Being thankful stands in stark and debilitating contrast to entitlement. If we sense that we are entitled to something, it is then presumed to be ours by right. If it is ours by right, then there is no legitimate need to be thankful for it. Our overriding mentality and our general orientation to life becomes marked by a sense that we are owed, and … [Read more...]

We all dance. Every one of us diligently works to side-step those things that we find less than palatable or downright ugly. We cleverly work to circumvent, defuse and detour around all of the many things that we find unsavory and therefore prefer not to deal with. In essence, we bob and weave and we tend to do a lot of it. Certain times … [Read more...]

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Being thankful stands in stark and debilitating contrast to entitlement. If we sense that we are entitled to something, it is then presumed to be ours by right. If it is ours by right, then there is no legitimate need to be thankful for it. Our overriding mentality and our general orientation to life becomes marked by a sense that we are owed, and … [Read more...]

Betrayal is the horrific antithesis to commitment. It is everything that a relationship is not. Betrayal is an action so contrary to the essential ingredients of trust and love that firmly undergird a relationship that we are abhorrently stunned when it happens to us. Yet, it does happen to us, and it happens more than once. To heal from the … [Read more...]

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Issac Newton said, “For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.” If only that weren’t so. Too many times we formulate plans that we simply love. What we don’t necessarily love are the consequences that come along with those plans. Sometimes those consequences can be real spoilers, so we do everything we can do to avoid them, deny … [Read more...]