An Open Letter

Hi, it’s me again.   Our mind can be our best friend or our worst enemy.   I believe human nature is competitive. It can cause us to be very successful, or we can convince ourselves there are obstacles we can never overcome. Think about the difference between what is urgent and what is important […]

An Open Letter

If the Grim Reaper showed up and said you have five minutes, what would you do?   Have we been draining our happiness? Is it that other people and outside events influence us? Happiness is ultimately an inside job. Peace comes from your soul out. You have to disconnect external forces and give yourself permission […]

Food for Thought

There are two roadblocks among several that we all face in pursuit of happiness:  wholeness and spiritual maturity. These are roadblocks of what we consider tragedy, loss and a breakdown of personal relationships.   There are certain obstacles to spiritual growth. If working out in a gym were easy with or without a personal trainer, […]

The Role of Free Will and Choice

LIES HAVE LEGS   There is always that person You know the ones They push and push With their words and Their deeds And the way their lives Are lived It only fits their needs   Their words are like barbs Or arrows they have flung They wouldn’t know how To be quiet and listen […]

The Role of Free Will and Choice

How do we keep ourselves from being weighed down by what other people think because in a few years, in a few decades or a few centuries that way of thinking will have changed?  Live now what only others will live in the future.   When times are tough, remind yourself no pain comes without […]

Food for Thought

  IN MEMORIUM   We begin to remember, not that you died but that you lived and that your life gave us memories too beautiful to forget.     Marybeth Usher   Eileen M. Harte May 25, 2013   Suzanne Hull June 5, 2015   Walter F. Bud Harte June 12, 2015   Carolyn Chapman […]

An Open Letter

Hi, it’s me again.   At what point do we go from actively involved parents to a complete role reversal?  Parents don’t want their children to have to wipe away the stalactites of drool from their mouths or have to hear the same story repeated over and over.   You might be justifiably annoyed but […]

The Role of Free Will and Choice

  Remember to keep the circle positive, peaceful and loving. ©   Written with love.   Joy M. Mills Copyright © 2017

Food for Thought

The worst feeling in the world is to be in so much pain and to have no one know you are hurting.   We all have things in the past that hurt us deeply.  Heartbreak is overwhelming, the kind we think we cannot bear.   When you feel broken, the sunlight can peak through the broken […]