The Today Manual

Think about the times you purchased a television or cell phone, a car or DVD player, a computer or refrigerator, or any other item with multiple parts.  Included with your purchase was an owner’s manual; a step by step guidebook on what to do before you operate the item, how to put the item together, how to use it, repair it, troubleshoot a problem, replace a part, and who to contact for technical help.  Read the rest of this entry »

While I don’ know your past, more than likely you are holding on to what happened to you long ago.  Or possibly it was something someone said to or about you.  Maybe it was a divorce, financial failure, some form of abuse, loss of a job, being abandoned by a parent or partner.  Maybe it was being told when you were young, “You will never amount to anything,” or “You are stupid.”  Just as I was, you too may be stuck, unable to release and heal from your experiences. Read the rest of this entry »

You and I are alike.  We have both lived through hurtful, disappointing, and traumatic events in our lives; situations wherein we were harmed by the actions or words of another or by outside circumstances such as a disaster.  Although the particulars of what you and I experienced were different, we both felt damaged in some way.  Read the rest of this entry »