Whenever we experience significant distress or illness, we need to take action to heal it. It is foolish to rely on hope or good luck to solve our problems. Likewise, waiting for someone to rescue us is not a dependable way to find the relief we need. Taking charge of...
A good beginning for rescuing ourself from the habits of psychic self-destruction is a thorough understanding of what to do, what to stop doing, and how to do it. However, this will not be enough to accomplish most of the healing changes we need. It is wildly...
One of the great principles of healing is to over- come whatever is bad by applying good ideas and qualities. In the Bible (Romans 12:21), it is stated as the process of “overcoming evil with good.” This means we overcome injustice by promoting the principles and...
A long-standing mood of depression or anxiety needs more than a great theory to be healed. While we can study the great abundance of God’s blessings and joy, we need to do more than just examine it. Even though all things are possible, some of them can only be...
If we had a boat, and it was leaking water, we would want to fix the leak rather than just bail out the accumulated bilge. For the same reason, when we are afflicted with too much annoyance, frustration, and other difficulties, we must eventually work to correct the...
Most of us begin our healing work by listing symptoms and focusing on what is wrong or missing from our lives, careers, and relationships. This might seem a sensible way to begin, but it often serves only to increase our awareness of what irritates us—not what heals...
One of the great laws of healing states: first, do no harm. Superficially, this statement seems so obvious that it should be unnecessary to enunciate it. However, the human mind has almost an infinite power to rationalize total nonsense and justify bad habits. The...
There are many things we must do for ourself, because they cannot be outsourced to others. This includes chewing and swallowing our food, learning, and most healing. We cannot rely on a convenient friend or a health professional to do any of these things for us. When...
Being organized is essential to all major activities. Every worthwhile project can overwhelm us if we get lost in details. All attempts to heal social, mental, or physical problems will seem insurmountable if we let the symptoms and distress of these issues overwhelm...
An old saying states that even though we are guaranteed to experience trouble in life, suffering is optional—if we know how to cope with it. The tragedy is that most us do not know much about managing the major distresses of life, especially the anguish we create for...
