Dr. Carolyn Coon

is that what you’re waiting for? Are you waiting until you are a more ‘satisfactory’ candidate, or ready… whatever that means? Or maybe you are hesitant because you think you’ll have to give up all those ‘things’ that are part of your life that you enjoy? Not. There is an apt scripture that says… “Behold, […]

  Critical. Important. Not to be ignored or simply to become ‘whatever’. Relationships are always in a state of growth and change or they atrophy into nothingness. I’m certain we’ve all experienced those relationships in our lives that just seemed to peter out. Why? What happened that caused this? Then there are those rare people

  You do realize, don’t you, that there is will power and there is desire power and desire always trumps will? It does. If ‘desire’ doesn’t provide the foundation for ‘will’ then the potentiality of success in (fill in the blank) is extremely difficult, if not impossible. Definitions – Webster says that ‘desire’ is “ask for,

  How’s yours? Do you walk in a high (your definition) level of  ‘quality of life’? I suspect we should begin with a definition… how do you define this state? One little hint… quality of life is not a ‘not’. It isn’t what isn’t in your life nor is it looking at an absence of

  Not an idle question. We tend to relive yesterday or we plan for tomorrow and/or both, but… do we miss now in the process? It really is a legitimate question and one I’ve asked any number of times in various and sundry ways… still relevant – where do we spend the vast majority of our ‘living’ time,

  One of my favorite scriptures is in Jeremiah (29:11): “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future.”!!! He has plans to prosper us… PLUS not harm, give us hope, future! Goodness, what a

   Do you believe that you are a person of worth and value? Maybe this should be stated a bit stronger… do you know that you are a person of worth and value? I know this may sound… harsh, but would you recognize these two qualities in yourself… and in others? According to what standard do

  Would you describe yourself as shy? Is ‘shy’ a negative? Does this upset you? Obvious answer… it depends. Personally I’ve always felt that the shy (other person) is worth the effort to get to know. Perhaps it’s because I tend toward the ‘shy’ myself. But shy can be expressed in a variety of ways. Being introverted is

  ‘Wrong’ may be a bit strong, but ‘not completely right’ seemed to beg the statement. This refers to a stand I had previously made. A couple of years ago I had written that we, as Christians, have no option but to forgive if we want to live forgiven. That’s true, my ‘error’ was that

  Often this gets translated into a mindset that there’s only one way of doing things, of seeing (fill in the blank) – and that rarely is the case. As a young person I discovered I could see more than one answer, more than one side in the situation. This made taking multiple choice tests extremely