Oh God, this feeling of being forsaken is again present in my mind. Though I see your presence and love everyday, I remain in ignorance of your Power and Grace. I’ve been saved. My concepts are as foggy as my future; and still I lean on wordly comforts. Why am I so depressed? Do I [...]
A quiet gasp escapes past the age-chapped lips. Her eyelids flutter open as her mind gropes its way out of a deep sleep with a realization of the silence. To the old woman, it seems as an almost deathlike stillness. The silence is broken only by the soft purring drone of the bumble bee playing a duet with the tinkling chimes outside the window. The old woman is deaf to the subtle sounds drifting in through the window, her ears hoping desperately for other, more domestic, sounds. Sounds she knew would not be there.
She sighs depressingly, knowing all too well that this morning will be like all the others. Her life now is an endless stream of mornings greeted by gloomy silence; suffocating and still, like an ancient tomb where life hasn’t tread for centuries.
Have you ever stopped to wonder why psychologists, doctors, and others with a Phd use big words? Are they trying to confuse the rest of us? I don’t really think they use it all the time to confuse the rest of us mere mortals, okay not all the time anyway. You and I both know [...]
When people think of “self-improvement”, they normally think physical: new hairstyle, trim waist, killer abs, toned muscles, breast implants, etc. Rarely, is any thought ever given to their safety – whether they are physically or mentally prepared to defend themselves and/or their families, especially for women. Taking the necessary steps to reduce our exposure to [...]
Should we always tell our partners the truth? What can we, or should we keep to ourselves? And if we do have a dark secret, or if something has in fact happened to us that we are sure our partner would never accept and might be hurt as a result? Even if it didn’t happen, [...]
