Dr. Carolyn Coon

  Why not? Aren’t you worth the risk? Have you ever taken a chance on something, someone? How did this make you feel? Scared? Excited? Anxious? Worried? Curious? You do realize, don’t you, that ‘risk’ describes life? I’m not talking about risk as an ‘in harms way’ or behavior that is unthinking. Risk, in my […]

  I sometimes wonder if we realize just how many voices we have. Voices, in this context, refers to the myriad of expressions we use to ‘voice’ who we are and what we think and believe. There is the audible one, but even this isn’t a singular expression because it includes, among others, facial expression,

  “Goodbyes” – pertinent, I think. How do you respond to the ‘condition’ of goodbye? Goodbye is not always an easy or simple act. But sometimes, maybe, just maybe, when we put it in context it is or can become a moment of … not necessarily joy or happiness, but understanding and even acceptance… and

  So tell me… how effective is that!? Remember the old saying, ‘no pain, no gain’? Uncomfortably, this is true. Whatever the focus is – without any commensurate action, ‘good’ intentions are as effective as trying to hold a cloud in your hands – totally impossible and irrelevant. But why would anyone profess something and

  What, in my estimation, is always linked to Who – but in considering ‘just’ the ‘what’ – this is important (as it will reflect on the who, or at least my definition of who). Example: when I was a young person, I may have been about the age of confirmation, I asked the minister

  Do you know what you know? Are you fully persuaded about what you think you know? Soooo, what is it you know? What is the basis of your knowing? Knowing should lead us to a deeper understanding and appreciation. Do you walk in what and Who you know? Is your confidence in this knowing? 

  Gets us in a whole lot of trouble sometimes… yes? Yes. Our assumptions are really only best ‘guesses’ about how whoever will react to whatever. Many times we are spot on, but there are other times that we are totally surprised… even by ourselves and our reactions. The ‘I certainly didn’t expect that!’ reaction.

  For every ‘can’t’ utter by you (or anyone else to you about you), when the Lord hears this about you… what do you hear? If He says you can, then regardless of circumstances – you really can. The world’s (including your own) is always trumped by His – You can! What do I mean by

  Sound familiar? Have you ever been in the position of knowing precisely what you’d say – but the time has passed, you’ve not said that stunning remark at the appropriate moment. If only… Well, the time has passed and you can’t go running after whoever and make your comment so what do you do?

  As I was perusing the entries in my upcoming next book I saw that with this book, the majority of the entries came from my blog writing… at least the initial idea/concept. I always ‘tweaked’ the post for the book but it was this realization that caught my attention. How often do we ‘try