Posts Tagged ‘hope’

Get Me Out of This Dream!

Sunday, June 27th, 2010

Dreams go bad when we attempt to unpack and move in. They are motivators, inspirations and sources of great joy. They can also become our prisons and blocks to our achieving a sense of satisfaction and contentment when we permit ourselves to get stuck in them.

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Recapturing Hope

Sunday, April 11th, 2010

‘Getting stuck’ at midlife means only that you’ve stopped believing in yourself, and have started down the road that’s been paved for you by those who have given up on themselves. Hope is a very fragile thing, and can be damaged or destroyed by trusting those who have already lost faith rather than paying attention to your own God-given destiny, purpose and value. Who you are and who you shall become can never depend on what others think of you.

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When They Stop Listening

Sunday, January 24th, 2010

Apart from outright physical and emotional abuse, I believe that many (if not all) relationships “on the rocks” could be healed under the right circumstances. From my perspective, the fact that this healing so often fails to take place could be an indication that one or both of the partners have stopped listening. Additionally, ceasing to listen indicates a spiritual problem.

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As Your Worldview Turns

Monday, December 28th, 2009

We’re looking at the immanent close of this year and our entry into the teens of this new century. Of course, we do well to look at where we’ve been this past year and where we hope to go in the one that begins anew in a couple of days. It could be a time for a radically new approach to living, if you want it to be.

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The Well-Spring of Hope

Sunday, January 25th, 2009

Before you’ve gained an understanding of your personal destiny and purpose, or when circumstances have disrupted your equilibrium and left you questioning your own identity, no flight, no hiding, no covering up the issues will ever restore your hope to you. That can only happen by going within . . . deep within.

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