Human relationships are important because they affect us all. We are all part of relationships with other people. These relationships can lift us up and make us feel good, which brings light into our lives. Sometimes relationships can also drag us down and hurt us. Since we all want to feel good, we should do […]
Tag: love
We live in the UNITED States of America. But that word, “united,” seems to be struggling lately in our country. Perhaps we can say there is a unity recession more than an economic recession. This is a great nation, but we have some room for improvement. We could do more to share the light of […]
For some time now, I have felt that one of our biggest needs in the United States is unity. Our economic prosperity is often where we point and say things need to improve or we pick out some particular social difficulty and say it needs to improve. But I believe that if we as a […]
Every child generally has someone who acts in a parental capacity. But beyond parents, many people have some influence in the lives of other people’s children. If we have any connection with children, we should make it a priority to be a light in their lives, not a dark spot. Being a light in the […]
I have had a pretty fair amount of experience with children. Of course, as with everyone else, I was a child once, so I have some vague memories of my own perspective as a child. I also took part in raising five children, which spanned about 25 years. That has given me some perspective on […]
In my experience, it can become easy to say “I love you” to a loved one without giving it a lot of thought. And when the other person says it first, we can feel it as an obligation to say it back. But if we love someone and if we want our words to really […]
Do the people who are close in your life know how much you love them? Do you tell them you love them? If you do, is that really enough? We can say words all day, but if our actions don’t speak love, is our love significant? Is it even real? When we speak of someone […]
If you spend much time in the news, it becomes pretty obvious that there is a lot of pain and suffering in our world and quite often it’s caused by other people. Even worse, it’s too often that people hurt those they are closest to, such as a spouse or child. I’m not talking only […]
I imagine that most people reading this have heard the often-cited statistic that about 50% of marriages end in divorce. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, about a third of all Americans age 20 or older have been divorced at some time (“Number, Timing, and Duration of Marriages and Divorces: 2016”). That number is based […]
Is there any doubt? America has changed since its founding. It has changed even since the days of our grandparents. Many long to return to the “good ole days” that some might describe as a time “when people worked hard on their farms to produce their food and didn’t expect the government to provide it.” […]