In my experience I have found that there are matters that are out of my control. Some of these matters involve people who do not behave the way in which I would like them to behave. I have spent too much time fretting and being aggravated by them. What I am reminded by is that I am powerless over whether these individuals behave in a way that I deem to be inconsiderate. … [Read more...]
Find Serenity in Midst of Struggle
In my experience, I grew up believing that I needed to be perfect in order to be lovable and accepted by people. Perfectionism ruled my life as I attempted to do more to be enough. Shame -- believing that I did not just make mistakes, but that I was a mistake -- was the taskmaster that drove me. Shame motivated me by all or none and black or white. Shame prodded me with a … [Read more...]
How Our Anger can Heal Us
Life is a mystery filled with winding roads and sometimes, steep slopes. Each step can appear to be daunting and foreboding. Questions also arise, often too many, even before one can be answered. At times, my path appeared to be leading me into a maze of choices. Although I looked for specific directions, clarity seemed to evade my understanding. At these times, I felt like I … [Read more...]
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Several weeks ago, a friend of mine kindly helped me to move Create a Spark of Hope from createasparkofhope.wordpress.com to createasparkofhope.com. Today, I created a way for you to subscribe to Create a Spark of Hope to receive updates to my articles. This means that by subscribing to Create a Spark of Hope, that as I write and publish articles for Create a Spark of Hope; … [Read more...]
Moving Beyond a Survivor Mindset to Excel in Life
In my article, Moving from bitter to Better in Life is a Choice I spoke to how I reached a place in my life that I no longer wanted to merely be a survivor, tossed about by my reactions to people, places, and things." In today's article, I would like to speak to what I discovered that led me to no longer wanting to be merely a "survivor". The decision that motivated me to … [Read more...]