“Be a Scrooge!”
“Don’t be a Scrooge” It’s a line we hear really all year long but certainly more during the holiday season. But what exactly does it mean? Scrooge (skro͞oj) n. A mean-spirited miserly person. (The Free...
View ArticleLife Themes, Part 2
Life Themes This is a long post. Evaluating a year should take some time. Does for me anyway. Not only do I need to go through this process for myself, I want to help others in their processes too. I...
View ArticleBroken Widows
Broken Windows The Broken Widows Theory in criminology provides a metaphor for tackling disorder within neighborhoods. The creators of this theory developed it because… “They saw serious crime as the...
View ArticleRefocusing on Christ
Should & Could But Don’t There’s so much information available telling us what we should be doing and how we could be improving our lives. Just take a look at the self-help books currently on...
View ArticleCapturing Thoughts
Continual Drawing There’s sometimes little rhyme or reason to how my mind works. I just don’t get how I dwell on certain things but let others go easily. Frustrating, especially when nothing I do can...
View ArticleSurrounded
The song “Fight My Battles” by Michael W. Smith annoyed me the first several times I heard it. I mean, it’s the same wording over and over and over again. “This is how I fight my battles…” “It may look...
View ArticleBattling Discouragement
Life can be discouraging. One area of persistent discouragement for me involves lack of apparent progress. That lack can be in myself or in those closest to me, but it also can be in general with how I...
View ArticleMetanoia
In psychology, metanoia involves experiencing a psychotic breakdown and then subsequent, positive rebuilding and healing. My journey through depression was a metanoia. In fact, this blog – Struggle to...
View ArticleTransition in Change
Transition vs. Change Though often used as synonyms, transition and change are not the same. Change is situational. Transition is psychological & requires “inner reorientation.” Change is...
View ArticleIt’s Nothing Personal
People will hurt you. Sometimes the same person will hurt you repeatedly. What do you do? Do you get angry? Depressed? Bitter? Resentful? Beaten down? In my struggle to let any of those reactions...
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