Dr. Carolyn Coon

 Too little? Too late? You missed your time? Have you lost your opportunity? But is it? Obviously, with some issues or opportunities (fill in the blank) it is and when it is an important assignment or opportunity it is always painful to realize you’ve missed it. However, never make assumptions. The ‘upside’ to ‘if it is true’ […]

  We’ve all been in situations in which what we thought we knew turned out to be in error. Oops. This can be embarrassing when ‘reality’ is brought to light. I suspect the only time of profound response is when we set ourselves up as the authority (fill in the blank). At times, ‘authority’ may

  Is this how you are living your life? Are you waiting for ‘someday’? What does your lens show? Will you recognize your someday when it comes? Can you describe what it looks like and what would you be doing? Who also lives there? Or is this only a dream that you don’t believe will ever be

 This may seem obvious but have you ever considered that you can’t win the battle (typically against – fill in the blank) unless you are willing to fight?  Until you take your stand (make sure that it’s as much FOR something as against something else) and intentionally become a warrior that nothing will ever be

  You’ve been invited to an elegant, dress up in one’s finery sumptuous dinner party. Pleased and excited, as you enter the parlor you see many people you know. Waiters are bustling around serving plates of hors d’oeuvres. After milling and chatting with others and enjoying appetizers, you leave the party and go home. What’s with

  Every day is a step in our journey, unless we plant ourselves and refuse to move. Every day is an opportunity to live a life of purpose, of meaning… without striving. At the end of the day, do you take a moment to look back at the start of the day and see your

  Is your life too comfortable? Are you moving into the ‘complacent’ stage? Have you stopped stretching yourself? The lack of ‘stretching’ is typically the best sign that you have succumbed to what is known, what is liked or enjoyed, and you are in an unruffle-able place. Is this really what you want? Ignoring those

  Do you? Of course. It seems we all do. Not always a good idea. However we are warned not to do this. Proverbs 3:5 says, “Trust in the Lord with ALL thine heart and lean NOT on your own understanding.” (Caps, mine) But still, we will trust in ourselves first. I’m not certain that

  Simply because you believe in one (thing, concept, person) doesn’t necessarily translate into believing in the next association. Nothing is ever ‘automatic’, at least, I don’t find this to be the case. For me believing in and accepting that there is a God was a given. He was ‘introduced’ to me when I was a

  What is your opinion on this state? Does it give you a nice, warm, safe feeling, that all’s well with the world? Or does it give you a bad taste – a sense of sameness, defined as boring? Do the words make you long for change, for something new, different? Perhaps, though, it gives