Addiction as Joy Deficit
- 12/10/2008
- There ha
ve been many discussion and recommendations concerning how to respond to addictive behaviors. The fa-mous Twelve-Step Groups have evolved for addictions to alcohol, drugs, overeating and even workaholism! There are companion groups as well for the co-dependents of the addict and co-·dependency is considered an addiction in its own right.
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Collaging to Heal Your Life and Paint Your Dreams
Perhaps you have heard of vision
boards, and most certainly you have seen wall murals. But , have you ever tried to collage your way
to a happy and successful life? While I do not have any artistic talent and do
not consider myself an artist at all, I have fallen in love with this art form,
that fortunately for me, anybody can do. I look at collaging through the eyes
of a clinician. Since I am a
psychotherapist, a hypnotist and a psychiatric nurse practitioner, I use
collaging to transform realities, to breathe power into dreams and to heal
myself and others. As another collage expert says, collaging “steers you straight
into the heart of your own truth” (Anne Marie Bennett). It is a unique blend of
spiritual practice and pure fun. To read the rest of the article click here: http://salifemotivations.blogspot.com/2009/10/collaging-to-heal-your-life-and-paint.html
The Golden Key
A condensation of the text by Emmett Fox
Prayer will enable you, sooner or later, to get yourself, or anyone else, out of any difficulty on the face of the earth. It is the Golden Key to harmony and happiness.
Prayer is the mightiest power in existence. You need not take anyone’s word for it:
Simply try it for yourself, and see.
Whoever you are, wherever you may be, the Golden Key to harmony is in your hand now. This is because in prayer, it is God who works, and not you, and so your particular lilmitations or weaknesses are of no account in this process.
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The Prayer of Jabez
Elizabeth Keller, RN-C, MSN, FNP
Once upon a time according to the Old Testament book of Chronicles, there was a man named "Pain". In Hebrew, that is "Jabez". I suppose the Latin equivalent is Dolores, but that is based on the longer name "Maria de Dolores", "Our Lady of Sorrows". Jabez received his name because his mother experienced a very difficult time giving birth to him: "and his mother called his name Jabez, 'because I bore him in pain"'. Now, I know most mothers consider their children to be pains at least occasionally, but to be actually named a pain is something else.
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