I have some responsibilities in my life that I don’t really like. We all probably have responsibilities that we’d rather not have. The way we chose to deal with these responsibilities can affect the quality of our lives. Read more »

When I woke up this morning it was the most miserable day ever. The wind was howling, rain was pouring down and the sky was dark. “What a miserable day,” I thought, “I won’t be walking to the grocery store today.” Normally, I walk to the store and I have a few things to pick up for dinner tonight. A few minutes ago, I noticed the sun shining on me as I sat at my desk.  When I looked out the window the sun was shining and the sky was perfectly clean and blue. It looks like I will be walking to the store after all. Read more »

Just a short post today about something I was thinking about after a trip to the post office. Read more »

I was reading a blog post the other night about the habits of healthy people and one of the habits really stood out to me. It could be applied to most everything not just health. The quote was “healthy people talk themselves into doing, being, living a certain way. Unhealthy people talk themselves out of it.” Read more »

“Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.” Booker T. Washington

We all encounter hardships in our lives. Overcoming obstacles and hardships set before us is one reason why we’re all here. What are the obstacles you face? How can you overcome them? How can you make them your strengths instead of your weaknesses? Read more »

My stepson is staying with his mother for the summer holiday. He went there about a week ago and will be there for six weeks. Yesterday, he called because he and his mother had an argument. “I hate arguments,” he kept saying on the phone. “Now my whole summer vacation is ruined. I can’t believe my whole vacation is ruined.” He kept insisting that his vacation was ruined because of one simple argument. Read more »

I tend to be a bit of a workaholic. I try to reform all the time and most of the time I successfully do for a little while. Honestly, it’s hard though. When you love the work you do, for me it’s writing, it’s difficult not to do it all the time. At times, even though you love it, it can get to be too much. That’s what’s happened to me recently. I’ve been working too hard. Read more »

I will be a leader at a camp for teenage girls that my church runs in two weeks. The camp is only four days long and a good place for the girls to bond. Besides all the fun and games that happen at camp it is an opportunity for the girls to learn survival techniques that will be useful for them in the future. Read more »

I was having quite a difficult time towards the end of last week. I don’t know what it was exactly, but I was very depressed and suddenly feeling quite hopeless. I moped around the house for a couple days complaining about everything in my life that I could think to complain about. It was just not a good scene. I’m sure my family was absolutely tired of me. Read more »