When the chips are down and we feel defeated—whether it is through illness, disappointment or whatever, it would help if we would remember God is helping carry us through. The Rev. Nicholas Inman told me this story for my book, Choose Happy Find Contentment in Any Situation. “When I was in high school, I had a teacher who was going
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By Sally Tippett Rains Isolation, quarantine, loneliness, fear… if you are feeling any of that right now, this is for you. If you are having a great day, pass it by, but remember it for later in case you need it. Today I’m thinking of a few people… Someone in the hospital. You are facing the one of the toughest
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By Sally Tippett Rains Mae West was just the subject of a PBS documentary and it was great to learn about the larger than life bejeweled and fur-clad Hollywood Star of the 1930’s and ’40’s whose trademark line was “Why don’t you come up and see me sometime.” She was quite a character—and one I can admire. Push away the
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Everything has two ways to look at it. Sad way: People are stuck at home, they are losing their jobs, life is changing, the world is no fun any more. Happy way: We are lucky to be living in this amazing time where we can find new ways to be with our family, find new ways of being useful and
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Since the country is opening up, I’ve been thinking about this, and I may have mentioned it before, but “Pandemic”— has the same letters as “dam panic.” OK we’re missing an “n” but isn’t that crazy? Ever since the world closed down and we were told to stay home, everybody has been in a “damn panic.” While a lot of
Read moreBy Sally Tippett Rains During this COVID-19 time we are sometimes our own worst enemy because we allow other peoples’ negatives to come into our mind. I try as hard as I can to have a positive countenance and avoid other people’s drama, but sometimes I say to myself “step aside to get their negative out of my positive.” It’s
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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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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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