During the Middle Ages, probably one of the biggest mistakes was not putting on your armor because you were “just going down to the corner.” – Jack Handy
At times I grow weary of the tests that life throw at me, the constant pokes and challenges from moment to moment that always seem to [...]

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.  ~Honoré de Balzac
This morning will probably be one of my most intimate, and darkest posts ever, because I am about share something I have been working on here lately.
March 3 will mark seven years since I [...]

Love:  A Suggested Definition – The ability and willingness to allow those that you care for to be what they choose to be for themselves, without any insistence that they satisfy you. — Wayne Dyer, Your Erroneous Zones
There isn’t a single person out there who could accuse me of being normal, I dare you to [...]

“Watch your thoughts, for they become words.
Watch your words, for they become actions.
Watch your actions, for they become habits.
Watch your habits, for they become character.
Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.”
Never have truer words been spoken than in today’s quote.  I see daily examples in my life how this pattern has led me to [...]

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. – Reinhold Niebuhr
Tuesday morning a situation arose in my life which at first seemed to be something horrible, but as it progressed, I saw how absurdly funny it [...]

“Everyone tries to define this thing called Character. It’s not hard. Character is doing what’s right when nobody’s looking.”
Everyone needs a Teri in their life.   One of those quiet unassuming friends who day by day makes subtle changes to their life that amount to huge progress the likes that most never achieve.  No fan fair, [...]

Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are, for it shows me what your ideal of manhood is and what kind of man you long to be – Thomas Carlyle
As stated in a previous post, that I was going back to basics when it came to pursuing [...]

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading. – Lao Tzu
Whether  you call it God, The Universe, or Source, whatever it is it sure has a funny way of teaching you some valuable lessons in the most simple, but in your face way.  Saturday evening after work, I headed [...]

I cannot tell you any spiritual truth that deep within you don’t know already. All I can do is remind you of what you have forgotten – Eckhart Tolle The Power of Now
Here lately when it comes to the lessons I am learning in life I am often finding myself asking God, “Didn’t [...]

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“Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase. Just take the first step.” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Pour a cup of coffee, kick back, because I think this is going to be another long winded post.
In my early twenties I was introduced to the writings [...]