Accepting is NOT defeat, it’s adding layers of intimacy with the universe or higher power and getting more acquainted with them.
-Kyle Higgins, Mental Health Counselor
Does acceptance of something that didn’t go your way a form of defeat?
This is something my counselor and I recently talked about in a grueling session. For new readers that may not know, I have clinical depression and have been seeing a counselor years.
Surrender is the bravest and most lucid thing a human ever does and that’s why it’s so precious to the Divine.
-Andrew Harvey
Does God hate me?
I used to think this quite often when I was younger and didn’t get my way. When I talk about not getting my way, I’m not implying desires like wanting a million dollars or a wanting a mansion.
“Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.”
-Albert Einstein
If you take a look at any of my articles that allude to a higher power, you’ll notice a common phrase: God or the universe.
Yesterday a reader asked me if I was trying be diplomatic. The answer is no.
Accepting is NOT defeat, it’s adding layers of intimacy with the universe or higher power and getting more acquainted with them. -Kyle Higgins, Mental Health Counselor Does acceptance of something that didn’t go your way a form of defeat? This is something my counselor and I recently talked about in a grueling session. For new … Read more
“Gratitude turns what we have into enough.”
-Aesop
In several of my previous articles, I’ve talked about expressing gratitude for both big and little things in life. But have you ever considered being thankful for what you want or need but don’t have?
“Future endeavors with superstitions attached to them have the same probability of coming to fruition that anything else does. Either they’ll come to fruition or they won’t. Had they been anything more or less, the world would be a much different place.”
-Excerpt from upcoming short story “Howl of Freedom” by Angie Verhoeven
Are you superstitious?
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN HURT BY SOMEONE YOU NEVER MET? THIS IS CALLED “FALLOUT”. FALLOUT IS WHEN WE SEE THE END OR THE BEGINNING THE END. WE SEE WHAT THE RESULTS OF A SITUATIONAL OUT COME ARE AND THAT THIS SITUATION WAS NEVER DESIGNED TO BE ABOUT HURTING YOU. HOWEVER, WE DO GET HURT, AND … Read more
Surrender is the bravest and most lucid thing a human ever does and that’s why it’s so precious to the Divine.
-Andrew Harvey
Does God hate me?
I used to think this quite often when I was younger and didn’t get my way. When I talk about not getting my way, I’m not implying desires like wanting a million dollars or a wanting a mansion.
WHEN OPPORTUNITIES PRESENT THEMSELVES, THEY AREN’T ALWAYS GLARING or OBVIOUS…Sometimes opportunities present themselves in small ways. Perhaps you’re looking for a job and have been for a while. You might see “pieces” of an opportunity before the full opportunity is revealed, or you might miss the opportunity presented altogether. Often, opportunities start of as a … Read more
“Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.”
-Charles Dickens
Do you express gratitude as often as you should?
“Faith is taking the first step when you don’t see the whole staircase.”
-Martin Luther King Jr.
Is faith a term that can only be used in the context of religion? Can you have faith without being religious?
“People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.”
-Harper Lee in “To Kill A Mockingbird”
Some believe in them strongly, some read them strictly for amusement and some dismiss them out right. But we all read them.
I’m talking about horoscopes.
“We determine our destiny by the actions we take today.” -Catherine Pulsifer Since the start of humanity, there has always been a debate about how much control do we have in our lives over our future? Many have said that fate and destiny cannot be changed no matter what we do. For example, you could … Read more
