by mark | Feb 4, 2019 | Change, Desire
The need to belong is met by having a place where you can be yourself, in all the struggles that entails. A place where you can be accepted as you share and deal with feelings, needs, desire, longings, and hope. You belong when you know that you can be celebrated in...
by mark | Jan 8, 2019 | Desire, Feelings, Longings
To feel a powerful desire for (something) is to crave. Synonyms are long for, yearn for, desire, want, wish for, hunger for, thirst for, pine for, set one’s heart on. To live in craving requires the courage of vulnerability and the strength of patience. To live in...
by mark | Dec 11, 2018 | Desire, Feelings, Hope, Keeping Heart, Longings, Needs
The heart is the center of one’s being. Out of the heart we feel, need, desire, long, and hope. The heart is comprised of these core areas or roots. They allow us and push us to grow and connect, crave life and imagine, grieve and celebrate, attach and love. The heart...
by mark | Sep 20, 2018 | Desire, Keeping Heart, Leadership, Spiritual Root System
Integrity is what people who have an internal locus of control tend to express in thought and action. An internal locus of control is the term psychologists use to describe a person who behaves responsibly because it feels good and it’s good to do. Integrity...
by mark | Aug 28, 2018 | Desire, Feelings, Keeping Heart, Relationships
If we love well, allowing ourselves to be “all in,” we will undoubtedly have experiences that bring pain to our lives. We will have vulnerability, the possibility of being wounded. And we will need perseverance, the ability to remain courageous in the experience of...
by mark | Aug 21, 2018 | Desire, Keeping Heart, Relationships
Please read the words below about the power of love from Song of Solomon 8:6-7. In an intimate whisper, the words tell us about the deepest connection and richest surrender our hearts can ever make. They call us to receive and give our hearts to love. To the...