We have spent the last few weeks looking at various ways and tools to help us build stronger relationships with the people in our lives. This week, I want to focus on a topic that doesn’t come natural to most - being present for others.
Read MoreEmpathy means experiencing someone else’ feelings. It requires an emotional component of really feeling what the other person feels because you have been through the same situation. While sympathy, on the other hand, means understanding someone else’s suffering, even being there for them though you have never experienced the same.
Read MoreThe person that is set free when I forgive is me. I don’t forgive others to set them free. I forgive so that I am free...
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Sometimes the problems we face are overwhelming. We’ve all been there at times in our lives - maybe you are there today. Come with me for a minute as I go back to my days as a missionary pilot, and an experience that profoundly impacted my life and my perspective of dealing with adversity.
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My original title for this blog was “Sometimes You Win, Sometimes You Accidentally Initiate a ‘Beer with the Chaplain’ Program”. That felt a bit too long. But you get where this is headed...