Shyness – A Disguise for Being Selfish?
Shyness, a definition as well as others for the sake of comparison: Shy - 1. bashful, retiring 2. easily frightened away 3. Suspicious, distrustful, or wary. 4. Reluctant Selfish - Devoted to or caring only for oneself; concerned primarily with one's own interests,...
What Does Faith Have to Do with Anything?
What Is Faith? Faith according to the Webster and Oxford definitions: * allegiance to duty or a person: loyalty. * belief that is not based on proof. * Belief in God or in the doctrines or teaching of religion, based on spiritual apprehension rather than proof. *...
Quiet Persistence: A Source for Hope & Endurance
Persist Quiet Persistence, what is it? To persist is to continue steadfastly or firmly in some state, purpose, course of actions, especially in spite of opposition. To last or endure tenaciously. I have lived a life of quiet persistence. A revelation that is just...
What Makes Human Connection Authentic?
Human connection is an energy exchange between people who are paying attention to one another. How do we transmit or exchange that energy? Is it through the words we speak? Do our gestures, physical contact such as a hug, handshake or eye contact play a part in the...
Underestimating Solitude’s Value in a Pandemic
Underestimating solitude's value in a pandemic has revealed much about our fears of self. Here is a basic definition of Solitude: The state of being or living alone; seclusion: to enjoy one's solitude. A remoteness from habitations, as of a place; absence of human...
Connection – A Personal Shift in the Paradigm
Connection/Connect - to join, link or fasten together; unite or bind. To establish communication between; put in communication. To associate mentally or emotionally. To be in harmony with another person, one's work, etc. During this strange time in our history when...