Stress is a signal that something needs to change. Suffering, is when we don't make the change!

But if your work is your art, a personal reflection of who you are, the only person who can do that better than you, is a future you.

To spank or not to spank isn't the question the question is whether whether we are teaching a quality we want our kids to have as adults?

Trust is simply a set of expectations about the present and the future. The key is to ensure that these are chosen and evaluated based upon awareness versus fear.

Many of us go from being taken care of as children to taking care of others as adults. Shouldn't there be a time when we learn to take care of ourselves?

A process for discernment: God is my ultimate source of truth and wisdom, and dwells forever at the center of my being. Therefore, any thought, emotion, or action that takes me further from my center can be neither truthful, nor wise.

Regardless of what is being discussed . . . the issue is never more important than the quality of the interaction.