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10/30/2026 - My Feelings Are Not Facts (Again)
Principles allow me to act, not in the way I feel, but in the way I should. My feelings are not facts. My feelings are always based on protecting my ego. My ego is how I want to be seen by others, not how I really am. To act as I truly am is called Humility. The Situation At work we have new management. They don’t like me. This is based on only a few brief encounters. I feel the anger rise when I think about it. I feel judged. I feel unseen. And my feelings tell me exactly wha
9/5/2026 - Touch God
I was never the religious type. The church of my grandmother and my mother was a Christian one, and when I was younger I went to church. I never got around to getting baptized. I would have considered myself agnostic, not atheist. But, if I am honest, that was only because I was too afraid to be an atheist. A few years ago I faced certain death. Stage three cancer required the removal of an organ. The kidney I had left was failing. The eGFR number dropped month after month. I was on several
2/23/2025 - Acceptance Means Letting Go of Expectations
Acceptance means letting go of expectations...
2/15/2025 - A Storm Is Coming... Feel The Breeze
There's a quiet discomfort that settles within us, a subtle whisper that something is stirring. It's at this moment we sense the impending rush of emotions. Much like storms, once these emotions begin, they are beyond our control. We're not deities with the power to halt these storms; we must weather them. However, as with all things, this too shall pass. However, once it has passed, we realize that more often than not, the storm is one of fear. Interestingly, this storm is a creation of our o
1/24/2025 - I Have No Control But I Can Do This
I can’t truly ‘control’ anything. Yes, I ‘influence’ things by my actions, but, the control I really want, I do not have that. There is a God and I am not it. This simple declaration, words that I believe in, frees me from all anxiety and fear. However, I can’t stop my feelings, because again, I am not in control. So, when feelings of anger, fear, and sadness come, I can still do something. What I do , I believe must always be based on principals that I can stand by:
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