Like turning up the heat on the stove, life can ‘boil over’ from the pressures you will face as a caregiver. Surviving the ‘pressure test’ often opens up areas within you that may not otherwise be discovered. This real need helps you learn that resources are there when you really need them. If you haven’t… Continue reading The Dhance: ‘Pressure Test’ Your Soul To Tap The God Inside Us!
Month: June 2014
The Dhance: Avoid “Numbing-Out”
In my previous experience of caregiving for a spouse, I refuse to accept the obvious: my wife had a serious head injury that would probably have a permanent effect. Instead of exercising or finding healthy ways of dealing with this painful situation, I chose to “numb-out” and used alcohol to “deaden” the pain. Obviously, this… Continue reading The Dhance: Avoid “Numbing-Out”
The Dhance: One And One Is Three? Finding Inner Strength From The Trinity.
We have shared with you the importance of being realistic, supportive and willing to accept what is required of you to become a caregiver. English writer John Donne helped define the need for outside help in his often quoted line, “no man is an island, entire of itself, every man is a piece of the… Continue reading The Dhance: One And One Is Three? Finding Inner Strength From The Trinity.
The Dhance: The Truth Should Be Your Shield, And Lying To Yourself Is Also Fibbing To God.
A journalist friend says that you can’t mess up the truth. Lies, like Shakespeare wrote, “a tangled web we weave” are hard to remember, unfaithful to yourself and hurt others by telling them. One of the best thoughts in Unity teaching is the idea that truth is a universal, wherever it may be found. Many… Continue reading The Dhance: The Truth Should Be Your Shield, And Lying To Yourself Is Also Fibbing To God.
The Dhance: Why Would God Give Someone Cancer? Finding Peace In A Crisis Of Care.
For too many years I thought God was angry and we were all sinners who got what we deserved, as I was taught in the rolling hills of Kentucky. After many questions I became agnostic, giving up on God for a time. What purpose would, or could be served by praying for forgiveness when God… Continue reading The Dhance: Why Would God Give Someone Cancer? Finding Peace In A Crisis Of Care.