Sunday, August 25, 2013

When the Bells Rings !

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When the Bells Ring The Family Knows for Sure God Transformed Dad into an Angel to Assist in the Kingdom of God around the World.

Friday, August 23, 2013

A New Start

Divorce is a life-altering process. It involves court dates, dividing assets, negotiating child custody, and a roller coaster of emotions. A divorce can leave you hurt, confused, and emotionally worn out. After a divorce, it may seem like your life is over, however; that is not the case. There is life after divorce. Here are some tips on how to get things back on track after dealing with a divorce: Give Yourself Time to Heal Allow yourself time to grieve the loss of your relationship. Accept that it’s over and take a step back and consider what you learned from the situation. A failed relationship, although difficult, can teach us a lot about what we want in future relationships. Let go of feelings of regret. Write in a journal to keep track of your emotions. Spend Time with Loved Ones Surround yourself with friends and family. Talk to a therapist if you’re feeling down. While you may not want to bring up painful memories from your past, sharing your thoughts with people who care about you is a great way to gain new perspective and to move past difficult periods in your life. Stay open and honest with your friends and family. Keep them in the loop. Update them on how you’re doing. Accept their support and advice. Break Out of Your Rut As hard as it may be, get yourself out of bed and make some plans for the day. Get to the gym. Being active for a half hour each day is clinically proven to help fight anxiety, depression, and stress. Sign up for classes or get involved in new hobbies that you’ve always wanted to. Accept social invitations and meet new friends. Hanging out with new groups of people will open new doors for you and will help to pull you out of your rut. Volunteer in Your Community One of the best ways to give yourself a mental break from your problems is to spend some time helping others. Volunteering is a great way to make a difference in someone else’s life, meet new friends, and feel good about yourself. Volunteering has been proven to increase your self confidence, combat depression, and make you feel like you are a part of your local community. When it’s Time to Get Back Out There After you feel that you have fully moved on, you can begin easing back into the dating world. Make sure that you feel ready yourself and that you are not accepting dates as a result of your friends pressuring you into getting back into the scene. At first, it may be hard to open up to strangers, but make a point of giving people a chance. According to marriage and family therapist, Lisa Paz, Ph.D, if dating feels good, it’s not too soon. If you feel like you’re forcing it, then you may need some more time to heal before trying again. When you’re ready to date, a great way to get back into the singles scene is to give Catholic Singles.com.  The service gives you access to over 700 million dating profiles and is a great way for busy people to meet eligible singles. Once you register on the site, you’ll be asked to take a quick quiz, which only consists of questions capability and of Faith.  You will then upload a photo and create a profile. Catholic Singles will then pair you with prospective matches and will show you a list of potential partners. You will see their photos, basic description, and the number of quiz questions that you both had in common. You will then be able to chat with these people to see if you are truly compatible. Moving on from a divorce is a process that takes time but is eventually something that you will move past. By applying the steps above, you’ll be one step closer to putting your life back together and feeling like your old self again! -

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

5 Regrets of Dying

I’ve always been interested in the wisdom of our elders and often do a practice with students and clients when they’ve seemed to veer off the path of what truly matters in their lives. I ask them to project themselves forward many years from now looking back onto this very moment right now, what do they wish they would’ve done? Bonnie Ware is an Australian Nurse who spent many years working in palliative care caring for those who were dying. She eventually published a book called  The Top Five Regrets of the Dying.
Regrets can be seen as something that’s good if they give us insight into what we can change today for the better. Here are the Top 5. Use them as north star to help guide your actions in the days that follow toward an even more fulfilling life. Although we can veer off the path, when we notice the star, we can always come back to it.
Top 5 Regrets of the Dying:
  1. I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me. From the time we’re born we’re looking to our parents to teach us the rules of this world and to guide our expectations about how we should or shouldn’t act. Looking to our culture or other people to guide how we should dress, speak, act, and even what kind of profession we should be in is common. What would it look like to get in touch with what seems right to you and live an authentic life?
  2. I wish I hadn’t worked so hard.  As the saying goes, no one ever kicked themselves on their deathbeds for missing a day of work. Sometimes we work too much out of routine, other times from other people’s expectations and sometimes as an addictive behavior to avoid discomfort. Are there things that may be more valuable to pay attention to where we can loosen up on working so hard and pay attention to things that nourish us more?
  3. I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings.  Whether it’s at work, in a friendship or a partnership we make the snap judgment to bite our tongue rather than being assertive. Standing in an authentic life means becoming aware of and expressing our feelings. This may be a missed opportunity to let others know we love them that can create deeper connections or maybe it’s a time when someone hurts us and we stay silent out of fear. Learning how to become more aware of our emotions and express them in a skillful way can help us feel more connected, self-reliant and happy.
  4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.  There’s no question. At the crux of feeling happy and fulfilled in life is having nurturing relationships. There are so many ways to stay connected nowadays through text, chat, email, social media, the phone and of course face to face. How might you make it a priority to make relationships an integral part of your day to day life?
  5. I wish that I had let myself be happier.  Bronnie Ware said that many people didn’t notice until the end of life that happiness is a choice. With awareness we can make conscious choices about what nourishes us and what depletes us. What beliefs we want to invest in and which ones we don’t. We may get hooked into states of high stress, anxiety, depression and even trauma reactions, but at some point we get to choose how we want to relate to them and this may help us ride them with more grace. Maybe it’s time to play a little more, what makes you happy?
Take a moment to look back once again at these five regrets people have had and see where you can begin integrating these more into your life starting today.
As always, please share your thoughts, stories and questions below. Your interaction creates a living wisdom for us all to benefit from.

Friday, August 9, 2013

No One Is Like You, Lord !



Following Jeremiah's statement will increase life before and after any circumstance we will encounter in life. In the Year of Faith let each one of us be reminded of the Prophet Jeremiah's statement in Chapter 10 verse 6.