Blissful Becoming
Exploring Thankfulness
"Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes of which all men have some." –Charles Dickens
A Tapestry of Grace
All too often we busy ourselves with the ragged underside view of our tapestries; the knots and threads appearing random and without design. We lock into the default mode of daily routines, demands of real-life and doing our best to run as fast we can; and we completely lose sight of the topside of our tapestry of Life. Its brightly-colored cords being carefully planned and woven by God.
[Balancing the Scales] A Flexible Thanksgiving
When my mother called to tell me she and my step-father and step-sister might be coming to visit me for Thanksgiving, I initially panicked. They’re going to want turkey…MEAT!…What am I going to do? I stopped eating meat almost 6 months ago, and while it started as a little experiment—30 days without beef, pork or [...]
Cargo Cosmetics:Lovely Lashes, Lips and More
Our eyes are often the first things people notice about us. Our eyes sometimes tell what we're feeling and far too many times reveal what we're thinking; but at the end of the day our eyes still give the outside world a glimpse of something phenomenal: us.
Psalm 116:1-2 Weekly Inspiration
"I love the Lord because he hears and answers my prayers. Because he bends down and listens, I will pray as long as I have breath!
Greening Your Drinks
Most adult beverages come in glass bottles which are easy to recycle (and don't leach things like BPA), but how eco-friendly is what is inside the bottle?
FREE WORK OUTS FOR ALL (PART II)
Socializing is equally important to humans as exercise is, which is one of the reasons that working out in a social environment is a much harder routine to break than exercising alone. If you find this is true for you as well, there are ways you can work out in a social arena for cheap or free.
Compassion International Changes Lives
Sleep-blurred thoughts suddenly filled with an awareness that took me by surprise: my romanticism of rain is a luxury.
