Category: Mindset & Perspective

Forgiveness is freedom. For more than half of my life, I couldn’t forgive someone who repeatedly hurt a loved one. I was afraid that letting go meant… … agreeing with what they’ve done … allowing them to do it again … that I was wrong What I didn’t realize was that by holding onto the…

Cast all your anxiety on Him, because he cares for you-1 Peter 5:7 The word anxiety has come up multiple times in study today. Anxiety defined is a state of uneasiness and apprehension, as about future uncertainties. This is fear of the future and the anticipation of tomorrow’s tomorrows that we allow to infiltrate and…

Your thoughts have power Good morning, everyone. It’s Sal Celly. Hope you all are doing great. It’s a beautiful spring day here in Austin and I am sitting in my front yard. I want to speak about a very important topic and that is, Your Thoughts Have Power. Now what do I mean by that?…

One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple- Psalms 27:4 When we live in someone else’s house, or someone lives…

GIVE THANKS to the Lord, for he is good: his love endures forever- 1 Chronicles 16:34 Are you building an inheritance (physical or financial) or are you building a legacy (character or values)? Inheritance is something you leave “to” someone. Legacy is what you leave “in” someone. Inheritance brings temporary happiness. A legacy leaves a…

When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them? Psalms 8:3-4 In 2010 we traveled to the Grand Canyon in Arizona. It was about 6:00 pm when…

Is Happiness Really A Choice? “Happiness is a choice.” That is the quote I have as part of my email signature. It’s my quote; although I rest assured I am not the first person to utter those words. I wish I had a buck for every time someone commented on that quote. I think happiness…

I am the Light of the World: He who follows me will not walk in darkness, But will have the light of Life. John 8:12 Jesus said, “Follow me” at least 22 times in the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. As we know, when something is repeated in scripture, we should pay attention…

Why Your Brain Hates Uncertainty and How to Overcome It? Our brains are hardwired to dislike uncertainty. This aversion to the unknown can be traced back to evolutionary biology– when our ancestors were living in primitive societies, they had to rely on their instincts and be wary of potential threats in order to survive. This…

To Rich Givers What you give me I cheerfully accept, A little sustenance, a hut and garden, a little money, as I rendezvous with my poems, A traveler’s lodging and breakfast as journey through the States,– why should I be ashamed to own such gifts? why to advertise for them? For I myself am not…