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 …
Category: mind, mouth, and attitudes
Ways that our mind, mouth, and attitudes affect our lives
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 …
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 …
Get to know Yourself better (questionnaire)
Understanding ourselves is what I believe is the first step in any kind of growth or change that we need or want to make. Gaining that understanding can often be a challenge as we tend to place blame, fault, excuses, or reasoning behind our actions or ways. In order for us to understand ourselves and …
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