Category Archives: Today’s Encouragement

Thoughts to help you break out of discouragement and shame

It’s NOT too late!

Just because the past didn’t turn out like you wanted it to, doesn’t mean your future can’t be better than you ever imagined.  — Unknown No one plans to become addicted . . . but many do. No one asks to be born into a dysfunctional family . . . but many are. No one…

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What A Difference a Day Makes!

If you’ve got those January doldrums or are feeling sad, bad, or mad because you’ve already blown those New Year’s Resolutions, take heart. Although life might look bleak and a little bit hopeless right now, some slight course corrections can make a HUGE difference in a short amount of time. In the process of writing…

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Keep Doing the Right Thing

It’s no secret that last year was a tough year for us, in many ways. We waited with great anticipation for the new year to begin, hoping that it would be a better one. Well, the first week hasn’t exactly met our lofty expectations of an idyllic new start.  In fact it’s been more of…

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When Fear is Good

Unless we’re some sort of adrenaline junky, we don’t generally like feeling fear. It’s unsettling. It makes us feel anxious and out of control. It leaves us feeling vulnerable and unsafe. It’s just plain uncomfortable. Who wants that? Life is unpredictable. If we’re going to be honest, there is very little that we actually control.…

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A New Beginning

2014. A new year. A fresh start. Or as a quote on Facebook suggested—”… the first blank pages of a 365 page book.” No matter what’s gone on before, we have a chance to write a different story. THIS can be the year that you make that change. THIS can be the year that you…

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