At our holiday gratitude meeting, my support group went around the table and we all said what we were grateful for. Someone who moved out of town in the spring came back for the meeting, and during fellowship before the meeting, and then in her share, she talked about boundaries. I was grateful to be …
After being inspired by my partner, I decided to follow his suit and remove the word “should” from my vocabulary. Funnily enough, we used to squabble over my use of it from time-to-time, and I understand why now. “Should” is a judgement, and now I see how using that word can evoke feelings of shame, …
Due to people’s trauma, ego, burnout, social norms and the like, we might not always be “seen” by others. Collective hurt, along with unfair and unrealistic expectations, might cause others to withhold their love and appreciation toward us. That’s okay. Keep shining, keep believing in yourself. At the end of the day, we really don’t …
“When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways.” 1 Corinthians 13.11 Even before I left my New Age and occult practices about a month ago, it was placed on my heart to stop …
Below is a quote from a clip that I saw on YouTube. It’s from Joe Dispenza, and while he generally teaches New Age principles which I no longer condone, his message of unity is exactly what I stand for. I thought his statement was so good, that I took the effort to type it out …
As I am being called further into the mysteries of the Catholic Church, I understand why some Catholics do not recommend ingesting Protestant information. In my independent searching into the faith, I believed I had a Protestant mind and a Catholic heart. The majority of the podcasts and videos I would go to for learning …
“Produce fruit in keeping with repentance.” Matthew 3.8 A time will come when the wheat will be separated from the chaff. Even though I am a Christian, I denied this bare truth of the gospel. There was a point in my life where I was so rooted in oneness theology and in neutrality, that I …
Sometimes, I can get pretty down about the world. This can happen for various reasons, such as an erratic sleep schedule, poor diet, or just basic hormones doing their thing. These days however, I seem to be able to mitigate these assaults to my serenity pretty well. Even when I go through feelings of dejection, …
Sometimes when I see the younger generation, I get envious of the blank slate they have before them. I regret my past and wish I made better choices when I needed to make them. I think I would have loved to be a scientist, or a professor of the arts and humanities. We talk about …
There’s a verse in one of Pearl Jam’s songs that says, “Stand back when the spirit comes”. It is the perfect way that I can express what my spiritual awakening has revealed to me. After burning out at the end of the summer, I fully experienced what my program of recovery teaches me – that …