We talk a lot about resilience, and we have even defined it once or twice. But what does resilience look like when it is put into practice? How could you tell if you possess resilience? Here are a few signs and symptoms of resilience that will help you know for sure. Resilience is evidenced by … Continue reading Diagnosis of Resilience
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Finally Friday!
Finally Friday – Lighter fare in the form of great quotes on life, great illustrations, humor, and occasionally, art. And today, spiritual quotes and, of course, my dog. My dogs (L to R) Abby, now deceased, and Jackson. You can find some posts about lessons I have learned from Jackson if you poke around my … Continue reading Finally Friday!
Tools for Tough Times: Step By Step
How can we transit the difficult times in our lives, with a greater opportunity to thrive? We do this step by step. Here are a few steps you can take now or later this week that may help you to thrive. 1. Recognize when you are experiencing loss, including ambiguous loss. For many, the pandemic … Continue reading Tools for Tough Times: Step By Step
Tools for Tough Times: Spiritual Fitness
Spiritual well-being, or spiritual wellness, is built upon important life decisions that we all need to address. Sadly, a great many people do not think much about these decisions or the spiritual aspects of their living. When we invest ourselves in making healthy, informed decisions regarding our spiritual selves, there is much growth that can … Continue reading Tools for Tough Times: Spiritual Fitness
Hitchhiker in the Kingdom 2
“We must cease striving and trust God to provide what He thinks is best and in whatever time He chooses to make it available. But this kind of trusting doesn't come naturally. It's a spiritual crisis of the will in which we must choose to exercise faith.” ― Charles R. Swindoll In the last post … Continue reading Hitchhiker in the Kingdom 2
Hitchhiker in the Kingdom
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, … Continue reading Hitchhiker in the Kingdom
Expanding Spiritual Resilience
“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.” ― Ambrose Redmoon “The human capacity for burden is like bamboo – far more flexible than you’d ever believe at first glance.” ― Jodi Picoult Expanding one’s spiritual resilience is at least as important as resilience … Continue reading Expanding Spiritual Resilience
Strategic Resilience Building, Part One
“Persistence and resilience only come from having been given the chance to work through difficult problems.”― Gever Tulley “You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.” ― Margaret Thatcher Building resilience is one of the most important long-term objectives toward which a person can commit. Resilience improves our capacity to … Continue reading Strategic Resilience Building, Part One
Gratitude and Faith
"Gratitude is the energy of faith." – William Arthur Ward “The most important prayer in the world is just two words long: Thank you.” – Meister Eckhart “On the way to Jerusalem Jesus was going through the region between Samaria and Galilee. As he entered a village, ten lepers approached him. Keeping their distance, they … Continue reading Gratitude and Faith
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