In life, so often you meet a corner which seems more dark, more life threatening, more painful to pass through and a path with hard, rugged and unforgiving surface… The journey gets worse when the path is split into two, each with the same nightmare of all those undesirable things… But it is hard for […] Read more

Record the following exercises and then listen carefully to see if you can hear the difference in the way you interpreted the meaning of the words. Say the word “YES” to indicate: • Certainty • Doubt • Indecision • Sarcasm Say the word “NO” and, by changes of inflection, indicate the following: • Definitely not. […] Read more

On one’s journey of spiritual growth, one must often take new, unfamiliar actions, in consonance with one’s new world view. Behaving differently than one has behaved before may represent an extraordinary personal risk. The passive young man for the first time asks a girl for a date. The person who has never trusted anyone lies […] Read more

Out of the night that covers me, black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be for my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeoning of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed. Beyond this place of wrath and […] Read more

Isn’t it amazing That He cares about our needs, that He knows our deepest feelings, That He guides and intercedes? Isn’t it amazing , That He helps us when we fall, That He treats us with compassion, That He truly loves us all. With a love so deep and perfect, That He died for you […] Read more

I completed my research and began writing this book several years ago. One morning in the middle of my writing session the telephone rang. Our son Brent called to give us bad news about our eighteen-month old granddaughter Marley. While having a routine well-baby visit at the doctor’s office, something abnormal surfaced. Brent and Nikki, […] Read more

The idea is JOY. When was the last time you felt real joy–that down-to-your-toes tingle of pure delight? Bigger than contentment, more intense than happiness, it’s a feeling so vast it almost overwhelms you. And however fleeting, joy is the ultimate expression of gratitude and appreciation. It’s what fills you up and fills you out, […] Read more

Some say you are just a game. But you are so much more. — You are a jazz performance with every teammate playing a part. The music is composed, structured, but every player can improvise, solo, shine. — You are emotion. Devastation battles euphoria over a moment, a game, a season, a lifetime. — You […] Read more

Make yourself comfortable, sitting upright, with a straight spine. With your eyes closed, look at the point midway between the eyebrows on your forehead. Inhale slowly, counting to eight. Hold the breath for the same eight counts while concentrating your attention at the point between the eyebrows. Now exhale slowly to the same count of […] Read more