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Unconditional love cannot be mistaken with loving without concern nor can it be misconstrued with unconditional approval. On the contrary, unconditional love does mean  unrestricted agreement.       Whatever? Infants are easy to love. They are helpless, dependent and sweet. I’d hold my sons tenderly in order to nurse them, give them comfort or to…

I’m not always certain about the outcome of the choices I make because I cannot predict the outcome of those choices. But, the decisions I make are not based on a whim. I am careful to  consider the possible ramifications of what I choose to do or not do. Even then, the unexpected happens.   …

No one’s life is absent of hardships, setbacks, disappointments or tragedies. Sad things happen to us all. But as one writer put it, “Physical, mental, or emotional pain lived under the blessing is experienced in ways radically different from physical, mental, or emotional pain lived under the curse.” Henry Nouwen     Choices One of…

How researchers or scientists calculate how many thoughts any one person has on any given day is beyond me. Yet, somehow researchers have calculated that the average human being can have up to 50,000 thoughts in a twenty-four hour period. No wonder my head feels heavy at the end of a day.      …