The man at the top of the mountain didn’t just fall there. In today’s world of instant gratification, we often forget how slowly a garden grows, how much educa tion some careers require, or how many years it takes to earn a black belt in jujitsu. The same is true when we work to improve our lives, hearts, and minds. At first, it’s easy to feel disappointed when we don’t see immediate results from changes like choosing different friends, eating healthier, or embracing sobriety. Patience is...

There is strength in moving on. Moving on is not letting things go, it’s not letting others off the hook. Moving on is the same as being in a tight submissive hold and you decide that this will not be how you end. Moving on is slipping out of a submissive hold. It’s getting out of and moving away from the thing that may destroy you.

Are you your worst abuser? We often rebel against ideas or morals suggested to us. We embrace for a moment, "the right we have to do this, or be apart of that" without deep consideration the harm that no one else is doing to us, but that which we do to ourselves. We often fall again and again without realizing that the worst person in the room leading us to problems is the one inside us.   This is when its time to take moral suggestions, consider lifestyle change and or take small steps to...