Are You Using Manipulation? My grandmother was dear to me. I love her very much and I was often blind to things as a kid that as an adult are […]
Hope in Trials I have often thought about the impact that my ninth great grandfather, Francis Fincher, has had on my life. He was a Quaker who endured prison and […]
What Defines Trouble? Trouble is a troublesome word. What does it really mean? Is it something that is difficult, or perhaps something you are blamed for that you either did […]
What’s to Gain? I’ve known down in my life, but I wanted to gain a better life. Those times when life was beating down on me, I didn’t always handle […]
Praise or Fault Finding? I remember that one of the things that I always wanted from my grandfather was some praise. I looked up to him. He was a strong […]
Stressed Out of My Gourd! You know the feeling. You are stressed out, but you aren’t even sure why. Take a breath and it is a little better, but there […]
Criticize Or Submit I have found that emotions can really drive me to do strange things. One area of my life that particularly caused me problems was that I was […]
Hold On When someone asks you to “hold on,” how to you look at that phrase? Do you have a positive feeling that you can do it? Do you you […]
Suffering What makes suffering worthwhile in life? Many would say that it is not worthwhile. You might have noticed that I did not post a newsletter last week. I was […]
Mind and Vision I had an experience recently where I was so tired that I couldn’t focus my mind, and my vision actually became blurred. Besides being a little disturbing […]