Decisions

What it means to forgive

Forgiveness is for our own benefit, not the for the benefit of the person who has done us wrong. It is also a choice.  A decision. An action.  It doesn’t just ‘simply happen’. To paraphrase a popular quote: “To hold…
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Your future is your responsibility

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.  – Alice Walker. There is a story about two brothers. The boys had lost their mother when they were quite young and were brought up…
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Aren’t you tired of hearing excuses?

How often do we catch-up with friends or family members who complain about their current circumstances?  Their conversation will be about how difficult life is, the way other people are treating them, what everyone else is doing wrong, or how…
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Resitting tests

There is a preacher whose sermons have taught me a lot about life.  I remember listening to one of Joyce Myer’s talks where she said that we are blessed to have a God who gives us lessons and tests and,…
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Should’a-Would’a-Could’a

I should have. I would have. I could have. (Also known as the should’a-would’a-could’a spiel). I should have started saving. But didn’t. I would have started that diet. But didn’t. I could have changed jobs. But didn’t. Regret. What an…
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What if I do nothing?

Letting go of what you know in order to move forward into uncertainty is much easier said than done. Fear of the unknown is a common blocker that many of us use as a reason to stay stuck and ‘making…
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What are you waiting for?

This week, I sadly, and all too prematurely, lost a friend. She was vibrant, active, fit and, by all appearances, healthy. Out of the blue, she was diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumour. She had just enough time from being…
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Will it make you bitter or better?

Stuff happens.  That’s just life.  But why is it that some people manage to get through their challenges, leaving only a distant memory behind, while other people carry that baggage with them, metaphorically living out of that suitcase for years,…
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Your decisions today equal your results tomorrow

Every decision you have made in your past has led you to be living the life you are living right now.  The big decisions and the small decisions – they all count.  It’s really important that you understand this because,…
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