Are You Afraid Of Dying?

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Do you fear death?  Do you experience anxiety over what may happen to you in your final days? If so, you are not alone.

I encounter many patients on my job who are afraid to die. I feel badly for them. Many  are facing long term illnesses, where they’ve been fighting to get better for quite some time. Others have been hit suddenly with news that they are terminal, without even a clue until they were in the end stages of the disease. Sometimes they only have a very short time left.

Many are in shock, and state they’ve never been in a hospital in their entire life and just can’t understand what happened. Continue reading Are You Afraid Of Dying? →

Is Lasting Change Really Possible?

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Here we are again, ready to move on to another year.

It’s that time for leaving regrets behind. You know the drill: starting fresh, making resolutions, creating lists, choosing a word for the year, etc. We all want to take advantage of the turn of the calendar to give us incentive.  To change things up.  To do better, be better, look better.

Maybe THIS is the year for success!

But is it possible to make lasting changes?
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Post-Election Blues

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I’m wearing my favorite fall shirt today. I need it as a reminder.

This week I have felt deep disappointment. I’ve felt let down by my country, my fellow Americans, some relatives and friends, and even some fellow Christians. Things didn’t go the way I’d hoped, and there is a measure of fear and uncertainty about the future. These are scary times we live in.

But today I got up and decided I’d better get back to counting my blessings.

The past few days I didn’t. I couldn’t.

Then I got to thinking about that saying-what if you woke up tomorrow with only what you were grateful for today?

I’d be in trouble!

My next thought was that this is not my permanent home. I’m just passing through.

“But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ” (Philippians 3:20).

While I’m disappointed in what’s been happening, I can’t change it. The only way to go is forward, being thankful and continuing to look for ways to serve my God and neighbor.

Those are my thoughts for today. We do have so much to be thankful for. I’m going to do my best to keep everything in perspective, and I hope you will too.

Love, Carolyn

 

I Finally Did It!

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Well, I did it. No, I didn’t get a dog. The pic of my granddog is just for attention. But I do have the time to watch him more often now.

Because…

I resigned and retired from my job of 32 years.

Ok, it was a number of months ago, but I needed some time to process, let it sink in and believe it’s real…

That…

I don’t have to go to work anymore!

This is not to say I’m never going to work a formal job again. I may, I may not. Choices. There are choices.

But for now, I’m free. FREE! Continue reading I Finally Did It! →