Day 277 – Gift of Empathy…
It’s a truly supernatural skill when we’re able to empathise with a person considered by the majority as obnoxious, unpleasant, and unlovable WITH or WITHOUT prior knowledge of their background. Continue Reading →
Category: Raw Truth Thought Journal
At 35 years old, it was all supposed to be complete.
A loving wife, three or four children, one adopted, a successful writing career, and financial freedom so that money anxiety wasn’t a hindrance.
I even moved countries, just to make sure it would all come together.
There was no way I would be the single guy at the prophesied ‘adult’ social dinner.
How did it go so wrong when I really tried to fulfil this?
I’d had the dream since I was 10 years old!
Why didn’t I succeed?
Was my request too much?
Raw Truth Thought Journal is about life’s challenging moments and the spontaneous perceptions that emerge in my mind.
Now that I’m in no man’s land with an expired life plan, God at the helm, and faith through Jesus as my daily guidance, might as well keep a record to see where this all goes…
Day 275 – “Progress NOT perfection…”
Progress NOT perfection… Continue Reading →
Day 273 – Rejecting dark inheritance…
One of the hardest things to accept in this world, is the broken, fallible, selfish nature of the human condition.
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Day 271 – Cultivating gratitude…
The saying “you don’t know what you got till it’s gone” is sadly and gladly one of the more memorable ways that we learn sincere gratitude. It’s not through fun times that we’re taught integrity and wellness. It’s through loss that we’re able to recognise how full we are. Continue Reading →
Day 269 – The innocence of childhood…
“At eight years old…I went to a ‘coloured’ water fountain, because I wanted to see what coloured water looks like.” Continue Reading →
Day 267 – God’s higher thoughts and ways…
Although I love the outward product of God’s ways that open up a more selfless, forgiving, loving, and empathetic disposition internally… Continue Reading →
Day 265 – Never Give Up!
“Never give up. Though our bodies are dying, our spirits are being renewed every day.” Continue Reading →
Day 263 – Worldviews increasingly divide…disunity ensues…
Talking to a friend about his belief in absurdism last week, he led me to an article and I quote… Continue Reading →
Day 261 – The exchange!
Punished – Forgiven Isaiah 53:6, Romans 5:1 Continue Reading →
Day 259 – Is there a problem with pleasure?
The question of pain, hurt, suffering, and loss has been a consistent query in theology and philosophy for all time. But what about the problem with pleasure? Continue Reading →