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How to remove emotional pain, alcoholism or drug abuse from your life!

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All of us carry some level of emotional “baggage,” no matter who we are. This baggage, which reflects how intense our past emotional trauma was, can shape us in countless ways, including how we respond to everyday situations. It also affects the people around us, because many of us unconsciously act out “games” with loved ones and friends, as if we are secretly trying to solve inner problems without really understanding what is happening in our mind or why this baggage changes our reactions to daily events. I could describe this in endless different ways, because there are as many variations as there are people, but instead I want to focus on how to ease the pain it causes. A common issue is that painful or traumatic memories become buried and forgotten as a form of self‑protection, almost as if the brain has its own separate survival system. You can think of three levels: first, our conscious mind, which is aware of what is happening around us; second, the part of the brain quietly ru...
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If you blame God for anything read this!

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I’ll start by saying I’m not an expert on this, and I might be completely wrong – these are simply the personal conclusions I’ve come to over more than 25 years of thinking about it. God is described as the one who created the systems that produced the universe we know, and for many people that’s extremely hard to grasp for all kinds of reasons. This is something I’ve reflected on for a long time and I want to share what I’ve learned. The Bible talks a lot about God, but we need to remember that when it was written and compiled, most people had very little education in the areas of knowledge we now take for granted. Trying to explain, back then, the kinds of things the Bible touches on was almost impossible in technical terms; imagine if it opened with “Hydrogen is the most common element in the universe,” then went on to define elements and explain astrophysics in detail. Communicating that to people without that background simply couldn’t have been done in a way they could understand...
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If you've made an assumption you've probably made a mistake!

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Every time you make what feels like an educated assumption about someone or something, remember that your conclusion is really just a guess, shaped by your own perspective and experiences. You can’t truly understand a person’s situation unless you have lived their life, and since you can’t do that, the next best thing is to actually talk with them. ​ Nothing frustrates me more than gossip‑mongers passing judgment on things they don’t, or can’t, easily understand, especially when they could take two minutes to ask a question or read up and educate themselves; it’s obnoxious and rude. Instead, people often fill in the blanks with wild assumptions, but in most cases there are solid reasons behind a person’s actions, and those reasons are different for everyone. Don’t hate people for doing this – for some, it’s simply the only way they know how to cope with the unknown. ​ If this all makes sense to you, then trust me: you’re blessed with more brainpower than the average person and you’re a...
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