Disappointment, truth and lies

 People in general have disappointed me more than usual lately.  I have written about the pharmacy that continues to mistreat their clients.  It isn't just me.  They finally gave me one of the medications that make my life more bearable, however, they gave me a month's worth but...

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The fear of "what if"

The fear of "what might happen" is a very strong deterrent for us and has the ability to stop us in our tracks, no matter how much we want something or know that we should move forward. Each of us has heard messages at some point in our childhood that can make us fear what "might happen" and they...

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Disappointment and Expectations

 disappointmentsadness or displeasure caused by the nonfulfillment of one's hopes or expectationsora person, event, or thing that causes disappointment"Disappointment is part of daily life. The only way to avoid it is to have no expectations, desires, or values.The most common disappointment is...

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Perfect Peace

In God we have . . . A love that can never be fathomed, A life that can never die, A righteousness that can never be tarnished, A peace that can never be understood, A rest that can never be disturbed, A joy that can never be diminished, A hope that can never be disappointed, A glory that can...

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Readdressing an old struggle

Today The Captain and I attended a "Quit Smoking" workshop and I am officially a non-smoker again.  He is on Day #19 since he was ready to stop before I was.  We are on our way to one of my biggest dreams, to be a non-smoker again. Last time I quit was for two years and I felt wonderful...

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Stop Me

An old love from the past had come back into my life.  It was an unresolved issue that haunted me most of my adult life.  He had joined the military and never came back . . . well, not until many years after I became a widow.  We had a second chance for a future together when he...

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Inside out

There are grateful phases I go through lately that find me so happy I could burst, although I still haven't found my true purpose in life.  In these times, I give God all the glory for taking me through those bad times in my past . . . I had to go through them to arrive at where I am today....

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The gift of dissappointment

The gift of disappointment is to bring us into reality so we don’t get stuck in the realm of how things might have been. Sometimes you just have to walk away! Whenever we do something in life with an expectation of how we’d like it to turn out, we risk experiencing disappointment....

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The Bad Date . . . a nightmare from the past!

This was my first attempt at entering a writing contest back in September of 2007 . . . and it was voted first place . . . back in the days of Yahoo 360 blogs.   It is unfortunately a true story . . . one of my first adventures with online dating after becoming a widow . . . I would say...

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Get out of your own way!

"Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine." Ralph Waldo Emerson There have been way too many times in my life I've been my own worst enemy. Negative thinking shadows me even though I make a conscious effort to think more positively....

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