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Once upon a time I did not really care about anything. I was just in survival mode. How to get from one day to the next with as little damage as possible. All the fortress walls were up and I was just existing, waiting for the next day to happen, […]
Yes, anger is a choice. It is a choice to follow Satan’s path. I know when I am in traffic and driving around I can become angry because some idiot cut me off or made some other boneheaded move. Yes, it may be a long time habit of mine, but […]
I honestly think that this is my biggest challenge. This having a good attitude while waiting is probably the hardest thing to do. 2 years ago my family and I were moving 60 miles north. This was not a big deal we had moved across country 3 years prior so […]
I have many weaknesses. I could relate by saying that chocolate is my weakness, this is true! However, my biggest weakness is that I have a hair trigger temper and I get very short with people, mostly my family. I get extremely focused on what I am doing and don’t […]
Nobody wakes up and tells themselves that today is going to be a disaster. They generally wake up and well, things happen!! Like you are running late or the kids are sick or somebody almost causes you to wreck your vehicle. If we can find something enjoyable in that circumstance […]
After high school I wanted to go to college. I knew I could but didn’t have support or money to go when I was young. I did pray and expected that prayer to be answered that I would be able to do it. Instead, I had a family. Somewhere in […]
Some days it is a struggle just to keep going. It is extremely difficult to keep the faith when everything around us is going wrong. It is infinitely easier to give up. When I was trying to find the birth parents for my friend many times I gave up. I […]
Tough one!! In the scriptures we are told to look to Christ and be perfected in him. It even tells us how to do that. Look to him in every thought, a process that is very painstaking. In the New Testament we are taught to acquire, faith, virtue, knowledge, temperance, […]
I have always had several friends that have helped me in my journey. Most of my friends share portions of Heavenly Fathers words that I need at a particular time. I have also seen it operate through me too. We are all in this together and each friend contributes to […]
I have had times where I have felt like there is nobody who understands me. One of the things that I do to help myself when I feel like that is to imagine that a loving Heavenly Father is sitting in a chair. I am kneeling besides the chair with […]