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Learning the Secret of Contentment (Part 1)
Paul lived in a time when Christianity was more respectable church membership. It was more than a handshake and more than shouting amen; it was more than holding an office or singing in the choir. Being a Christian in Paul’s day was a life threatening experience.
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Thank You Lord, Most Graciously
There are moments in the believer’s life when the Spirit of the living God gets in us and gives birth to thanksgiving and holy reflection. Moments when we really comprehend how good God is and how good He has been...
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Romantic Relationships: A Spiritual Perspective
Meeting someone so attractive, so beautiful. Your heart beats like the rhythm at the races and your knees become Jell-O. We all know this feeling of falling in love and seeing the amazing beauty in ...
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The Meaning and Facts of Life
Why are we really here? Do we have a destination to fulfill or
is our existence just by chance? The answer is yes, we have
a definite purpose on this earth. Do you know what yours is?
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Giving From the Heart
Giving has its own reward. What you give you get back many times over. It is an opportunity to express your truth, who you are. Give not from guilt, obligation or fear because it is not your truth. Giving is a physical manifestation of who you believe yourself to be it is show and tell.
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Acknowledging the Existence of Your Soul
Talking about your “soul” and the deeper things in life is so frequently considered as spun out or weird in modern, take-away-eating, order-it-on-the-internet life, but if you are one of these people, you'll find that letting go of socialistic trends like these will free you in a way that you simply cannot be freed in a materialists world.
The end result is inner peace that no material possession could ever come close to.
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Anamchara - Living The Real Life
“May you recognise your being as the diamond at the centre of your life.”
In Corrogue the land begins to fall into sleep.
I have awoken from sleep. I woke up this morning with a song in my head. This is something that often happens. Usually the song is speaking to my condition. This is a song written by Freddie Mercury. The rock group Queen wonderfully performed this song. It is an original rock anthem. It is the beginning of “Bohemian Rhapsody.”
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Equal In the Eyes of God
There was a time in my life when I seriously wondered whether there was intelligent life on other planets.
As a child, I believed that we human beings here on the planet Earth were God's only children. I learned early on how special we were: we were made in God's image, to look after His planet. There was no other force in the universe (which I envisioned as a big, black void with our planet in the center) that could compare to us...
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Getting Your Feelings Down on Paper
If you haven’t already done so, please start keeping a journal today. It is one of the most effective ways to hear your own voice. You should not share the information in your journal with anyone. These are your private and innermost sacred thoughts.
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Standing in the Gap
I’m weary of saying No to my children. Not just the everyday No’s. Don’t hit your brother and No, you cannot have 5 pieces of candy. I am weary of the No I am continually saying to our culture. The world is bound and determined to take away my children’s innocence. They want my children to grow up way too fast. They want my little girl to dress like an adult. They want my little boy to know things he is way too young to know...
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Five Strategies to Deal With Stress
The five stress management strategies can be a tool for anybody who wants to master this skill. Once one can handle it well, he will be able to cope with any difficult situation in the future.
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Controlling Panic Attack Symptoms
When some intense fear suddenly grips you, making you feel helpless and out of control you may be under a panic attack. It could last for a very brief period of time, may be not more than ten minutes, during which your thoughts seem to be disorganized and your body appears to be disoriented, because of which you feel you are perhaps ‘going crazy’.
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Some Facts About Stress - Defining Stress and Anxiety Syndrome
Interestingly, physical stressors can cause psychological symptoms, as in the depression that one may feel as a result of a prolonged physical illness; and psychological stressors can cause physical symptoms, as in the nauseous feeling you may get as a result of bad news. One of the curious facts about stress is that its definition is not as simple to pin down as you might have expected.
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Anxiety and Panic Attacks - Are Tranquilizers the Best Remedy?
The feeling of anxiety can be hugely distressing, particularly when it lasts for a long time or comes in the form of intense panic attacks. For many, the idea of taking medication for immediate relief is tempting. Tranquilizers are a quick fix, which is what anxiety sufferers desperately want. And after all, if medication relieves anxiety so well, what is wrong with using it?
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3 Keys To Avoid Burn Out
Becoming burnt out is a very real threat to people in stressful and challenging jobs. This article is designed to help you recognize it and take the necessary steps to avoid it.
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What is Job Stress?
Everybody knows what job stress is....or do they? This articles breaks down the types of stress that can be experienced in the workplace into 4 distinct categories. This classification can help you to determine what might be causing you most stress at work and how to defuse it.
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De-Stress in San Jose - Spas
Everybody thinks California living is stress-free. You and I know that is not true, but some time at San Jose spas can make it seem like it is.
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