Tag: hope
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From Trauma to Triumph: The Process in Progress
Trauma comes in many forms. Some experience trauma at an early age. Others may experience trauma later in life. At some point in life most people will encounter, or experience some level of trauma. Trauma is defined as an emotional response to a terrible event. Understanding what trauma, or how it is defined, was interesting…
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Being “Filled” to “Feel”
March 12 was the hardest day of my life. This was the day a part of me was lost. The day when I forgot how to breathe. This was the day I had to say good-bye to my mother. While I knew that day would eventually come, eventually happened before I was ready. Honestly, I don’t…
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Lights! Camera! Action
The stage is set.,the rehearsals are over, actors are in place . The director is in place, and the countdown has begun. 3…2…1….action. From start to finish, the actors play their roles flawlessly. At the final scene, lights fade, and the director yells “Cut. That’s a wrap. Great job people.” Everyone leaves and returns to…
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Getting Back On Track
Anyone who has worked out to lose weight will tell you, that once losing the weight, the next important thing is to maintain a healthy lifestyle. You cannot go back to what you used to do before the weight loss, and expect to maintain the new weight. The things you used to do, eat, and…
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Show and Tell
There is a phrase that many of us are familiar with: “I can show you better than I can tell you.” Now this phrase may bring chills to some, as it may have been said by a parent, but in reality, many of us want the demonstration, and not just words. The phrase “I love…
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Unexpected Delay
“Traffic reported ahead!” These are words we are all familiar with. Here we are, riding in the car, on our way to our destination. Suddenly, those dreaded words: “Traffic reported ahead.” We are now looking at a sea of red! Brake lights are in front of us. The map on Waze turns red. We are now stuck in traffic. Traffic is a nightmare. No one really likes it. Why? Because it generally causes us to sit and wait. The…
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Waiting For The Dawn
It has been said the darkest hour is just before dawn, but if we hold on until dawn, a breakthrough will come. This is meant to encourage us to hold on, no matter the circumstance. But how does one do this when your world seems to be turned upside down, inside out, and the storms…
Abiding in His Presence 