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Living Life Poetically: Hope’s Promise
The feeling of hope has literally been around longer than we can possibly imagine. As humans, whenever our situation or condition has been less than ideal, hope has carried us through; enabling us to not only envision a better tomorrow but also strive toward it. Now, imagine if hope had…
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Living Life Poetically: The Intangible Gifts of God
About half of this poem (later titled “The Intangible Gifts of God”) was written on August 2, 2014. It was originally intended to be a song, but that plan went nowhere. At the time, all I had was the first line in the first, second, fourth, and sixth stanzas–but no…
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Living Life Poetically: True Lights
We all want happiness. We all need it. And the desire for it is naturally in our DNA. However, what truly makes us happy is something that needs deeper reflection. Some of the things we believe will make us happier might only do so temporarily. Meanwhile, some of them might…
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Depression Part 3: Finding the Cause and Working Toward the Solution
How is depression caused? What can you do about it? Those are two big questions, and it would take a whole book to cover both of them–each. So attempting to do that in a single blog post is quite a challenge. But, through this attempt, we get a short yet…
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Living Life Poetically: At the Water’s Edge
After publishing “Until We Meet Again,” I wanted to write another poem that tells a story. A fictional poem of sorts. However, this time, I felt the urge to write something that’s not so much about a fictional place with fictional human characters. Rather, one that’s about nature. Similar to…
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A Prayer to Reorient Your Focus and Mind
There are so many old prayers out there with interesting orgins. One such prayer is The Prayer of St. Francis. The Prayer of St. Francis was first published in 1912 inside a French magazine called “The Little Bell.” Since its first publication, it’s been attributed to St. Francis. However, there’s…
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Living Life Poetically: To All Haters, Thank You
In life, not everyone is going to like you. That is a given. Sometimes it’s because of jealousy, insecurity, or maybe because you happen to look (or were born) a certain way. Whatever the reason, hardly any of us can go through life without indirectly or directly crossing paths with…
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Depression Part 1: Eliminating the Stigma
There’s been a series on anxiety and self-esteem. There’s even been one on motivation. It’s about time we take a closer look at depression—the other category under “Mind.” Not surprisingly, Part 1 of this Depression series is solely about eliminating the stigma that surrounds talking about it in the first…
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Just Take a Chance: The Importance of Facing Your Fears
“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ You must do the thing you think you…
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Increasing Faith with Patience, and Increasing Patience with Faith
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Romans 12:12 You’ve prayed. Others have prayed for you. You’ve hoped. You’ve lost hope. But you’ve kept on hoping. So then, you’ve kept on praying. Other’s have kept on praying for you. How much longer? You’re now beginning to lose…