Never Wait To Be Kind
Kindness is not really an act, as much as it is a personal trait. You’re either kind all the time, or your kind only when it suits you. Hopefully, more and more of us are choosing to be kind all of the time, because we should never wait to be kind. Continue reading “Never Wait To Be Kind”
Chatting with a friend the other day, and we landed on the topic of the first step to becoming a more positive person. We debated if there were many steps to this transformation, or perhaps just one.
Life is full of ironies. Sometimes, we have to go backwards to move forward. And sometimes, we need to get angry to become happy. Life really can be quite the adventure, wouldn’t you say?
Toxic emotions and habits pose a serious threat to our happiness and even our health. Bitterness, or, “resentment,” are particularly dangerous, because they take us off our path of the present and trap us in the past.
Norman Vincent Peale, the author of “The Power of Positive Thinking,” encouraged people to believe in themselves and to have faith in their own abilities. He was of course, absolutely correct in this thinking.
Does the debate as to whether positive affirmations work or not continue to rage? Did it ever really rage? No, but it is an important question and the answer may surprise you.
At one time or another, all of us have put undue pressure on other people and even on ourselves. We know we shouldn’t do this, and we vow that we won’t, but ultimately, we usually forget and end up doing so.
How to be happy is a question asked throughout the ages. Everyone wonders how to “find” happiness and people wondered about it a thousand years ago and probably will in a thousand more.
As children in my family, we were encouraged to find a purpose and focus on things that held our interest. We were taught that as as we grew older, our purpose(s) and interests would develop and mature with us. They did.
Have you ever wondered what is meant in 2 Corinthians that we are called to be Christ’s Ambassadors? Its a very important calling and one which deserves careful and full thought. After all, its a very important role.