Depression Can Happen

Here we go....  Hang onto your seats...  What is pain and resentment?  What does that look like to you?  Often times we take that hurt that harmed us and we carry it around with us for a very long time.  I find myself carrying the things of the past that I cannot go back and fix.  I find that I let those past events shape my future, the way that I treat my relationships and the way that I treat my kids.  I often times swore to myself that I would not treat people the way that I had been treated but here I was doing those same things to them.  It was a cycle that I thought I could break on my own and that I thought I was strong enough to fight against that by myself.  I was wrong...  Dead wrong.  Often times we struggle with those pains that we felt so long ago and we carry that with us and it weighs us down.  The burden can become so heavy that we allow it to steal the life from us.  We allow that resentment for whatever ...

So lately I have been listening to a lot of one particular band and it has helped me to find some inspiration.  August Burns Red, they are a christian band that are not your typical style of music, but hey it works for me.  The lead vocalist has recently written a daily devotional that I picked up and have started to read.  It has really opened my eyes up to the daily struggles that people face.  It helps me to see that I am not alone in this fight.  Matter of fact, they are coming to my local area in September of this year and I am fighting back the anxiety of going and being in a big group of individuals that I do not know, but I have decided that I am going to that show and will have him sign my copy of that book if given the chance.  So I have titled this post as such because I feel that it is important for everyone to understand that greatness lies inside of all of us.  I know that at times we may feel small and feel as if we cannot accomplish mu...

Harsh title for this morning...  But it is true, don't become something that you hate.  Many times in life we find ourselves walking through and going through the motions just trying to stay afloat.  We do just enough to make sure that we can get through the day and make it to the next, never really giving it our best effort.  How many times have you walked by someone and wondered what their life must be like?  Have you put yourself where they are and have you found yourself happier for a short instance?  Have you ever sat and compared your life to that of another individuals and thought about how happy they are?  Do you take what you have for granted?  Do you see your life as not worth what someone else's is?  We make these comparisons all the time really, if you see a celebrity on TV and or in a movie, we often times wonder what it must be like to have what they do.  The big house, the nice cars, the money...  We begin to doubt j...

When was the last time you had the belief that you could do whatever you set your mind too?  When was the last time that you had hope built up inside of you that allowed you to move past those mountains that stand in your way?  I believe in you, I believe that you have a purpose for this life.  I know at times it may seem as if we do not, but let me assure you,  you do.  Many times we get down on ourselves and deplete our self worth, we diminish what we have worked so hard to attain.  We let go of the hope and confidence that we may have built up.  Once it is gone, it is extremely hard to regain.  But then again, I'm not telling you anything new.  But what I am going to tell you is that you are awesome.  You may not feel awesome, but you are.  You are a unique masterpiece that has been placed on this planet for a reason.  You may not be able to see that reason yet and you may even wonder if that reason will ever become clear, ...

Most of the time I write these, I am just staring at the screen as if the words will just appear.  A lot of times I feel like I am just going to repeat myself and not make any sense with what I am trying to get across.  However here we are, with words on a screen that can help provide a little bit of hope.  When I was, we took these quizzes in school that had characterized what type of job you were going to have when you grew up.  I know that they are simply just for fun and at that age I think we all wanted to be several things.  But there was an answer one time that I had never seen before and it just so happened that I got it (yay me! *Sarcasm).  The answer on the quiz said that I was going to either be a pilot or a bus driver.  I was cool with either one really, I thought it was awesome that I got an answer that no one else had received before.  However when I shared my answer with everyone, they proceeded to laugh at me.  They teased me...

Mistake - An action or judgement that is misguided or wrong.  (Thanks Google) We have all made some mistakes in our lives, be it small or large mistakes, they have happened.  Sometimes we think back on those mistakes and wonder what we could have done differently to prevent them.  Or at times we wonder what our life would be like if we have never made those mistakes to begin with.  Some mistakes tend to stick with us longer than expected and or we wanted, but you do not have to let those mistakes of the past hold back your future.  I know that when people read that, they will scoff and think: "well I am still living with my mistake(s)".  And that is OK, but we do not have to let those mistakes define who you are today.  We often times get caught up in the details of something and worry about it for quite some time.  I know that I tend to dwell on things and feel as if I have just done something completely wrong.  Often times when I am in a...

How many times have you walked down the street in your city and have seen someone who looks like they have it all?  Have you passed by them and wonder how nice it must be to have what they do?  How many times have we taken for granted the times where we can walk down the street and hold someone's hand.  How many times have we gone to a park to let your kids play and or have fond memories of when you used to play.  Do you ever look at the world and wonder what is next?  I know that at times we scroll through Facebook and other forms of social media and see others who have the flashy cars and the big homes and pretty much everything they could ever want.  Sometimes, I sit there and wonder what it must be like to have all that I could ever want.  I dream of the big house that has 10 bedrooms and 6 bathrooms all with TVs in them.  I see all of the nice cars in the drive way and think about how nice that must be...  I think everyone has had that ...