Making Room for the Positive

Making Room for the Positive

Some relationships we need to start. Others we need todiscontinue. And then the ones we start will need to be evaluated. It is great tobe a positive influence in the lives of others around us, but when the relationshipgoes sour, negative, and dragging into the dirt,...
Struggling through Scoliosis

Struggling through Scoliosis

Paul says in James 1:2: “Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds.” Being joyful in our trials is one of the hardest things to choose. I learned to choose joy and trust God each day when we discovered our...
Choosing Joy

Choosing Joy

How can you be more joyful?Cleanliness is Franklin’s virtue for this chapter. Cleanliness in body, clothes, or habitation. I would add to Franklin’s list that your state of mind is truly a place you want to keep clean every day. Develop the habit of...
Thinking Joy

Thinking Joy

Earl Nightingale said it best: “We become what we think about.” When I think joy, I am joyful. When I think irritation, I am irritable. When you think blessings, you are blessed. When you think favorably, you have favor.Positive and joyful thinking is not...
Lessons from My Grandparents

Lessons from My Grandparents

What have you learned from your grandparents? What have you forgotten that you want to bring back as a tradition or memory? What I learned from those same grandparents was faith, persistence, endurance, and thriftiness. Grandma grew a garden every year until she and...