Monday, August 31, 2015
Friday, August 28, 2015
Humor is Healthy!!
http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2012/09/27/9-ways-that-humor-can-heal/?utm_content=bufferf6a7b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Thursday, August 27, 2015
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Language for Grief?
"There is no
vocabulary
for this, the no-language of grief. I can reveal
what my brain thinks,
but where are the words for this vague pain I feel?" ~ Irene Earis, The Baffling Dead
for this, the no-language of grief. I can reveal
what my brain thinks,
but where are the words for this vague pain I feel?" ~ Irene Earis, The Baffling Dead
Monday, August 24, 2015
Sunday, August 23, 2015
Saturday, August 22, 2015
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Is There A Thug In Your Life? Dick S. Forbes, MA
Most of us will never know what it is like to live under a dictatorship,
fanatical religious regime or an oppressive crazy government. However, there
are folks who live in a 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath, 2 car garage, 1.5 children, dog
and a cat home that feels like a dictatorship. They suffer emotional abuse
everyday. Instead of being gunned down they feel the controlling, abusive,
delusional behavior just like the Supreme Leader.
Here are some points to consider that you might be involved with a Thug, much like the mob:
Here are some points to consider that you might be involved with a Thug, much like the mob:
·
It is their way or the highway. There is no
adult, reasonable conversation. You better cave in or else there will be a
price to pay.
·
Do you end up having your secret place you have
to hide in when things really go south? The basement? Your car? Curled up in a
fetal poison in the laundry room?
·
The Thug denies reality, facts and events. They
squash any attempt you try to take care of yourself. They isolate you from friends and family and
tell you how bad those people are. They threaten you not to tell anyone what is
going on in your home; it’s between the two of you. No friends or family
allowed. No third parties and definitely no counseling.
·
The fact that you request to be treated with
basic kindness, fairness and some respect falls on deaf ears, La, La, La, La,
La. If you do express any kind of hurt
feelings it will get turned around on you.
·
This point is just crazy. They insist on their
view of reality even if you have video, audio and eye witnesses to their
behavior. They will stick to their delusion of reality.
·
All Thugs are cowards! If and when you stand up
to the Thug, they will enlist an army around them and play the victim role to
the hilt. They will end up trying to
destroy you. They will use money, children and anything else that will work to
create a smear campaign.
·
This one is just down right abuse. They will
turn your children against you portraying themselves as the good, sacrificing
and wronged parent. The parent who is
the one that “really” loves the children.
·
You cannot make any sense of the Thug’s
behavior, their warped sense of reality and the things they say. However, if
you get to the real facts of what they are saying and doing they fall apart on
you and attack. They are right and you are wrong, so get over it.
If there is a Thug in your life, do what you can
to get help. The Thug will not change
until some catastrophe happens and even then it is no guarantee they will get
help or change. The Thug has been
wounded somewhere in their life. You
unfortunately have been the recipient of that woundedness.
Dick Forbes can be reached at 770.386.0608 or Email: dsforbes@bellsouth.net
www.forbescounseling.com
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Happiness or Sadness?
"There are as
many nights as days, and the one is just as long as the other in the year's
course. Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness and the word
'happy' would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness." ~ Carl
Jung
Monday, August 17, 2015
Saturday, August 15, 2015
Trust in Trials
"I do not involve myself in great matters, or in things too difficult for me." Psalm 131:1
But actually, I often do. (2nd year German and 2nd year Calculus attested to that early on.) And often I wonder how some things will work out. (Too often, and TOO many things.)
But I can only trust as David did, that HE is a GOOD FATHER. I am still trying to learn that my life is not about me, and it's not about here. It's about Him, and it's about THERE....either OVER There, or UP There.
"Thy Kingdom come, Thy Will be done..." is in this, too. Our dining table, a 30 year family member, has probably heard more questions than answers.
Since HE has been in the FATHERING business far longer than I, I will move over and sit down with the shepherd boy-King David, and maybe just work on what my assignments are.
But actually, I often do. (2nd year German and 2nd year Calculus attested to that early on.) And often I wonder how some things will work out. (Too often, and TOO many things.)
But I can only trust as David did, that HE is a GOOD FATHER. I am still trying to learn that my life is not about me, and it's not about here. It's about Him, and it's about THERE....either OVER There, or UP There.
"Thy Kingdom come, Thy Will be done..." is in this, too. Our dining table, a 30 year family member, has probably heard more questions than answers.
Since HE has been in the FATHERING business far longer than I, I will move over and sit down with the shepherd boy-King David, and maybe just work on what my assignments are.
Friday, August 14, 2015
Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Friday, August 7, 2015
IF I say, “Yes, I forgive, but I cannot forget,” as though the God Who twice a day washes all the sands on all the shores of all the world, could not wash such memories from my mind, then I know nothing of Calvary love. Amy Carmichael #IF
Saturday, August 1, 2015
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