Broken, Yet Tumbling Towards Something Beautiful.
What we were isn't always what we'll be but it often takes some violent tumbling to get there.
Submerged. Gasping for Life.
Feeling submerged, gasping for life like the atmosphere has completely changed and you can't breathe? Life often does that, but there's a promise of hope and abundant life even when submerged.
A World of Wedges. Caution against a divided heart.
Life is hard. If we don't accept that fact early on, we risk shipwrecking our lives. Wedges, things that will split us to the core, are all around us, so how do we acknowledge but also navigate through them?
And...One More Time. The Value of Persistence.
The value of persistence can't be emphasized enough. The encouragement of being persistent spans back to antiquity. Good and positive rewards have been birthed from the efforts of persistent women and men.
Wounded Wings. The Beauty of Pain, part 3
Woundedness is part of our world. Yet, how we handle it, and how well we allow others to assist us can make all the difference in our health, healing and relationships.
The Beauty of Pain, Part 2. Dang! I Did it Again!
Pain teaches us how to evaluate the environment we live in. It also solidifies our resolve to be more watchful and caring of our own lives and, hopefully, those around us as well as facilitating in our maturing.
The Beauty of Pain. Or, "Why I Stopped Whining" (well, most of the time).
Pain is an incentive to be part of a community of empathy. Pain helps us identify with others and them with us.