I like helping others, and I do this without expectations of acknowledgement to others, or anything in return.  I like to help when I can and do so quite happily.  I received an email today from someone who is a part of an organization that assists families in need in my city.  I try to teach my children that it is always good to help someone who wouldn't be able to help themselves, to be kind and give of themselves, within reason, as long as they are not taken advantaged o...

We can’t all be perfect. We are not all perfect. Some people are lucky they live perfect lives, that everything they do is perfect. They make the best decisions. They are always on top they make no mistakes. They frown at others who are not perfect and cannot imagine how some people cannot be, just like them. Other people do mess up. Sometimes other people are not as lucky as they are. These people make bad decisions. Decisions which makes their lives nightmares, we don’t hav...

Last year I wrote a blog, entitled "Sucking it up; How does God do it http://wellness-serenity.joeuser.com/article/137674/Sucking_it_up_how_does_God_do_it .  It was a random writing of my thoughts and some of the things that runs rampant in my mind at times!  Re-reading it a few minutes ago...because I was looking at my 'referrals' (neat feature I've always said), two of the paragraphs/excerpts leapt out at me:   I can't imagine what it must be like to be God. To have the ...

Definition of "Hope" according to http://www.brainyquote.com/words/ho/hope174246.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A sloping plain between mountain ridges. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A small bay; an inlet; a haven. ----------------------------------------------------...

I would have made a lot of different choices in my life for sure! Some of the things I have done in the past. Some choices that, now when I look back at them, I wondered what the heck was I thinking?! Has that ever happened to you? If so, what would you reconsider doing differently? One thing I would have reconsidered was leaving a previous job as early as I did, having worked there already for three years, prior to the one I took before my now current position! Whew, that’s...

There are just certain times when you're having one of those days, when everything goes wrong, when it seems you can never get it right, when you question why me. There are times when you feel melancholy and there's a cry inside of you and you want to soothe the yearning within that reaches out. Sometimes it all seems too much and you wonder when will it all just come together and fall into place. ******************************************************* Sometimes you wonde...

You might be going through a lot right now, sometimes you can't find the answers to your problems; There are times when we don't understand what we're going through and why we're going through them, we have to remember that God does have a plan for us. Even for those who don't believe, and I know the jaded response will be, if I don't believe, how can there be a plan? In the same way that he created our world, in the same way that we inhabit and coexist, albeit not peacefully in most...

One day, the father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the express purpose of showing him how poor people live. They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family. On their return from their trip, the father asked his son, "How was the trip?" "It was great, Dad." "Did you see how poor people live?" the father asked. "Oh yeah," said the son. "So, tell me, what did you learn from the trip...

I received this quote in an e-mail message. I don't know when Jay Leno said this but I think this is such a phenomenal statement! Quoted of the month by Jay Leno: "With hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control, mud slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms tearing up the country from one end to another, and with the threat of bird flu and terrorist attacks,"Are we sure this is a good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?" For those that prefer to think that God ...

“The truth of God’s love is not that bad things are going to happen to you, or that he’ll make them happen; it’s that he’ll be there with you when they do.” The quote above was taken from a television show I watched the other day on WACX Channel 14 – 24-hours Christian station in my area. Sometimes I tune in when they have something interesting on. ______________________- Sometimes we experience things in our lives that are hard to understand and we wo...

Do you ever wonder if there really is something out there in this big universe of ours? I mean something like those scary things they show on say the Sci Fi networks or those scary movies? Those alien beings that like to eat humans and suck our bloods. Yeah, we’re their meal ticket because their world is running out of food? Ugh…..I know, farfetched, but something to think about? My hubby even suggested maybe there’s another world out there where there are other creatures in ex...

I don't know if I've shared this with you guys before. I came across it in my writings (I keep a journal on my hard drive -yeah-pp {password protected!} ) It's really beautiful and I wanted to share it with you. I know some of you don't believe in God, but this so describes what a relationship with him is like. I do believe however, that whatever your spirituality is, this will be soothing to anyone who reads it. Enjoy! ______________________________- " At firs...

How do you re-energize, renew or reinvent yourself when you’re feeling down? If you don’t believe in the God that I believe in, i.e., you’re not a Christian faith, what do you do to rekindle your “spirit” when you’re feeling like the whole world is on top of you, figuratively speaking, and you just want to shut the door and the windows and have some down time to regroup and get back that zest for life and living that seems to be eluding you? If you don’t feel like talking to your friend...

I received this email today and found it an apt reminder to myself because sometimes I forget. It’s a beautiful piece. I have no idea who the writer is. Hopefully someone will get something out of reading it as I did. Enjoy! "Effective immediately, please be aware that there are changes YOU need to make in YOUR life. These changes need to be completed in order that I may fulfill My promises to you to grant you peace, joy and happiness in this life. I apologize for any inconvenience, b...