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Not all worry is bad. There is the kind of fretting that motivates us to take action and the other kind of fretting that constipates us. But when we name or identify our worry, then we can use it to our advantage. Otherwise, it might just eat us alive.                         What If? My fourth grade students…

In Leo Tolstoy’s book, War and Peace, he wrote that time and patience are the two strongest warriors. I’d like to add to that statement by saying that time and patience are also the two greatest ingredients of waiting with hope.  Suspended Actions We all know what it feels like to wait and if we…

On a recent Macek Maverick call, one of those bimonthly family connections by phone,   my oldest brother posed this question, “What do you wish you’d learned to do earlier in life?”  “I wished I’d learned early on, to be more willing to receive God’s love,” was my response. Not of This World Starting out…

At times, it is disconcerting to hear others use a word with their own interpretation rather than using its distinct, clear, established and unmistakable meaning. For instance, the other day, a young girl told me about her “mother.” Although I know that her biological mother is deceased, she now identifies her father’s present live-in girlfriend…