Give praise. Those two little words can have great impact. Praise expresses admiration, respect and gratitude. Let’s begin with praise of others. The words you speak over people matter. Build them up. Be specific. Add value. Always choose to speak life. When you do, it can help to repair a broken heart, reframe negative thoughts,…
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Choosing Healing
What does it mean to choose healing? Wounds don’t go away on their own. You have to treat them. When emotional pain gets heavy, it can be easy to shut down, ignore, or deny your feelings or the events attached to them. You can’t heal if you don’t acknowledge that you need to. Unfortunately, that…
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Practicing Gratitude
I love to practice gratitude. Like I said in my last post, it is so much more than giving thanks. It begins with a shift in you that you then get to share with others. It is action and emotion. It is experience and expression. It is personal and relational. Here are some of my…
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Apathy Sets In
Apathy: a state of indifference, lack of interest, without passion, emotional suppression, diminished consciousness, etc. Apathy is often associated with depression (and I want to be clear that this post is not directed towards people suffering from depression – when the word choose should be used lightly), but I think it is much more common…
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Forgiveness is a Journey, not a Resolution
This post has taken some time to write, and I reserve the right to update it at any time. I say that because I have researched forgiveness for many years. There are an overwhelming amount of definitions, opinions, caveats, timelines, and requirements floating around for it. My understanding and practice of it has changed over…
