Every day we are bombarded with conflicting information. Just when we think we have a great idea someone says it won’t work. Just waking up each morning during this troubling time can be draining The year 2020 is one we will look back on and hopefully say, “wow I made it!” If you are reading this, you are doing a
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Right now, before you read the next paragraph… Take a deep breath and center yourself. Try this: Take a deep breath and as you slowly exhale think the words “Peace, be still.” If you do this three times it will calm you from the panic that many of us are experiencing. During this unprecedented time, we are being bombarded with
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These blogs are here in hopes they can help someone. Every person every day is not feeling the same way all the time– so if you are having a great day, come back next week. But if these times are starting to get to you. If anger or fear is floating around in your life today and you can’t figure
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“Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.” —James 1:2-4 ESV That verse is basically saying #ChooseHappyFindContentment. We face trials every day but some are
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Sometimes it seems we just can’t “catch a break.” It seems like everything is happening at once. It’s during those times we need to be extra diligent in feeding our souls and keeping our hearts full of hope. It’s times like this we need to “stop and smell the roses.” Even when we feel so defeated, there are always ways
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Have you ever been in a situation where you felt helpless? All of us have. Whether it is a family member’s illness or our own; or someone we love making bad choices; or a circumstance happening that we don’t want to happen—it’s an awful feeling when you feel like there is nothing you can do. This topic is different from
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By Sally Tippett Rains Even in the worst of times we can find glimmers of hope and joyful moments, if we just take a few minutes to calm down and see them. The only way to be happy is to keep moving forward, embracing the present (bad as it may seem to you right now) and bravely looking towards the
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By Sally Tippett Rains 2020 is the perfect year to get our lives into focus, and I hope you will join me on a journey to live a more positive life– even if you are going through a tough time. ESPECIALLY if you are going through a tough time. As we navigate through life, which sometimes is a stressful, terrible,
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