The following sharing was an entry in my July 2003 journal. It is even truer for me today in the face of world and national events as well as aging and watching the challenges of my 11 children who are in their 30s and 40s. I mean, truly, mortality just keeps piling up and piling […]
Taking Time to Heal
“Don’t let the size of your external laparoscopic incisions fool you, just because they heal up quickly. The internal surgery is just as extensive as back in the olden days when the external wound was stem to stern.” Such was the advice of a wise medically trained friend (RN) to me three weeks after my […]
In Christ All is Well
The Savior’s invitation to come unto Him as we are–weary and heavy laden, is repeated over and over in the all the scriptures. Still, the Book of Mormon goes further than invite us. The life stories of prophet after prophet model what it means, what it looks like, sounds like, feels like to “come unto […]
Perfectionism is Idealism Perverted
Perfectionism is a perversion of Idealism. Idealism can so easily mutate into perfectionism. Idealism is to revere ideals and live your life in the light of them. It is not to be used as a tool to beat yourself up because although you rever the ideal, you cannot do much more than aspire to it. […]
A Compound in One
…having seen many afflictions in the course of my days. (1 Nephi 1:1) Now here was a concept I could understand! That certainly described my life. Childhood: painful, lonely, neglected, abused. Teens: painful, lonely, neglected, abused, sinful. Young adulthood: painful, confused, compulsive-obsessive, perfectionistic. Adulthood: painful, lonely, abused, abusing, driven, depressed, morbidly obese. nevertheless, having been highly favored of the […]
Hanging Out on the Page
WRITING, just hanging out on the page Not reporting, or performing or anything else. Just “hanging out.” I think hanging out is one of the most neglected arts in human life. I think it’s one of the healthiest things we can do–mentally, physically and spiritually. Just be. Not with any adjective attached to it. Just be. […]
Another Comforter
And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will […]
Time Flies
As the old saying goes, “Time flies when you’re having fun,” Or not. Either way, it waits for no one. That’s for sure. Those are my thoughts, this morning, as I emerge from a week of dealing with one dental crisis after another. First a broken tooth, leading to a lost bridge, leading to a root canal, […]
Seeking Counsel and Guidance
This morning I captured from Helaman 11:1-2. It reveals to me, yet again, how important it is to believe in and seek personal, direct counsel from God in dealing with the issues and challenges I face each day. Gratefully and humbly I post these thoughts here. Please, take what the Spirit confirms to your heart […]
Nothing Tastes as Good
Every day, I have to accept the truth that my body doesn’t metabolize carbs like an average person. That doesn’t mean that I can’t eat any carbs. It just means I can’t eat any carbs that are refined (i.e. have no fiber/roughage connected). In other words, 90% of the carbs I eat need to have […]
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