Home and Family: One of the Best Choices You Can Make

Over the past few weeks I have stayed at home far more than in the past.  The result of this has been a number of benefits that I might otherwise have missed.  Staying home allows

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Book Review: The Language of Letting Go

The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie was first published in June 1990 is part of the Hazelden Meditation Series but continues to be one of the books that I most often refer to clients.
Ms. Beattie, who is also the author of other books

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Self-Improvement: How Can You Experience Adventure Without Leaving Your Area or Spending Money?

We are living in a world that places time, energy and financial demands on us.  At the same time, we have probably more opportunity than ever to add a little adventure into each day without spending money or leaving town.  Following are twenty ideas that you can do right now:

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Love Your Neighbour

Over the years I have heard horror stories about neighbours who have had broken relationships that resulted in various forms of battle.  Fences are erected, family pets abused and people are “bad mouthed” for “sins” that might have been committed decades before.
 
I have also witnessed the way that some neighbours look out for each other.  [...]

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Christmas Expectations!

A few years ago, I travelled to Vancouver to take some voice lessons from Juno nominee, Kate Hammett-Vaughan.  The first evening we didn’t sign a note.  Instead we sat in her livingroom and drank tea while we talked.
 
I had a journal with me and wrote down every word that this woman said. 

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An Old-Fashioned Christmas!

Christmas in Indian Head was always a joyous and giving time that we greatly anticipated as children 
 
We didn’t start the season in November like we do now, but made a point of putting up the artificial tree before the round of staff parties began.  Dad would invite his Credit Union co-workers over for a [...]

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The Faith Factor

Often Canada has been called a “pagan nation” or a “non-churched country” and, on the surface, it appears that dropping attendance in our churches represents a lack of faith by our people.
 
Dr. Reginald Bibby, a researcher with the University of Lethbridge who has been studying our country for more than thirty years, states that this [...]

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Attitude of Gratitude

Often parents come to complain to me because their child has “an attitude”!
 
The dictionary defines attitude as a “state of mind or feeling”.
 
We all have attitude!  Some of us have an attitude that is defeatist while others believe anything is possible.  There are attitudes involving self-esteem where some people feel unworthy of respect allow others [...]

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I’m Thankful for my Home

Often I hear Canadians complain about our country and it not only surprises me but also throws me into a more pronounced form of patriotism.  Although I have always been proud of my homeland, my feelings in this regard have strengthened over the years. 

Spending dozens of unscheduled hours in airports because of weather conditions [...]

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Every day should be Thanksgiving

Things have changed in the last few days! 

The stores have put away their summer stock and are now decorated in fall’s traditional orange and brown.  We see paper turkeys and wicker table centers representing the horn of plenty.  Greeting cards offer best wishes mixed with thoughts of gratefulness for the season.  Soon church altars [...]

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