Personal Growth
Sharing our ideas and experiences.
Finding Inner Peace
Our truest self — the part of us that is peace, love, and wisdom, is often not the self that we present to others. It’s not even the self…we usually identify with. The self we normally identify with is the ego self — the chatter box in our mind that doesn’t want to shut up and has an opinion about everything. The true self is found when the chatter box shuts up. ¶ Turn off the voice in your mind that causes you anxiety — the voice that you use for having conversations with yourself. Turn off the volume and listen for the voice that does not speak in words — the one found in silence.
Dan Pedersen18 hrs ago
Why It’s Okay To Question God
Some people believe that any expression of doubt is a sin. They believe that we must always have faith and never waver, never question God…, and certainly never criticize God, lest he depart from us or punish us for our insolence or lack of faith. ¶ The truth is that God often shows up in those moments. The moments when we are heartbroken, frustrated, or at our wit’s end. Our expression of doubt and frustration about things in our life and about God are expressions of pain and suffering. These are the times when God is sometimes most comforting.Dan PedersenMay 29, 2015
What Is A Lover?
A partner-in-crime (to call in sick and be a bum with on a Monday).A human pillow, always warm. ¶ Extra fingers to scratch your back. ¶ Silly fights picked for the makeup sex. ¶ “I’m high on you.” ¶ A tolerable annoyance. ¶ You woke up at 3:27 am for this. ¶ The thick skin you could never have grown. ¶ A rock. Your rock. ¶ The only (remotely) exciting thing about your daily routine. ¶ A valid excuse to come out of your shell. ¶ The person you traded the shell for, permanently.
Oreoluwa FakoredeApr 3
Getting What We Want
We often ignore what we have, in pursuit of what we don’t have. We often take for granted what we have and count it as nothing, while…fixated on illusory outcomes which we think will make us happier and more secure. But we would be further ahead and less stressed if we focused more on what we already have. ¶ It’s good to leave ourselves a little bit hungry anyway. It helps us appreciate what we have and it helps with clarity of thought. When you are not focused on getting, you become aware of what you already have and things “taste” better.Dan PedersenMar 27