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Be Thankful

Download the episode here Show Notes: Reading of I Thessalonians. 5:18a Give thanks in all circumstances because you can't be negative and be thankful at the same time. The experiences of my husband and I when we volunteer at the local homeless shelter and the thankfulness of an elderly man. Have a wonderful week, Carol My New Podcast!

Recognizing Your Abilities

Download the episode here Reading my Bible in the morning and singing a bit helps me to have a more positive start to my day. Consider this verse: Romans 12:6 says "God has given each of us the ability to do certain things well." We don't realize that and think everyone can do those things, but that's not true. Make a list of all the things you can do well. Don't ever feel you have nothing to offer. Others need exactly what you have! Have a wonderful new day, Carol My New Podcast!

Your Philosophy of Life

Often we hear things repeated, or we read about them online and we take it for granted that whatever it is must be true. But in this age of rampant false information, we need to take the extra time to check our facts. Prefer to Read the Rest of the Content? For instance, I found a quiz that I thought would be good for this podcast. In many places online it's mentioned as the philosophy of Charles Schulz, the creator of the 'Peanuts' comic strip. But before blindly following and repeating what many say is a fact, I decided to do some research first and found that Shulz made no such statements. We don't know who the real creator of the quiz is, but it's been circulating on the Internet since at least 2000, and somewhere along the way someone believed that Schulz had authored the quiz. From there, the story continued to spread. When facts get distorted, it takes a while to straighten them out. Regardless who wrote this quiz, it's worth repeating because of the ...

Contentment

These days it’s cold and dreary here in Southern Ontario, Canada and I’m wishing I were somewhere else. It reminded me of something I read in a book called "Calm My Anxious Heart" by Linda Dillow It goes like this: Prefer to read the content? “It was spring but it was summer I wanted; the warm days and the great outdoors. It was summer but it was autumn I wanted; the colourful leaves and the cool dry air. It was autumn but it was winter I wanted; the beautiful snow and the joy of the holiday season. It was winter but it was spring I wanted; the warmth and the blossoming of nature. I was a child but it was adulthood I wanted; the freedom and the respect. I was twenty but it was thirty I wanted; to be mature and sophisticated. I was middle-aged but it was twenty I wanted; the youth and the free spirit. I was retired but it was middle-age that I wanted; the presence of mind without limitations. My life was over but I never got what I wanted.” Can you relate to any of...

The Power of Our Thoughts

Have you ever considered how much the things we think about affect our lives, either positively or negatively? Prefer to read the rest of the content? Famed physician Ben Carson had an uncontrolled temper as a young man, to the point that he almost hit his mother. Ben did hit a boy in the hallway at school and another time threw a rock at a boy and broke his glasses. Every time he told himself that he didn’t mean to hurt anyone and could control his temper. Finally he got angry with his best friend for changing the station on the radio, whipped out his switchblade and threw it at him. The blade hit his friend in the stomach but broke when it connected with the large metal belt buckle he wore. Ben almost killed his best friend and almost ruined his life because he couldn’t control his temper. He finally realized what a problem he had and spent four hours praying and asking God to heal his anger. After that he never had a problem with anger again. Imagine what the world may have mis...

Quick Audacity

This is how I record my podcast with Audacity. You can find the podcast on iTunes. It's called Purpose For Your Life. Or listen on my other site at carolbremner.com