Posted in Change & Growth on Dec 22nd, 2008
Spiritual people are not usually:
Hypocritical
Arrogant
Self-absorbed
Self-righteous
Worried
Hateful
Petty
Insincere
Careless
Malicious
Rude
Greedy
But, hey, we’re humans — I’m human — so we can’t remove these things from our lives overnight, no matter what spiritual path we follow. The idea is to move away from these listed items.
But most spiritual people would embrace being all of these:
Kind
Humble (not feeling superior [...]
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“You know, it would be horrible living with Christ, Buddha, Martin Luther King, Jr., Mother Teresa, and Gandhi as my neighbors,” a friend once told me.
“Why would that bother you?” I asked, rather dumbfounded. I wondered:
Why would having the best examples in history as neighbors be a [...]
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Certain religious teachings I have very little use for any more are good at creating fear:
Fear of having my own inner worth and wisdom
Fear of moving and flowing to the direction of the Holy Spirit
Fear of making my own decisions about scripture
Fear of making mistakes that could condemn me
Fear of Satanic influences circling like a [...]
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Posted in Change & Growth on Dec 10th, 2008
I asked my husband last night about his take on the Christian idea that the man is the leader the marriage. I wanted to hear how he explained that relationship doesn’t flourish behind the prison bars of control.
He first noted that we will all stand alone before God during judgment, so we are all responsible [...]
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Posted in Change & Growth on Nov 17th, 2008
“Do not forget the hands of the aged;
they have touched much of life and have become sensitive and sympathetic.”
– Anonymous
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This month is National Family Caregivers Month. In honor of the month, a wonderfully caring blogger, Linda Abbit, of TenderLovingEldercare.com, interviewed me about caregiving. As some my readers know, I’m the main caregiver for my mother [...]
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