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Racism, Resilience and Redemption
Dear Friends, I find myself this month returning to the subject of racism, not only because it dominates our national discourse, but also because I am astonished. Astonished by the ignorance or unwillingness of many to acknowledge that racism and subsequent human...
How to Grow Your Pain Threshhold (3 Life Lessons from the Olive Tree)
Dear Friends, What a gnarly tree! Not all that pretty either (kinda like you and me, eh?) But its growth and process are to be admired and its truths are a valuable reminder to us, once again, how pain can transform us, if we let it, into a more beautiful light. Here...
“I Have Decided to Stick with Love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.” MLK Jr.
I was going to write something else this month for my Blog, but had to circle back around to something I read Monday on MLK Jr. Day that just wouldn’t let me go. I am shocked as an American on how we got to where we are today in our polarized nation. How have we...
Merry Christmas Sale and Resiliency Group 2021
Merry Christmas 50% OFF Sale Looking for that last minute gift? Who do you know that could use some inspiration along with 19 time-tested Resiliency Skills to add to their toolbag? All of my 1st Edition Books (autographed) and 1st print run on my Custom Inspirational...
My THANKS and a Woman’s THANKS for My Husband
Dear Friends, None of us will forget 2020 and the hardship it has wrought. In order to be resilient, we have had to dig deep into our resevoir of hope and understand that "Gratitude turns what we have into enough." May we, like Job, strive to live and say, "The Lord...
Resilience Amongst Frenemies
Have you ever pondered the Resilience of God? God creates humankind in his/her image, male and female created in the image of God, glorious and magnanimous, BUT by the time of Noah, God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination...
There are Only Two Ways to Live Your Life
“Yet there is one ray of hope: his compassion never ends. It is only the Lord’s mercies that have kept us from complete destruction. Great is his faithfulness; his loving-kindness begins afresh each day.” Lam. 3:22-23 As always, praying you find a new mercy today and...
3 New Findings Research Suggests Post Coronavirus
Dear Friends, Did you know? New research suggests that: The coronavirus pandemic has americans eating healthier and buying foods to boost their immunity. "Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food" said Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine. ONE SIMPLE...
Special Timely Announcement
Dear Friends, I had the honor of sharing this past weekend at Starting Point Church, in three different services, the message of The Sacred Stone, available here. It was a JOY to share with my homies as I am usally speaking in front of a secular audience and I really...
10 Resilient Responses to Chaos and Quarantine! (Response #9 and #10)
Fall is my favorite time of the year but Spring comes in at a close second. Some of the things I love about Spring are: Waking up and NOT having to put on winter tights. Yeah. Opening up the shade to greet the morning sun AND the window in the bedroom, first thing,...
10 Resilient Responses to Chaos and Quarantine! (Response #8)
Dear Friends, As our lives, cities and states turn our setbacks into comebacks it’s time we incorporate: Resilient Response #8 Mine For Pearls As horrific as Covid 19 was, and still is, good things will come from this. It is always in the suffering, the tragic and...
10 Resilient Responses to Chaos and Quarantine! (Response #7)
Dear Friends, It's been a couple of weeks since my last blog because I am doing what y'all are doing in the chaos and quarantine: Resilient Response #7 Accomplishments are Often Achieved by Steady, Unromantic, Persistent-Plodding Sometimes those accomplishments are...
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