When we were kids, running around in circles was something fun to do. We would run and run until we got so dizzy we would fall down. And sometimes we would just run for no reason at all, just because we could. I often think about the simplicity of youth, when I see a child … Continue reading Simplicty of youth
Month: January 2009
Let the Holy Spirit Drive
Life is worth living, you may have heard that before, it was an old TV show hosted by Bishop Fulton J. Sheen, a very dramatic speaker and an excellent teacher. On his show he would pick one topic, say sin, and spend the whole time teaching and talking about sin. Now that in of itself … Continue reading Let the Holy Spirit Drive
90 Days
So ask yourself the following question “What would you do if you only have 90 days to achieve your goal or you would lose what you cared about most in your life?” Now take time to truly thing about your response. No rush, I have all day. The question seems simple, but in truth this … Continue reading 90 Days
How to live a positive life
How to live a positive life: The first place to begin is with journaling. Buy a 99 cent notebook and start journaling about what was great the day before. Write one or two wonderful things from yesterday - even if it is that you walked your dog! It must be something that made you feel … Continue reading How to live a positive life
Spring Fever
Spring fever has set in, I am truly done with winter and the snow and the cold. It can all end now! I want to open my windows up in my house, air it out. I want to sit outside and enjoy my fish pond. I am sick of sitting inside, of felling cold, and … Continue reading Spring Fever
More on the EGO
As you may know one of my regular rants on this blog site is concerning the EGO (Edging God Out). I love to write about the EGO and how it is destructive to our souls, how it traps us in to a life of self-serving. The EGO to me is the original sin, it is … Continue reading More on the EGO
My one Joy
One of my favorite things to do is to read, I love to read. I read books for enrichment, for pleasure and for spiritual growth. And I love to read several books at one time. I have been known to have five books going at one time. At the moment I have 6 books in … Continue reading My one Joy
The Way
The year of St. Paul… This past Sunday the reading for mass was on the conversion of St. Paul, one of the first great evangelists of the Catholic faith. The story of Saul to Paul is a great story; it truly shows that God works in mysterious ways. Saul, as he was known before his … Continue reading The Way
God is speaking to me
The Cost of Following Jesus 57As they were walking along the road, a man said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go." 58Jesus replied, "Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head." 59He said to another man, "Follow me." … Continue reading God is speaking to me
Sometimes you have to let go to move on
Sometimes you have to let go to move on. It seems People like to hold on to issues and things in life. This past summer my sister and friend and I had to close down the store we opened up only 18 months before, in doing so we had lots of left over merchandise … Continue reading Sometimes you have to let go to move on
An American Point of View 