Archive for August 2015

Have you ever had a time in your life when you were proud and happy about accomplishing something really good – and you shared it with family members or friends, only to have them react negatively or not at all? You start fulfilling your purpose, you land that dream job, you get your book published, you conquer…

I am deeply grateful that an issue which I was struggling over (and wrote about right here on this blog exactly three weeks ago) was resolved after much prayer (and relinquishing of stress!) Talking to my spiritual advisor (my priest) helped, venting to my close friends helped, even yoga helped – but most of all you readers helped. The blog about going…

By now you’d have to be living in a cave not to know Pope Francis is visiting the US in September. Perhaps you also have heard that he plans to visit a prison while in Philadephia. At first when I became aware of this, I thought, huh, couldn’t His Eminency’s  time be better spent visiting…

I got to start my Monday morning in the dentist’s chair. Not anyone’s favorite time or place, yet it’s obviously something that needs to be done if we want healthy teeth. Now let me start by saying I’m not comparing time with God to a dental visit! However, I think maintaining my spirituality is a…

I am going through a difficult struggle right now, despite all the blessings in my life, which involves the mistake of another that may cost me thousands of dollars and possibly delay a dream on my horizon. I have gotten angry at the person who made the mistake, I have tried to fix it (and am still…