Experienced a storm lately? ... Or, maybe you're going through one right now, even as you're reading this message? Recently when I was speaking at NeuroRestorative Texas, Rick passed along to me a poem that one of his friends at Tarleton State University had written back in 1980: When life is full of sunshine [...]
Recently, I heard a former self-centered business guy say, "Dare to dream GOD's dream for your life." It wasn't until his god of money and his love of money and ego and power were knocked to the ground that he turned to the LORD for his help from that point on. How about you... Dare [...]
Whatever you're dealing with right now...whatever you're having to face...whatever decision you're struggling with, I urge you to invest your faith and 5 senses in these 6 words Corrie ten Boom reminded herself of: "Where the Lord guides, He provides." Don't give up Hope...it's right there with you.
In an instance, life can change dramatically, never to be the same again...(from COPING with TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY: One Woman's Journey from Death to Life; available at www.pattifoster.com) This is what happened to four of us (along with our families) as we made our way to our last Bible Study meeting on June 18th in [...]
A lot of people are making a lot of changes ... everything from graduating high school to moving away and beginning college; some are starting a new career while others are taking their first steps of being parents. Some are making every attempt to retire gracefully while, at the other end of the spectrum, some [...]
Recently, while speaking at SMU, Rosa Blum, a Holocaust survivor, "shared her experience from dark days of WWII." (Ben Tinsley; Texas Jewish Post; April 30, 2015) She and her wealthy family were taken by the Nazis from their home in Romania to Auschwitz in Poland. As the Q&A time was in progress there at SMU's Elizabeth [...]
Like many of you are well aware of, some strong, even disastrous, storms moved through the area recently. In your own life, when storms wreak havoc on your family, your friendships, your decisions, your classes, your jobs, etc., does your fortitude take a stand or does it do the "easy thing" and "sweep it (the [...]
The journey of life has a way of chiseling and carving our character in all kinds of ways... You can probably think of times and situations that stand out in your mind; people and happenings that especially impacted your day-in and day-out life in strides that perhaps you weren't exactly expecting. I pass along some [...]
A handful of TBI survivors stepped out of the "familiar" and and laid hold of opportunities to Make A Difference Now! (M.A.D. Now!) at UNTHSC (University of North Texas Health Science Center) in Fort Worth, TX with the 2-year medical students regarding neurology and traumatic brain injury. Capturing the moment at hand can make a [...]
After the wreck of 2002 and the traumatic brain injury that abruptly stopped all my life, I've realized and learned even more deeply how much small things really do matter, whether seen or unseen, verbal or non-verbal..... Here are two quotes about "courage" to take with you today: * "Courage is what it takes to [...]
