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How Addiction Will Destroy Your Love and Annihilate Your Hope
Is He Dying for a Cigarette The story I’m about to share involves someone very close to me. It’s another busy Sunday morning on a hot, steamy day. Packing papers cover the kitchen island. She’s packing up those last-minute annoying items that everyone usually throws in a garbage bag. She’s anxious because they’re closing on their new place in three days. Her partner is out getting more boxes. Suddenly, the door bursts open. He lunges for the kitchen island, gasping, “I’m not getting any better. I think I need to go to the clinic.” She knew exactly what he meant. This was not the first event. “No,” she exploded. “Don’t…
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Is There More to Life Than Science Tells Us?
Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links, meaning I may earn a commission at no extra cost to you if you use my link to make a purchase. I often feared Him, constantly feeling His vigilant eyes on me. In my mind’s eye, He was an old man with a flowing white beard, His hand gripping firmly around a weather-beaten walking stick. And he ruled over the world from a brilliant golden throne. How and where did I perceive this image? In my catechism class, among other wide-eyed little urchins like me. We hung on to every scolding word that seemed to hurtle out of the teacher’s mouth like a raging…
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Reclaim Your Mind: Uncover Who Controls Your Thoughts
Have you ever contemplated where all your thoughts are coming from, buzzing around like a bunch of mosquitos you’re trying to swat off? Who’s pulling the strings in your mind? In Michael A. Singer’s book, The Untethered Soul, he talks about the nonstop chatter in the mind that never shuts up. “What am I going to wear to that party? I have nothing to wear. What if I run into Connie again? What am I going to say to her? I just can’t stand her. Maybe I just shouldn’t go. I don’t really like that crowd anyway. Wait a minute! What do I care if I run into that woman…