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 Here is a little bit about the book:
It’s an inspirational book and a collaborative effort. I have people in all fields telling their story of finding their authentic self and how it changed their lives. The authors I am featuring help others in a variety of areas such as domestic violence, addiction, relationship struggles, self -image issues, stress, divorce, life transitions and many others. But most importantly each author has a message of hope and encouragement. The purpose is to get the message out that there is help for you when you need it. That there are others who have gone through what you are going through and they've succeeded in finding happiness and fulfillment in their life. And so can you.

Blessing

Monica

 

 

The faces of sin manifests its self in varied ways. Some may rationalize that sin does not exist but rather social anomalies or various forms of dysfunction assails human kind. Whatever we call them, we cannot deny the existence of evil.

The world is in constant motion a stage wherein all play a part or role, made up of the good, the bad and the ugly, religious and non religious, believer and non believer, ALL are on the journey. Every single individual is a contributor whether for good or for evil.

Let us seek that which unite, let us look for what is good in others, this is one of the keys to happiness, to allow oneself be carried by divine love.

When Life deals a Lemon..., When bad happens to good people

So many times we experience suffering, so many time we are "undeserving" of the misfortunes that assail us.
Why does bad things happen to good people, why do the wicked prosper? Why?
There is divine mystery in such suffering, suffering can either break us or make us. When life's trials assail us here are my 3 Ps:

Pause
Pray
Proceed

When you have put all these into effect then you proceed in the following manner:
Prayerfully
Peacfully and
Paced.

You will experiene peace of soul. There are no cookie cut answers on how to deal with life's trials, difficulties or hicups, I can however asure you that it makes you stronger like a tree planted by running streams, it bears fruit and is more sturdy than a potted plant. Stay the course, stay focused and keep your goals in mind.

It is unhealthy to dwell too much on the negative things that befall us, they tend to be depressing and can ultimately derail us.

On a practical level, seek counsel from the wise, the experienced and the compassionate. Don't go it alone. No man is an island.

                                                                                                               

Why do bad things happen to good people? Is it because 'good' people are more fatalistic by nature? | LinkedIn

Why do bad things happen to good peop le? Is it because 'good' people are more fatalistic by nature? | LinkedIn
Both in life and death we belong to God. Whether good or bad we belong to God. A focus on this puts things in perspective. There are no good people or bad people. There are people all created by a Creator in His image and likeness who are essentially created good. We can choose to do good or evil, whatever good we do affects others and whatever evil we do affects others, good or evil acts produces consequences.

Both good and bad people have a fair share of bad things happen to them. How these people handle such experiences is what really matters. On the one hand it can lead to transformation of self or destruction.

We can make a difference in our own little world. No, good people are not fatalistic by nature, they are good, they are icons of hope for the world that inspite of everything good exists.

I guess you can say I am a good Samaritan: An Addendum to going the extra mile

I have often wondered if we ever take time to consider how connected we are as human beings. If this is part of our daily thought, we would treat each other differently. I recently had an experience that brought this so close to home for me.
I start my day usually with meditation and then I go for my morning exercise. On my way home from my morning walk, not too far from where I stay, I could see an elderly lady standing by the traffic light waving frantically trying to flag cars down for a ride. No one seemed to notice her, cars just sped along. This lady must have been in her late 70s it seemed to me. By now, as no one was responding, she had stepped off the curb and I got really concerned so I walked over to her. She was visibly agitated, and of Hispanic background, with very limited English. I asked in my limited Spanish, where she was headed, and she just kept pointing ahead. I asked if she wanted me to take her some place and she just kept pointing.  I then asked her to wait for me and I shall return to take her wherever she desired. I thought to myself, "Em, you are nuts! what if this is a set up, and she has people waiting in ambush someplace? Well, the voice of reason did not prevail, I simply followed my heart, and I figure, I could handle any old lady any day.
Minutes later, I pulled up next to her, and she hopped right in, she was calmer now, and said to me in English "you are kind, can I pay you $5:00? I said no, just pray for me. Thank you, thank you she kept saying. I then asked her to direct me where to go.
She did a perfect job telling me where she was headed. It turns out she was going to "her office" a Carneceria (meat market) she hobbled out of the car and I escorted her into the store.
I felt so much peace that morning, having gone out of my way to help. Its a small act, nothing extraordinary, however, a life was touched.
It however got me wondering why nobody stopped to help this lady, fear for their life, people hurrying to their businesses, or have we just become indifferent and numb to the needs of our neighbor.
I was only able to transcend those human obstacles when I asked myself this question "what if that was my mom, or someone dear to me?