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Though we’d like to know our futures and how they will turn out, we never really know what the future holds for us.        Coming Full Circle Almost twenty years ago, I made my first trip to the Monastery of St. Gertrude with a friend who invited me to a contemplative prayer retreat.…

There is a lot of misnomers, misinformation and false ideas floating around the idea of forgiving someone. Maybe that is why there is so much unforgiveness, resentment, and anger in the world; we’re cloudy about what forgiveness is all about.  Not  I may not be an expert, but I have personally experienced the difference between…

Each of the four seasons are unique but I think summertime is the best of them all. It gets lighter earlier, and the sky’s luminescence lingers longer into the night than I am able to stay awake. The air temperature equals that of my body, and makes it a pleasure to spend more time outside…

When was the last time you felt disappointed, defeated, let down and disillusioned? Disappointment happens to us all and if we let it, it can make us feel like powerless losers, incapable dweebs, or rejected victims. But, if we can reframe our “loser” thinking, then we build resistance to prolonging our discouragement and get back…