Where Do We Get The Positive Energy To Grow? There have been changes in my life in the past ten years that even I can't fathom. These changes have led me on a journey of self discovery and enlightenment. It had to be enlightenment, it couldn't have gotten too much darker, although I am... ( added 1 year 105 days ago.)

God Or The Devil, Who Do You Follow God is light and air and beauty and warmth and compassion and love.He wants what is best for us, and will show us through subtle examples, the power of His ways. Our job is to catch those subtle hints. We also have to decide if God's ways are the... ( added 1 year 105 days ago.)

There Is Simplicity In Pain We are guided from an early age to diminish our problems or worries, and keep our chin up. Don't bother others with your woes and troubles. So, then, what do we do? Try to ignore the knawing feeling in our soul? Cry into our pillow so no one will... ( added 1 year 105 days ago.)

Misfortune Can Lead To Building Character Character includes the quality, features, and traits of one's personality. These traits are the ability to be honest, humble, helpful, and spiritual. They include motivation to do positive things, and willing to come to the aid and support of... ( added 1 year 106 days ago.)

There Is A Rawness In True Pain Nature is our most appetizing gift from our God above. We feel a whole different demeanor when walking through a trail or going barefoot on fresh cut grass, or seeing little images of flowers popping up here and there. It's as if we connected to... ( added 1 year 107 days ago.)

Where There Is No Knowledge, There Can Be No Wisdom Our knowledge usually comes from our experiences we've had throughout our lives. If we touched the stove and got burned, we knew to be more careful next time. If we fell running down the steps, hopefully, we'd be go a little slower next time. If... ( added 1 year 111 days ago.)

Why I Want To Write I want to pull all my thoughts out of my mind and write about them. I want to know if maybe someone has the answers to the questions that swirl in my brain and keep me up at night. I want to know if others share the same beliefs and concepts on... ( added 1 year 112 days ago.)

What If Life Is Just A Dream I believe in angels, and not just angels in human form, angels with wings. Huge, white, soft and magnificent wings. Sometimes, I've sworn to myself that I felt their wings around my body. A hug when one was needed. They come to give me energy when... ( added 1 year 113 days ago.)

We Are All Connected There is a connection between the Light who created me, and when I pray about a certain circumstance or situation or person, I can feel the energy of my source of life giving me answers. I don't need a book to tell me that being kind and... ( added 1 year 113 days ago.)

You Can Train Your Brain To Work For You Training the brain is one of the most helpful skills we can learn to improve our skills of getting along much better on this Earth. There is some pin point in our brains that causes us to become infuriated and offended by people and situations.... ( added 1 year 113 days ago.)

Should Morality, In Church And Government Mix The Thesaurus tells us that Government means power, and equity. Now, how can that even be true? If someone has power over you, there is no equity involved. To explain moral views, the thesaurus mentions humane, respectable, decent, proper, ethical... ( added 1 year 116 days ago.)

The Sins Of No Man Are Safe From Himself One may have every reason he can think of to do wrong. The neighbor's cat was always in the garbage, so one puts rat poisoning in it. The neighbor's kids are heartbroken. The man never admits or mentions the incident. But, oh, the conscience is... ( added 1 year 117 days ago.)

Why Can’t The Truth Be Enough Everyone has their own opinion of the same situation, the same person, the same political candidates, the same laws, the same taxes we all have to pay, the same child rearing, and yet, the truth is stretched, twisted, changed, and made to conform... ( added 1 year 118 days ago.)

If We Are Not Careful, We Will End Up Exactly Where We Are Headed This passage came from a book entitled, "Conversations With God". (an uncommon dialogue) I understand these words. Sometimes, we head towards people, places, things, concepts, beliefs, no boundaries, and we do nothing but suffer the consequences.... ( added 1 year 119 days ago.)

Do You Have A Tortuous Behavior Twisted, snaky, crooked are meanings for the word tortuous, which I have recently been introduced to, never having heard that word before. I don't think anyone would appreciate their behavior being called tortuous, especially by someone you never... ( added 1 year 119 days ago.)

The Truth May Not Be Your Reality Let's say one of your friends tells you something disturbing about your new neighbors. Maybe the husband is cheating, maybe the wife, maybe you heard the husband is a cross dresser. Another friend tells you he spends his paychecks on woman's... ( added 1 year 119 days ago.)

We Will Have Your Day Of Reckoning We seem to slide through life thinking, saying, and doing whatever comes into our heads. Sometimes, mom or dad, grandma or grandpa's warnings flicker into our thought pattern, but we either heed their trusted advice, or go off on our own mission.... ( added 1 year 120 days ago.)

The Clock Ticks, And The Mind Wanders While expecting something to happen that hasn't happened yet, a period of time exists within feelings of anxiety and anticipation. You try to keep yourself busy, but as the clock ticks, the mind wanders. What ifs start to roll around in one's... ( added 1 year 121 days ago.)

What Exactly Is Willpower The strength of will to carry out what the World is demanding of you at the time, and the energetic determination to succeed in solving whatever you are up against, are the attributes I believe are needed to have Will Power. We need not only... ( added 1 year 125 days ago.)

What A Godsend To Be Able To Write Not everyone can write a coherent, interesting, thought provoking article or story, not even those of us who try with each new submission. However, most writers who can capture readers with their mind's thoughts and images, and keep them... ( added 1 year 126 days ago.)

What Does"I Don't Care", Really Mean How many times do we say "I don't care" in a lifetime? How many times do we actually mean it? Why then do we say it? What draws our attention to those three words? "Do you want another piece of cake?" "I don't care." Well, either you do care but... ( added 1 year 127 days ago.)

Motivate Yourself And Become Your Best Friend There may be a time in all of our lives that we need the aide of outside sources to help us discover our feelings, motives, anger, and the reasons for that anger. We may seek professional services, or read certain types of books that explain... ( added 1 year 129 days ago.)

When All Else Fails, There’s Always Reality I believe we spend so much of our lives trying to escape the painful thoughts and hurtful memories of our day to day existence, that we don't realize how much of our lives could be calmer and more in balance if we would just learn to face reality.... ( added 1 year 130 days ago.)

What Is Anonymity In A Twelve Step Program And Why Is It Important When a person's soul has lost it's vibrancy, it's light, and it's safety, and the mundane chores of our normal routine get more depressing, alcohol or drugs, food, sex, gambling, internet surfing, or sleeping, start to take possession of our life... ( added 1 year 132 days ago.)

Are Words Necessary, Or Are God's Arms Around Us When one of my kids was younger, they played baseball, and as they got up to bat, I would say a prayer that their self confidence would be boosted by a nice hit. I might have said "good luck" by habit, but I was actually asking God for His help. I... ( added 1 year 135 days ago.)