Once, there was a young Jewish girl named Hadassah. Her life was not easy. Her parents died and left her an orphan; her people had been conquered and carried captive into a foreign land where she lived with an older cousin who took her in. Through an unlikely series of events she became the Queen …
TWBM is an acronym affirmed by the humanitarian organization, HXP. There will be miracles. It expresses hope and faith and the knowledge born of experience over time. It’s an inspiring, encouraging, reassuring mindset. I think I would like to live my life with that outlook. When obstacles come, there will be miracles. When darkness threatens, …
A new year invites both looking forward and looking back. The possibilities of a fresh start are exciting. But without remembering the good and significant things we have passed through, we miss opportunities for understanding and gratitude as we move forward. The ancient Israelites would often use stone memorials or monuments as markers of remembrance. …
There is no question that difficult times arise in our lives. Experiences that take us by surprise, that change our plans, that devastate and confound us. Understandably, we fiercely wish for a miraculous removal of the trial or obstacle. But when removal is not immediate, when we don’t get what we desperately want, I have …
Have you ever experienced the illusion when once something is brought to your attention, you start seeing it everywhere? Like when you purchase a particular model of car, you start seeing it more frequently on the roads? (This is a real phenomenon! It even has a name-the ‘Baader-Meinhof’ phenomenon.) It isn’t really that the frequency …
