Dr. Carolyn Coon

  I’ve discovered that the older I get the more I accept and operate on the basis that I really don’t have all the answers. (Yes, I know… surprise, surprise.) That contrary to my best intentions, I may be ‘wrong’. Perhaps not for me, but I could be for you. I do have standards by which […]

  Are you the inquisitive type? The wonder-er type? I am sooo that! To illustrate what I mean is to remind you of what undisciplined children typically do in a store. They pick things up, shake them, feel them, look to see what they’re ‘made of’. Perhaps not the most ideal example, but it does

  Side trips are definitely NOT detours. You have no option with detours except to follow them if you want to continue on to your destination. You may be totally unfamiliar with how the detour will merge with the particular road you are on, or when, nor do you know how much time it will take. Most of

  Have you ever wondered why you are here? Why, at this particular moment in the history of the world, are YOU here… now!? If you are a Christian you know that God doesn’t make mistakes, so the timing is perfect and you do belong in this here and now – right where you are.

  I’m a great one to insist that we really DO need to know (fill in the blank). But… is it possible to have too much access to the sources of knowing? Notice the word is ‘access’ and not a rejection of knowing. With today’s instant availability suddenly we’re faced with two problems: 1- the veracity

  I wonder… is there such a thing as a ‘happy medium’. If so, then just where is that enchanted place located? I think I may have strayed into it on a couple of occasions in a couple of areas, but not sure I stayed there long. Was it a place I really enjoyed? Again, not sure

  Have you completely explored the value of those two words… why – not? Taken together they move the impossible, the improbable into the realm of… maybe… just maybe. Those two words say… ‘I never thought of doing that!’ These are the entrepreneurial-spirit words that have developed a whole host of valuable products such as computers, and cell phones, airplanes

  This is a very important component in who we are. I believe that, apart from a saving belief in Jesus, that nothing should be in cement. Even those truths and beliefs we hold near and dear have to be in a state of refinement. And by definition, refinement means… rethink. What happens in these

  We all have one… a voice. Our problem is first: discover our voice and second: develop, define, refine and become proficient in using our voice. Some people’s voice is painting, some sing or play a musical instrument, some write, some find a particular ‘calling’, job, career that allows them to express their voice. And this

 What exactly is a ‘comfort zone’? On first blush it sounds like a lovely place to be, but… on second thought, maybe not. One’s comfort zone could also become a prison as much as it can be a place of refuge, of refreshing, a break from what’s going on. I suspect that a comfort zone can be seductive,