Where wisdom fuels change
Posted in Internal wisdom, Meaningful Relationships on Jan 28th, 2009
Blog writing has been a process of discovery for me. Reading and chiming in on other blogs has helped as well. Even Twitter opened my eyes to some realizations.
But it was reading a book in the Bible called Ecclesiastes again recently that finalized some insights for me. The author of Ecclesiastes had enough money, clarity, [...]
Posted in Internal wisdom, Meaningful Relationships on Jan 26th, 2009
After being in a legalistic cult for several years, I found my well-worn Bible to be an irritant for years. Every time I opened it, I could see and hear preachers of my past explaining a non-authentic view of Christianity. My side notes, the dog-eared chapter tabs, and underlined passages all reminded me of wrong [...]
Posted in Meaningful Relationships on Jan 19th, 2009
Graciousness is more than knowing a set rules from a book of manners; it’s about heart and compassion.
I first learned this with a story I read in grade school. I think it was part of a reading and comprehension test in the 60s, and online sources say it was contributed by Cori Connors to Guideposts [...]
Posted in Meaningful Relationships on Jan 5th, 2009
When I started my blog last February, I enjoyed an endless passion to write about personal development. I also suffered from a naive cluelessness. I had no idea the Blogging World, Blogopolis, the Blogosphere — or whatever you call it — held so many fascinating people, ideas, and writing styles.
As I ventured out from my [...]
Posted in Meaningful Relationships on Dec 18th, 2008
Call it authenticity, transparency, or being human, most people appreciate when a person demonstrates an open genuineness. No one loves hypocrisy, artificial drama, or phony types. At least not for long. Most of us value Truth, however we define it. We want to trust, to know a person’s words and actions come from the heart, [...]