myTakes: Religion & Spirituality

This year I learned a lot of the people I formerly considered to be horrible people were not evil or malicious, they simply misunderstood me and were misunderstood by me. I learned that just because somebody previously...

Your life is like a building with a foundation and a subsequent build up. When you build your life on the foundation of service and integrity and humility and respect, you have a firm foundation that can prepare you for...

I think the reason many people choose to hate others is that they want to feel superior to them too boost their own broken and disheveled ego and somehow hating and vilifying others, mentally affirms your comparative...

I used to watch his videos every so often and he is very insightful when it comes to interpreting story lines and has intelligent methods for understanding Genesis but I find him to be too pessimistic for my liking. Like...

I had two major factors that were affecting my weight loss, maybe three. The first was hunger because of liver issues, I learned about two supplements that reversed that problem within 4 days. The second was I did not...

I find a common habit among wicked people which is they are overly and unnecessarily suspicious and doubtful of others I remember I made friends with two Chinese girls at my school and one of the girls forced me to...

Most people believe happiness and health is achieved by being cared for and expansively rich But the scriptures teach that strength is achieved by caring for others and being cared for when you don’t need to be cared for...

In the bible, the men of Isaac tried to build a well and failed in their first two attempts because their enemies stopped up the well but their third attempt was a success. This helped me understand what it means to carve...

I believe when you are close to God, That the Lord will end your abusive relationship or block you from dating the bad person in the first place. I know people who had abusive partners that were dumped by their husbands...

One thing I’ve concluded is that if you are happy and confident and healthy and are interested in playing fair through giving others the same courtesy you give yourself, than you do not need attention or praise from...

1 - Meekness / Modesty / Lowliness / Self-Control / Submission to God and righteous Social and Spiritual Authorities Give You Power Over Creation. If you always live with caution and concern and courtesy and creativeness...

The bible says that humility and the fear of the Lord leads to wealth and life and honour. Now riches is more than just money: it involves high quality relationships, positive impact, high self confidence, meaning,...

I learned this week that goodness has healing properties: I was in a group counselling seminar and giving advice to two depressed people who were struggling with their issues and I realized that as I activated my parietal...

To me humility is about being excellent in service and private social performance and not about being excellent in results or reputation because Jesus said your reputation can change and so can your results but your...

A Harvard Educated Angela Duckworth said the greatest determinant in your ability to succeed is your grit which is your ability to persevere and conquer and trouble shoot difficult and challenging situations but I believe...

I am reading a book right now and they discussed how one city had an unusually higher number of people who had lived past 100 years. The researcher spent tons of money researching their diet and their lifestyle and their...

The woman’s initials are R.V. And she wrote a book called “Finding the woman of valour,” which is the Jewish translation of a word that in English is substituted with the term, “Godly.” In this book she talks about how...

Today, during my weekly creative writers group, we were asked to write about a hero in our lives and even though I usually have no difficulty with prompts, I realized I could not find somebody in my past or current life...

Jesus said you cannot serve both money and God and gave a story about the rich man who lived comfortably and beautifully and than died while the wounded victim at his gate died and received everlasting peace. But Abraham...

I’ve read over 54 books in the last 40 weeks on positive psychology and I also read 2-4 journal articles on physical and mental and interpersonal health each day and these are some of the things I learned through my...