There are those days where it seems no matter what you do, how positive you try to be, that you find yourself cloaked in utter darkness. You can try to focus on the good, listen to positive messages, and even pray- but to no avail. As the day draws on, it only seems that the [...]
Archive for the ‘The Mind’ Category
They say that what you perceive is your reality. I find this to be interestingly true, and yet I wonder how many of us lie to ourselves because of the perceptions that we carry. Generally, what we perceive is based around our emotions at any given moment. Our emotions/feelings are much like the soundtrack to [...]
Breathe! It seems like a silly statement, because this is something that we do without thinking, but really- that’s the point. You are literally sustained by an involuntary action that sets everything of life as you know it into motion. It’s the one thing that matters most if you decided not to do it anymore. [...]
In speaking with several people as of late, it is becoming more and more apparent that many are in the midst of major transition(s) in their lives. Some are transitioning jobs, while others are relocating. Some are just tired of what has been and are seeking self transition. Why, even our nation is in the [...]
We all know the scripture that states that “faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen”, but as I was meditating the thought came to me that if faith is a substance, then so must “fear” be. If the faith in something has the power to produce a [...]
I was recently driving around town taking in the devastation that was Hurricane Ike. I was a teen when hurricane Alicia hit Houston back in the early eighties, and vaguely remember the trauma of that event. Now that I am a homeowner and have to deal with the aftermath of the effects of the storm, [...]
I was watching a team of athletes as they prepared for a baseball game, and noticed them stretching as a team on the field. The fact that they contort their bodies in various poses for various lengths of time really got me to think. Nothing that they were doing to ready themselves seamed enjoyable. Theses [...]
I had a few interesting conversations with several friends this week that really started to reveal a common theme. People are asking if there isn’t more to what they are experiencing. Everyone that I have spoken to is a “Christian”, goes to church, and have done so for years. These individuals don’t just attend church, [...]
