Keys To Communication

I remember hearing a radio talk show many years ago, a man was describing how he and his wife had two totally different views about how you take care of a sick person. He was down with a cold, and asked her for some orange juice, she came back with what he thought to be a thimble full, and his expectation of a big tumbler full was unfulfilled. The two were raised differently, one with small glasses of O.J. being left alone to sweat it out, the other being pampered with lots of juice, soup and attention. Case in point, communication is not just words, and it is also important to note that whatever it is, goes through a sort of prism of our own personal experiences, thought processes, and communication styles.

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Daughters

Her sense of security and well being comes from strong leadership in the home. How a husband treats his wife teaches her how she will respond as a wife herself, and while she is living in your home, she will test the boundaries and limits of your marriage. Manipulation is only possible if the two of you are presenting a weak front, divided, and not on the same page with one another. She will “play you like a cheap guitar” mom and dad, if you don’t have each others back! If she knows that you talk things over , and agree together, double check facts etc., she will not get away with the trickery and lies so easily, she will stop trying once she figures out there is no space between you.

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Breaking Through Years Of Emotional Baggage

That old backpack carried years of unforgiveness, bitterness, and pain from my past. I thought I could just talk through things with those who wronged me, ( parents) and we could get all the closure and forgiveness, and all would be well with my soul, but when they didn’t respond to my gesture, but accused me of just wanting to hurt them by talking to them, shunned me for half a year, then calls one day as if all is well, your thoughts of closure are left unfulfilled.

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“My Burden Is Light”

When I think about how difficult things get when I try to face the challenges on my own, it mystifies me why I even try to tackle them alone in the first place. When He says to take my yoke upon you, my yoke is easy… He is asking us to share our burdens with Him, let Him carry the weight of them for us. Yes, we will be there seeing the action first hand, we don’t get a “pass” to get out of the difficult times, but He is there along side, attached to us, by choice, saying “I’ve got this, you just walk next to me”.

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Love Simply • Simply Love

You have heard it said, “you can’t love someone if you don’t love yourself” I take issue with that statement, because at the root of it is “self”.

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The Autoimmune Connection

Many people I know who have autoimmune diseases like fibromyalgia, as I do, have  a common background.  They have either had a major trauma, or they had child abuse throughout early childhood. Without getting too technical, here, it will be explained later – it is all about the development of the various glands which control [...]

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