What Would You Say To Yourself?

If you could go back in time, say 10, 20, or 30 years, what would you say to yourself?  You’ve lived through some rough stuff since then.  You’ve gained wisdom from life experience that cannot be learned any better way than through living it.  You know things now that...

Take What You’ve Got and Be Thankful

The words stung and then floated off into the universe.  I was only in my 20’s, attending a gathering of friends one night when a 4 year old said those seven powerful words to me.  “Take what you’ve got and be thankful.” Wow!  Really?  It’s uncanny, sometimes, what...

Mirror, Mirror

When you look in the mirror, what do you see?  A good person who is kind, generous, and loving?  Do you see a good parent, spouse, son or daughter, employee, friend?  That’s what we all want to see, isn’t it?  It is very natural for us to want people to reflect back...

Porn Ponderings

She thinks it’s cheating, he thinks it’s no big deal.  Neither are right.  The truth lies somewhere in the middle.  Honestly speaking, porn creates a lot of clients for counselors.  Since the widespread popularity of the internet, the availability and...

Hitting Rock Bottom

I had another one of those ‘moments’ this morning at church. The sermon brought up thankfulness. “Oh, sure!,” you might be thinking, “yeah, yeah, take what you’ve got and be thankful and all that . . . but my life is a hot...