As the Spirit Moves Me

I was leaving an event the other night when I noticed someone with a T-shirt I thought was quite funny. It said: “The best revenge is living long enough to annoy your children.” I laughed at the time.
The next day I got on a bus and went to visit my elderly mother. After I arrived [...]

July 27th, 2009 | Tags: aging parents, annoying, compassion, lessons from aging parents, patience, revenge, understanding, visiting elderly parents | Category: Uncategorized, personal growth, seeing the good | Comments (2)

I’m a firm believer that things happen for a reason. That’s a hard concept to get your mind around when something bad happens just when thins are gong well, like when my son’s friend has graduated from high school and then has a long board accident that causes her to end up in a coma [...]

June 22nd, 2009 | Tags: hurt knee, knee problems, symbolism in events, things happen for a reason, why bad things happen | Category: Divine Purpose, Gratitude, seeing the good, when bad things happen | Comments (1)

Do you believe things happen for a reason? I do. More often than not, when something happens in my life, it isn’t long before I can see why. And when I undertand the reason why something happened – whether that “something” was good or bad – I get a sense that God has a hand [...]

May 7th, 2009 | Tags: synchronicity, synchronistic events, why do bad things happen, why do things happen, why things happen the way they do | Category: Divine Purpose, God's hand, faith, hindsight, life, seeing the good | Comments (2)