A research study performed by Harvard and MIT researchers documented that the spread of happiness (or sadness) is absolutely contagious, with spreading patterns very similar to communicable diseases like the flu. But here’s the best part—being full of joy is not only good for those around you, it’s actually good for your own body and
Throughout life, we face the daily struggle of self-discipline—making ourselves do things we don’t necessarily enjoy doing in order to achieve a result we would like to have. An example you might have heard me use before is writing. I don’t really enjoy writing all that much…but I do enjoy having written. I enjoy being
From the outside, Pat appeared to be wildly successful—yet she spent much of her time frustrated, trying to find her place in the world and feeling like no one was listening. “I was never noticed because of what I had accomplished,” Pat recalls, “but rather who I was with.” This despite being a former Miss
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Sitting one still and sunny afternoon in a tiny chapel on an island in the South, I thought I heard someone enter. A young woman was weeping quietly. After a little time I asked if I could help. She confided her fears for the future—what if her husband should die? Or one of her children?
The Untold Story of King Nebuchadnezzar’s Daughter For seven years, Babylonian princess Tiamat has waited for mad king Nebuchadnezzar to return to his family and to his kingdom. Driven from his throne to live as a beast, he prowls his luxurious Hanging Gardens, secreted away from the world. Since her treaty marriage at a young
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I volunteer at a halfway house in downtown Nashville called The Next Door that’s a faith-based, six-month residential program for women recovering from addiction to drugs or alcohol. And as a result, I’ve been invited to several AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) and NA (Narcotics Anonymous) meetings with my friends in recovery. Of course I can’t
Recently I was speaking at a women’s retreat in Paris. That may sound impressive until I add “Texas,” not “France.” As ladies from all walks of life worshiped together in Paris, Texas, the lyrics of a particular song struck a slight chord of regret in my heart. As we sang about longing to sit at
Not long ago I found myself living in a physical, spiritual, emotional and social coma. I should have had a big “Z” for Zombie branded into my forehead. A series of events starting with an eye-opening look at what I had allowed to happen to my body and culminating with the horror of losing my
