Spring inspires us to clean up the yard and prepare the house for a beautiful summer.  Just as we prepare our environment we also have to prepare ourselves.  A dusting off of all the cobwebs that we have let settle in our minds.  Making repairs on any damaged thinking we have let move into our brains.   Often we are unnecessarily anxious about our future.  Working overtime trying to control things that we believe are important to our growth and success.  Worry and stress start to cloud our vision.  Our wants escalate and become dangerous to our mental well-being. Cleaning…

Living life with love for others and having good intentions are important ingredients when striving for a unified world.  Sometimes it is difficult to unveil the integrity of those who enter our circle of influence.    Not that I am naive in thinking that everyone has good intentions, but I choose to react with love in the hope that compassion will prevail.  Recently I received a phone call from an established person with whom I did not know.  The conversation went fine and I was grateful.  There were a few things said that alerted me to think, that was a bit…

I received a text from a friend with a photo and caption, “This is so not reality!”  Noting that what appears in the picture is not anything like what was experienced at that moment.  Creating an image on social media of what we want people to perceive, not always portraying the total experience as it plays out.    It is hard not to buy into the images of everyone else’s life being so picture-perfect.  But often that is what we get, picture-perfect, but not necessarily reality.   All these perfect pictures drive our insecurities and tend to bring on…

Totality, what a breathtaking experience to see the total eclipse.  From those who were able to experience it live, people described it as being so peaceful.   I agree, as darkness moved in nature became silent and allowed all those participating to experience the stillness.  Many of us experienced a beautiful glow at the base of the horizon, adding to the spectacular event.  I couldn’t help but see similarities in totality and how we lead our lives as believers.  Similar to the peace people experienced during the 4 minutes of totality, giving control to Jesus opens the door to living…