Tag Archives: disappointment
So, Why Do People Really Go To Church?
Have you ever been in one of those churches that has convulsions every two or three years and found yourself wondering why people really go to church there? Well do not feel like you are alone; many people are … Continue reading
Filed under Communication, Developing, Index, Leadership, Motivation, Perception, Relationships, Sociology, Spiritual Development, Technology, The Soul
Emotional Abuse–Invalidation, Scars Left Behind
I have heard it said that the greatest fear that a child has while growing up is the fear of abandonment and rejection—that they will be left alone. Abandonment alone is a subject that there is a plethora of research … Continue reading
Bitterness: Drinking Poison and Wishing Someone Else Dies
What happens to a person when they are exposed to continual invalidation, while feeling the pain of rejection, isolation and then made to believe that what they are feeling is not important enough to be heard? If you have not … Continue reading
Filed under Abuse, Attitude, Index, Influence, Motivation, Perception, Relationships, Self Defeating Behavior, Spiritual Development
Borderline Personality Disorder: Hidden Within The Family System
Family life that includes interaction with a borderline personality has the potential of creating a domino effect triggering toxic behaviors and relationship problems having the potential to disrupt, shatter or destroy social and family relationships. However, friends and onlookers who … Continue reading
Finding Balance: Are My Feelings Giving A Correct Assessment of Life?
I was recently talking to someone who’s parent had died and the father remarried within a year. As we spoke, I heard the painful story describing the personal experience of a person who felt that remarriage changed the surviving parent … Continue reading
Finding a Balance in Second Marriages and Family Relationships
What is the lived-experience of individuals who experience the loss of a spouse and then decides to remarry? Until you have had the experience of having to reconstruct life from the ashes of what has been, you may not know … Continue reading
Finding Direction in the Holidays
How can a good choice be made when conflicting expectations, emotions, and control factors exert their power over our will and thinking processes? The holiday season like other times of the year is a time that require decisions that results … Continue reading
Can Change Have a Negative Impact on Relationships?
In Gary Collins book The Search for the Soul, quotes Mother Teresa who was asked: what is the greatest problem that people in the world face? Her reply was “loneliness.” At the same time the culture of today has been … Continue reading
Filed under Index, Relationships, Sociology, Spiritual Development, Technology
The Emptiness of a Life Without Meaning
Adjustment to new times, seasons, things, and people is necessary if we do not want to be stuck in the mud. Is it change that is the issue or that it forces one to think different, act different, and feel different? Let change be your friend not your foe …. Happiness is a moving target, but meaning is the arrow. Continue reading
What Does God Really Know About Me?
So, if God knows all about himself, creation, and all of history: What does he know about the personal and often times hidden details of our lives? In Psalm 139, a description is recorded of what God knows about who … Continue reading
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