I threw the phone at the couch in frustration. How could he? I only had one close friend that was going to my high school, and now he is switching high schools? I was already nervous to start high school, and now my closest friend wouldn’t be there. I felt betrayed and scared. Fast forward to my junior year of high school. I was in woodshop making a piano bench. Part of the process involved drilling holes into the legs of the piano bench. I would later fill the holes with woo

I felt torn inside. Things were not going well at home, and some family members were experiencing some significant struggles. But, things at work were going very well, and I could tell that I was being blessed in those efforts. I knew that I had been blessed with many things, but there was a significant distance inside between the feelings of gratitude for the good and the feelings of despair for the bad. It felt like I was simultaneously on a high mountain and a low, dark va

Are you looking for happiness? Most people are in one form or another. It’s not too often that you hear someone say, “I’m just trying to be as miserable as I can be.” We like to feel good. We like to be happy. It isn’t easy though. Happiness can seem elusive and ephemeral. Just when you think you’ve found it, the situation changes and you’ve lost it again. Sometimes it makes us wonder, “Can we find lasting happiness?” It’s a deep question - too deep for our purposes here toda