Closer To Heaven
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Photo: Isaac Bowen I met Jesus at a conference of Christian managers. But his story is a little out of the ordinary. The conference was hosted in a beautiful facility in Dallas, Texas, and the organizers had done a fantastic job at putting together a good program
Photo: MorgueFile What would you be willing to give up for your spouse? Watching sports all day on Sundays? A habit that annoys them
Photo: Fabrizio Turco Myth or fact? Cracking your knuckles will give you arthritis. Cracking your knuckles makes you sound like a bowl of Rice Krispies and never goes over well at a wedding
Photo: Ron Chapple February 14 had always been a bleak day of empty mailboxes and broken dreams for me. On my very first Valentine’s Day after moving to a new town, I found a tremendous bouquet of flowers waiting for me at my front door
Photo: Alistair Williamson Take a potato and write on it the name of a person who did you wrong. Do this for everyone who has raised your ire and never received your forgiveness
Photo: Andrew C. I have always thought “I am who I am, and that doesn’t change.” While I believed I could change certain things about me such as how I dress, or what I eat
Photo: Hemera Several years ago I had the privilege of meeting a very successful guitar player who lived in Los Angeles. A mutual friend had introduced us to one another and I will never forget our first meeting.
Photo: Thomaz Scalquo Cia My voice was shaky, and my eyes filled with tears. The only words I could seem to squeeze out were, “I’m so sorry.” I was attending the visitation services for my nephew who had been killed in a car accident, and everything seemed to be in a blur. Everyone was so caught up in grief at the tragedy of it all. I wondered what I could do or say to help soothe the numbing pain that my brother was experiencing over the loss of his oldest son. I didn’t want to add to his heartache, so I just stood there unable to speak.
Photo: Cris Watk Have you ever been so thirsty you thought you were going to pass out? So thirsty that every time you swallowed it felt like you were swallowing sand paper?
Photo: Bill Davenport Happiness Helps Health! Lots of new research is confirming this reality. Carnegie Mellon psychology professor Sheldon Cohen and his colleagues (who collaborated in this research with several major medical schools and institutions) have narrowed “happiness” down to these positive traits: liveliness, calm, optimism, and feeling one’s definite purpose in life
