I read a quote on Twitter recently (where better to find them, right?) which said, “Shame says, I hate me. Discipline says, I’ve got to fix me. God says, I love you; let me restore you.” @ChristinaMarlin While this quote is SO good on its own, and for us as individuals, it also speaks volumes…
Feeling the sting of rejection recently and with tears in my eyes, I said to my husband, “I just want to know where I belong and I want to hang out there for a while.” With tenderness in his eyes and in his voice he reached out and brought me in close to him, saying,…
Guilt is a stingy emotion. It will not release us from something we have done if we have caused harm to come to someone else. There is guilt in us all, which also means that it is present in all relationships. One thing of note, guilt and shame are very similar emotions. The big difference…
Recently I was in an airport bookstore and accidentally spilled some of my hot tea on the floor. Since I did not have anything to wipe spill, I told the two clerks what I had done. “Thank you for telling us,” one clerk said, as she phoned for a cleaning person. The other clerk nodded. “You…
