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By Sally Tippett Rains The phrase embrace your “new normal” has probably never had more of an impact than it does today in 2020. Nothing we could have imagined would have prepared us for what we are facing. Nothing is normal. Our world has been turned upside down because of something—whether it’s something that is happening to you or something

By Sally Tippett Rains We are nearing the political election and it is affecting everyone. I was sad to see some of my friends literally fighting online over the Supreme Court nominee. Friends fighting over politics, race, and now this. The only way we can survive peacefully is to make an effort to change our own attitudes. We can’t change

By Sally Tippett Rains Years ago, my husband Rob lost his job because the newspaper he worked for folded. I was nine months pregnant when the paychecks started bouncing. It was a bad time to lose a job and there was no stimulus check to help. He tried so hard for what seemed to be a long time to find

By Sally Tippett Rains Today we are going to talk about decision making. When you get an idea in your mind, sometimes it’s just good to consider it for a minute and then choose whether you will do it or not. The whole thing of having something looming over our heads can really stress us out. Why did I call

By Sally Tippett Rains Optimism is looking at something with the best possible view. If you are optimistic you open your heart to the possibility of something good happening—even if it seems like everything has gone to heck.  Dr. Daniel Amen, the brain health doctor on PBS  (Public Television) thinks that eliminating our negative thoughts will  improve our health including

Before we get to today’s message, remember: There WILL be happiness again. We WILL feel safe. We WILL have fun. Don’t let the disease, politics or the virus make you feel hopeless. God is greater than all of these things. By Sally Tippett Rains The events of this past week may have really gotten to you. No matter what you

By Sally Tippett Rains It’s been a rough week—for all of us. Whether you are facing a serious situation, lost a loved one, felt sad remembering 911, mourned the loss of Cardinals great Lou Brock, or faced something unique to you that I haven’t mentioned. I’d say we are all doing well to be standing and still looking for inspiration.

By Sally Tippett Rains  In my book, Choose Happy Find Contentment in Any Situation. I listed 15 keys to a happy life. Today we concentrate on NOW: Living in the Now. Time is marching by and as we go through this pandemic, are we just biding our time until it’s over? Are we wishing it was over and looking so

By Sally Tippett Rains From my book: Choose Happy; Find Contentment in Any Situation. Each week we will look at one key to having a happy life. This week: Initiative Remember when you were in grade school and you wanted to make friends? Little girls generally say, “Hi my name is___, what’s yours?”  Boys generally throw a ball at a

By Sally Tippett Rains Right before I turned in my manuscript for Choose Happy; Find Contentment in Any Situation I found a note my mother had written and in it she outlined the “Keys to a Happy Life” and they were almost all the same as the ones I had chosen as chapters for the book. Here I had spent