By Charles Barnard The last of the character traits I will write about is love perseveres. Love perseveres goes hand in hand with love hopes. When you have hope you will be far more likely to persevere. Faith also is a component of both love and perseverance. A primary belief system of those who exhibitContinue reading “Love Perseveres”
Category Archives: Life Coaching: Be Your Own or Becoming
Love Hopes
By Charles Barnard Hope. Hope is powerful. Hope can be a verb. It can be something you do. Hope is the fuel that allows people trapped in unimaginable situations to push forward. To escape. Where there is no hope there is only despair and death. Where there is hope there is joy and life. ForContinue reading “Love Hopes”
Love Trusts
By Charles Barnard Of course, love trusts. If you love someone you trust them and they trust you, right? Is it really that easy? Trust is vital to strong, happy, loving relationships. When trust is broken, relationships are broken. When trust is broken, you can have significant scars from that broken trust. One such scarContinue reading “Love Trusts”
Love Protects
By Charles Barnard Undoubtedly, love protects. Therefor a loving mindset is a mindset that protects. The imagery of a scared child running into the arms of a mother or father is a beautiful representation of the natural response of a scared child and their parent. The child seeks protection by the parent and the parentContinue reading “Love Protects”
The Secret to Mastering Your Growth Mindset
By Charles Barnard Would you rather decrease anxiety or increase self-esteem? That was a question posed by a nurse in a private Facebook group I am part of. My response came as a reply to the nurse who had made a comment to another member. The context of the reply was about anxiety and theContinue reading “The Secret to Mastering Your Growth Mindset”
Love Does Not Hold a Record of Wrongs: Vengeance, Justice, and Forgiveness
By Charles Barnard As I mentioned in my previous article, when we have been wronged we want justice, which leads to the question what exactly is justice. There have been lots of movies and stories about vigilante justice and that idea inevitably is about bringing some type of pain, even death, to the person whoContinue reading “Love Does Not Hold a Record of Wrongs: Vengeance, Justice, and Forgiveness”
Love Does Not Keep a Record of Wrongs
by Charles Barnard Forgiveness. The idea of forgiving someone can be very difficult especially the more serious the wrongs done. Even so, there are those who keep records of every little wrong ever made. Do you know anyone who might say something like this, “That’s just payback for that time, you left me stranded atContinue reading “Love Does Not Keep a Record of Wrongs”
A Parable About Envy
By Charles Barnard There is a parable that comes from many ancient traditions about the proper response to envy, hatred, and verbal attacks. Long, long ago a wise old grandmaster provided his students military training as well as training in life. The grandmaster was sought out by students from all over the kingdom. He wasContinue reading “A Parable About Envy”
The Parable of The Donkey in the Well
By Charles Barnard The Parable of The Donkey in the Well The parable of the donkey in the well is like all parables; its purpose is to teach a life lesson. Parables have been used for teaching valuable lessons for eons. Here is the parable of the Donkey in the Well or The Donkey and the MinerContinue reading “The Parable of The Donkey in the Well”
The Boy Who was Quick to Anger
By Charles Barnard One day a father witnessed his young son throw a temper tantrum because he didn’t get his way. The father stopped what he was doing and went into the house and came back out with a small hammer and some nails. He told his son to follow him. He brought his sonContinue reading “The Boy Who was Quick to Anger”
