In my previous post Self deception I covered a few ways that we may deceive ourselves and today I want to talk about another way that we often deceive ourselves that can have a detrimental affect on us. It is the topic of our sins. Lets take a closer look at what I mean. When …
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tips on how to have more joy in everyday life
It’s not always going to work out
Things are not going to always go the way that we expect/want them to go. That is just a fact that we have to face. There are things/situations that we have no control over. There are some things that we can do nothing about. But we do get to have full control over how we …
Why do I keep putting things off?
I am sure that many of you out there struggle or have struggled with putting things off. You know, that nasty word that we don't like to admit that we do, procrastinate! We like to use excuses such as "I don't have time" or -I am going to" or "tomorrow I will" to make ourselves …
Rejection
If you have had experiences of rejection, especially during the early years of your life, it can have a major effect on you that you carry throughout life. I started experiencing rejection at the very young age of around 4 or 5 and it continued for many years. Class mates, neighborhood kids, family members, and …
God, what is going on?
God, what is going on? What is wrong with me? why is this happening? Why did you allow this or that? What ever the question may be, we have all asked God a question that we may not have liked the answer to at one time or another. Or maybe the answer that you have …
Facing truths
Facing the truth can be a very hard thing to do. Sometimes the truth is ugly. Sometimes its shocking or painful. And then there are the truths that we fear having to face, so we run and hide from them for as long as we possibly can. We may make up excuses to hide our …
Outlooks and perspectives
Our outlook has a lot to do with our happiness. How we perceive things can be the difference between enjoying life or being miserable. If we are looking for something good to happen and each day we wake up thinking that this might be the day that it happens we have something to always look …
The Abundant Life 