Everything in balance

Trauma can cast a long shadow over our lives, leaving us feeling shattered and lost. However, within the depths of despair, there is always a glimmer of hope. This blog post explores the path to recovery from trauma, offering insights and guidance on how to rebuild a life filled with healing, resilience, and newfound strength. Understanding Trauma Trauma comes in various forms, whether it's the result of a severe accident, a natural disaster, or emotional abuse. It leaves lasting imprints on our minds and bodies, disrupting our sense of safety and well-being. Acknowledging and understanding the nature of trauma is the first step towards healing. Embracing the Journey Recovering from trauma is a process that requires patience and self-compassion. It's essential to allow ourselves the space to grieve, to feel the pain, and to acknowledge our emotions. By embracing the journey, we open ourselves up to the possibility of transformation and growth. Seeking Support No one should have...

Photo by  LOGAN WEAVER | @LGNWVR  on  Unsplash WAIT WAIT DO DON’T ANSWER – so fast! Is that your final answer? Are you locked in? You have 20 secs to answer 10 questions! I bet most of you can tell me what shows these are from. If not, you have Jeopardy, Who Wants to be a Millionaire, and Family Feud. These game shows have been on pretty much my whole life, and I am over 50. In fact, Jeopardy has been on longer than I have been alive, starting in 1964 (8 years. before me). There are at any one time over 1000 game shows of one type or another on TV, online, or Radio according to museumofplay.org. I remember watching reruns of game shows from the 40s with my dad and listening to game show recordings from the 20’s radio with my grandma.   We want fast food in under 5 minutes, we want fast drinks, fast internet 4g, 5g, 10G!!!, fast, FASTER, now, now, NOW! YOLO (you only live once)!   We live in an instant mindset world with our mobile entertainment dev...

Define yourself! I was introduced to a trainee doctor in my oncology office as – "This is our patient he has colon cancer."  I reached out my hand and said – Hi I am Paul… Doc looked up and then back down at his computer.  This was 10 years ago and it still bugs me! That is when I discovered I had lost my identity! I was now a cancer patient or someone fighting cancer… Who I was no longer mattered I was now just a disease label! That is when I said thought NO! I was going to get my identity back, but how? We live in a labeling world! By illness, by race, by gender, by profession, by location, by sports team, by car type and least we forget college of graduation!   We live wrapped in labels! I have conversations (not in therapy) with people and within minutes I hear things like I have depression or anxiety or allergies or nerve damage or blah blah blah…..     People just use their sickness/disability label to self-identify to e...

Meditations on ~ Hebrews 4:13-15 (New International Version) Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account. ~ I love this and at the same time this kind of freaks me out. I mean how many times I have done things that I now that no human knows but it still was not privet. I love the fact that God also see the evil and the injustice that occurs in life. It is comforting to know that God can see those times that the world fails to be fair. I also like the idea that when you do those things that is good and right even in the face of other choices. The last line is one that we need to keep in mind --- we will answer for our lives LIKE IT or NOT… we have a responsibility to live our life well!! Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. ~ I at times like to think that Jesus is more than a fr...

An article in technology section in my local paper about the new ATM’s have me thinking about the way we humans are striving to replace ourselves. What is the reason we want to replace people like bank tellers and cashiers? Now do not get me wrong I am love technology. I mean I am writing this on my laptop that is connected to my wireless network that I have three other computer systems hooked up to. I have full digital cable and if I had the money I would have a wall mount plasma HDTV. I love technology but I want technology I control. I went to the famous W-mart store the other day and there are eight self serve lines and they had people waiting to use them, while there were two cashiers with no one in line. I went to the cashier and asked if this happened often? She replied “not often but it does happen.” I could not help think about replacing six cashiers with computers. It only takes one person to run four self serve stations. That would work out to a lot of profit for a store, no...

Finding your path in this crazy world is like stumbling out of bed in the dark and finding your way to the bathroom. You are driven to move forward by a force that you can feel even though your body is not in a functional mode. You kind of know the path but you hit things with your arms and many time your pinky toe. If you took this same path during the day time you would never hurt yourself. In fact you would see everything that stood between you and you target. Now if a person wanted to do this process logically one would awaken and sit on the side of the bed for a minute allowing there senses to gather and eyes adjust to the night or what light there was in the room. Then the trip to the bathroom would be uneventful and a lot less painful. What do we do though? We hop out of bed and force our way to the bathroom causing untold pain and destruction along the way. Life reminds me of this process a lot of times. We are driven by a force to move forward to get to a destination. We do no...

This is a quote from a book I am reading … Take some time to read it… The statement in yellow: Mark 1: 15-16 it says …15 The time has come," he said. "The kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the good news!" 16 As Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen… Jesus was asking people to repent and believe what? What was the good news? Some have suggested that the good news was that God had once again come to the world. It had been over 400 years since God had any real interaction with the people. Now Jesus God’s ultimate high priest and in part fully Himself had come into this world. I have to say differ slightly with the first statement. I believe that the cross is still the main thing we need to help explain to those with out that starting point of the kingdom. I do agree that the very best news is that Jesus had come into the world and started the formation of God’s Kingdom here a...