Travel experiences can be disrupted by unexpected issues, but our attitudes can determine how we respond. A recent cruise demonstrated that despite delays, embracing the situation led to a more enjoyable trip. Gratitude and realistic expectations can transform frustrations into meaningful memories, reminding us to appreciate the journey despite challenges.
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Finding Perspective: Gratitude Amid Life’s Chaos
In a hectic life filled with stress from managing four children, a heavy schedule, and caring for a mother-in-law with Alzheimer's, a chance encounter with a young mother and her disabled son shifted the author's perspective. This moment of reflection fostered gratitude for her blessings, illustrating the transformative power of thankfulness amidst life's challenges.
How to Know if You Should Accept That Invite
The writer explores the concept of invitations we experience daily, such as friend requests on social media, advertisements, physical invites for gatherings, and spiritual calls. In the face of these, the writer calls for careful consideration and filtering of these invitations based on their personal significance. Emphasizing the power of personal choice, the article urges readers to adopt strong, value-based decision-making, with spiritual guidance from the Bible as a reliable tool for discernment.
3 hard choices to improve your life
If you've lived more than 20 minutes on earth, you've learned this one thing - life is hard. Work is hard, doing the right thing is hard, even planning the perfect vacation is hard. Getting into the world requires a long, hard push through the birth canal, but that's only the beginning. Have you ever … Continue reading 3 hard choices to improve your life
Can I Get a Do Over?
I hate regrets. I've made some bad decisions in my life as well as some really good ones, too. The good ones, I'm happy with and wouldn't change a thing. These were decisions that were right, God inspired, and things turned out well. Other decisions, on the other hand, were made hastily without listening to … Continue reading Can I Get a Do Over?
The Power of Five Minutes
If you work full time and have family responsibilities like I do, you know what a challenge it is sometimes to find the time to write. I use to have a goal of writing 15 minutes per day. Â Though minute, Â I often wouldn't start because I didn't have even fifteen minutes before I had to … Continue reading The Power of Five Minutes
Your Best Friend
Give me 8 full hours of your day and I'll return to you dividends that no other can. I'll refresh you, restore your spirit, heal your body, I am your best friend. I'll cause your mind to be alert so that you can learn, work, produce, Â and take care of those close to you. I'll … Continue reading Your Best Friend
What is Real Love Anyway?
All God really asks of us is that we love Him with all our heart and love each other as ourselves. Â Â Sounds so simple, yet why is that so hard to do? Â Humans beings have been fighting each other ever since the beginning of time. Â History reveals one war after another and it … Continue reading What is Real Love Anyway?
White Privilege
We hear a lot about white privilege these days. Â The essence is that somehow someone is privileged because they were born white. Â Well, I am here to say that I am white and I am privileged. Â However, Â I am not privileged because I am white, but because I am a child of a king. Â King … Continue reading White Privilege
Family Ties
Every year my husband and I, along with our four children and their spouses plus all the grandkids, take off for a winter get-a-way in the smoky mountains on MLK weekend. Â We'll get a large five bedroom cabin in the woods, hang out, play games , hike, ride go-carts (the grand-kid's favorite) see some of … Continue reading Family Ties
