There are times that my thoughts and feelings seem to swing like monkeys in a tree. My mind just seems to go everywhere. It swings into depression, anxiety and then back into depression. My mind seems to have a mind of its own. Recently I was speaking on a podcast […]
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After years of teaching high school in downtown Los Angeles, my wife accepted a job four hours away. On top of my daily stressors of dealing with students and colleagues and deadlines at the school, I now moved to a tiny studio apartment, commuted to see my wife on weekends, and […]
The Habit Poem I am your constant companion. I am your greatest helper or your heaviest burden. I will push you onward or drag you down to failure. I am completely at your command. Half the things you do, you might just as well turn over to me, and I […]
A Rhythm of rest invites you to come away, rest, restore and ready yourself for the next moment. 7 steps to enable a rhythm of rest to be part of your life. Her response wasn’t surprising. She was probably more surprised at being asked the question. It was one of […]
Sometimes I think I am like a cow. I ruminate over things, chewing my thoughts this way and that. Trying to extract something good out of them. Much of my life I have worked on farms, I even have a University Degree in Agriculture. I humorously call this my first […]
Often I travel over some sharp twisty roads. One of these roads has a large hill, and just on the other side, there is a beautiful view with a fence that has been driven through. The driver didn’t take notice of the early warning signs. There are signs to tell drivers […]
I need space. I could put this another way in that my ‘I’ needs space. I need space away from all the pressures of life. As I begin to write this, I am sitting in my truck on the way to work. It is dark outside, but I am alone and enjoying […]
Sometimes you have to let the little fish go. Those little offenses that need to be forgiven and let go of. I think I must have been aged 6 or 7 when I caught my first fish. It was a sprat. I went on to catch other fish. When […]
Where are you now? Erik Fisher and Jim Woods have just written a wonderful book on goal setting. Erik has a truly brilliant podcast called ‘Beyond the To Do List’. The first chapter asks the question. Where are you now? The point he is making is that in order to […]
The Bible is full of wisdom from the ages. Reading the Bible can help your Mental Health and bring you to new places of hope and health. What do you think about – all day long. If you’re like me, then it will most likely be about what you’re doing, […]