The United States of America is “flag-waving crazy” like no other country on earth. It is estimated that nearly 150 million American flags of all sizes are sold every single year. Wow! We hold dear everything the American flag stands for: a government by the people and for the people, …
Read More »Celebrating Fathers Everywhere
A father (or a father figure) has a truly special place in our lives. He is that supportive, encouraging, protective presence we can always count on. When we were young, he was the one who knew all the answers to life’s questions. And when we were older, he was the …
Read More »Easter – Embracing Every Season In Life
“For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven…” Ecclesiastes 3:1 And it’s true. Our lives, like nature, go through various seasons. We experience seasons when life is in full bloom, seasons when we bask in the warmth of love and success, and seasons when …
Read More »A Love for the Ages
Jimmy Carter shared a sweet kiss on Valentine’s Day with the woman who has been his for nearly 73 years. The former president, 94, and his wife, Rosalynn, 91, popped up on the “Kiss Cam” at the Atlanta Hawks game on Valentine’s Day, sharing a smooch to cheers from the …
Read More »Moving Through the Harsh Winter of Adversity
There are times when life feels like a bitter, endless winter. It's during this time that life presents us with the strongest opportunity to discover who we really are.
Read More »Oh, Rose Quartz. How Do I Love Thee?
LET ME COUNT THE WAYS! I love that… This lovely soft rosy stone has been known throughout history as a seed of the heart. Scholars tell us this beautiful pink stone was utilized as a symbol of eternal and lasting love as early as 600 B.C. I love that… This …
Read More »Am I Mentally Healthy?
In our last post, we explored “What is Mental Health?” Do you remember the answer? No worries. This isn’t a test…just yet. Mental Health is one of the 6 health types that make up who we are. Of these six, Mental Health is key to our ability to initiate …
Read More »Dissolving Barriers to Love
Your Task is not to seek for Love but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built. – Rumi It doesn’t matter how old we are, or what our backgrounds or our spiritual belief systems are – love and relationships are important to all …
Read More »The Imperfect Road to Success – Just “Endeavor”
“If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life that he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.” – Henry David Thoreau It’s a brand new year – and with that comes the opportunity to make this the …
Read More »What “An Attitude of Gratitude” Really Means
When bad things happen, it’s often hard to see any good in it. It’s easy to get stuck in self-pity, anger and resentment. Efforts to try and make sense of things or to find the specific reason that a bad thing happened are counterproductive. We don’t need those answers before we …
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