Tag: mental-health
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Standing on Your Rooted Foundation
Watching an episode of Long Lost Family, I heard Scottish footballer Dominic Mateo comment upon having brain cancer. He said, “I’ve been given another chance. That’s how I see it in life. You know, I really do.” What would it take for you to adopt this attitude? Taking the reins on life and going for…
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Are you ready?
Decades ago, I watched someone who I was very close to, figuratively speaking, waterskiing on a lake in Massachusetts. It wasn’t something this person had done recently, so I was really impressed that this person was not only able to ski quite well, but to slalom, as well. As I watched the ski boat come…
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C.R.E.A.T.E.
C R E A T E The time is now to ring in the new day with: Constant Appreciation Reality Checks Earthly Roots Advocation for Others and Yourself Temperance Education Is it… Another acryonym Another day Another breath you take Another bed to make Another back to wash Another vow to break? How have you…
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A Time to Realign
In a Boy Scout life guard course I took two and a half decades ago, I learned that when saving someone who is drowning, one needs to do the opposite of what seems natural. You see, when someone is drowning, they have the potential to hold on and drag the lifeguard under in an attempt…