lot, you can approach him about it, and if he wants to change, he'll listen to what you have to say. He'll calm down, be less... ( added 1 year 3 days ago.)

First Do No Harm If this concept were automatically ingrained in we humans at the time of conception, the world would be a much more loving, caring, and happy place to live. In the medical profession, this insight is often misused and abused, however, I'm... ( added 1 year 5 days ago.)

Fear, Jealousy And Selfishness After thinking about Bruce Horst's article entitled, "Where are the Articles About Being a Servant?"and his specific words of "What is the ratio of the number of passages in the New Testament of the Bible which command Christians to love one... ( added 1 year 7 days ago.)

Redecorating My Home With My Homes Decorations Most of us have way too many knick knacks, saved cards, baskets and dried flowers, plastic flowers, books, and pictures on the wall. Especially if we've lived in a home for a long time. I've been here 21 years. It is time for a change, or many... ( added 1 year 8 days ago.)