Dear TSJ Friends, Sometimes a thing is just a thing. Like a duck is just a duck. Or an advertisement is just an Ad. Other times a thing is more than a “thing.” More than just an object. It is a message. For example, today as we were out running errands a business van …
Dear TSJ Friends,. I like to teach and write about topics related to love, grace and growth. Yet I end up “freezing” when I try to do so. Can you relate to that feeling? Certain little voices come out and whisper in my ear filling me with cautions such as “It doesn’t seem like a very …
Happy New Year to TSJ Faithful Friends! Like most people these days, on New Years I ponder setting new goals and outlining specific changes I would like to make. But I notice as I age that I am drawn to goals around spiritual growth and soulful changes. Ultimately matters of heart and soul are the …
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(Click on the green header for easier reading on mobile phones.) Greetings TSJ Friends, Just for fun . . . .When you hear the word “scrap” what do you think of? Do you equate it with waste? Or with potential? I grew up on a farm and I remember well that our dad had a “scrap …
(For easier reading please click on the green header when on your mobile devices .) Dear TSJ Friends, What do you do when you lose power and the lights go out after dark? What are your first thoughts and feelings? A loss of power may be from an electrical overload that trips a circuit breaker …
Happy Wednesday, Dear TSJ Friends! Today Solomon and I are peeking in to your emails to chat about simple ideas and facts about us humans that may entice you or motivate you to do things that linger on your “I should” list of things to do. I mean the things that would not take much …
Hello TSJ Wisdom Seekers, Have I told you how much I appreciate you taking some time – when you can – to read our Wednesday Wisdom blog? Thank you so very much for your emails and texts this week. They are appreciated and never taken for granted. How we must encourage one another! Time is …
Dear TSJ Friends, I hope this Wednesday finds you well. I have missed these Wednesday check-ins and now I hardly know where to start. The most honest thing I can share is I have needed to give attention to my own inner conflicts and discouragements. While I have been taking a self-imposed sabbatical, hearing …
Dear TSJ Friends and Family, I know… I am off a day. You usually hear from me on Wednesdays – our day for a bit of wisdom from the three muses here at The Shared Journey (TSJ) headquarters. But today I cannot resist writing to you even though it is Thursday. It all started this …
Dear TSJ Friends, I know you are all familiar with “The Golden Rule” which of course is the accurate perspective for us to live out our days. “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” But I had a quirky thought about that. What if I turned that around a bit? What …