I’m reading Anne Frank’s diary for the first time. She and her family were hiding from the Nazis in a house and describes what it was like. The condition was getting progressively worse as the war went on, and they were all eagerly waiting for the war to be over. At one point, Anne mentions […]
Happy 4th! Have you ever thought that you have something some people are willing to risk theirs and their family’s lives for? What is that? A right to live in this country. This nation that we are either born into or moved into is truly an amazing nation. If you had not lived elsewhere, then […]
If things are difficult and not working out the way you want, consider the possibility that God is trying to get your attention. What He wants to do at that point is to humble yourself, pray, seek His face, and turn from your evil ways. “When I shut up the heavens so that there is […]
It is a good thing to desire to be in God’s will. Of course, it is not always easy to live according to God’s will even when we know what it is. When I say, “God’s will, I do not mean at this point His particular calling on your life, but how He generally wants […]
Our most powerful experiences will not result in permanent changes unless we make daily changes. You may have experienced something very powerful that made you want to change forever (such as a new marriage), but unless you plan and execute the changes that will affect you daily, you will not make much changes at all in the […]
Death focuses life. One of the graces of God is letting us be realize how close to death we are each day. It is so easy to be killed. All it takes is for one of the oncoming cars to veer off and hit you head on. Or any of the deadly cancers to ravage […]
Have you ever had a nightmare that you died – and that’s not the scary part – and you woke up in hell? As I get older, I am coming to terms with my own frailty and mortality. I have accepted that I will die. So, it’s not death that I am afraid of. But I […]
There are times when my phone pings me, I’m afraid to check the message. I’m afraid of a bad news. I have to muster up courage, take a deep breath, and then read the message. I do so because it is likely to put me in a mental turmoil for some period of time. It […]
Do you like yourself better when you are in a certain mood than other? I, for example, like myself better when I feel compassionate toward my children than anger. When I do get angry with them, it’s usually not because they have harmed me in some way. But it’s usually when they act in such […]
I know I don’t seem like the type, but I have constant fights with one person. I fight with this person almost daily, sometimes several times a day, and I’ve been doing so ever since we met. Sometimes the fight becomes so fierce that I want to leave this person for good. And I must admit […]