Emptiness tops the list on all the posts that have been written (and that have been read) on this site. Emptiness…feeling empty is a common “sickness” with the majority of people I talk to. If it were a disease, I would say that it is an epidemic in our society. This feeling [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Emptiness / Sadness That Won’t Go Away? 3 Ways to Feel Better Now!
Posted in Interventions, Surviving After Prison, Thriving After Prison, change, criminal or deviant offender, feeling empty, finding peace, forgiveness, friends, hope, improving self esteem, loneliness, maturity, sadness/depression, surviving in prison, wisdom on June 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Think Life Sucks? Come HOPE with me…
Posted in Christianity, Surviving After Prison, Thriving After Prison, anger, change, criminal or deviant offender, evil, feeling empty, finding peace, hope, human behavior, loneliness, sadness/depression, surviving in prison, wisdom on June 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes I “Google” things to see what pops up and I just read some writing that causes me to consider the choice of getting rid of my computer. If you have Googled “Life Sucks” and read the first few worthless pieces…please join me in attempting to rid my mind of some of the worst [...]
Fathers Behind Bars…Taking Responsibility…Accepting What is..
Posted in Christianity, Interventions, The Good Life, To Your Family Members and Friends, change, criminal or deviant offender, finding peace, forgiveness, hope, loneliness, sadness/depression, surviving in prison, wisdom on June 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Many of our readers are fathers and many of you will be fathers in the future. Many of you are fathers behind bars and are “paying your debt” to society. Many of you have husbands, sons, brothers, other relatives, and/or friends in the prison system. It is our hope and prayer that [...]
Seven Secrets about Being Lonely…
Posted in Christianity, Surviving After Prison, The Good Life, Thriving After Prison, criminal or deviant offender, feeling empty, finding peace, friends, hope, loneliness, surviving in prison on June 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Shall we do a backwards countdown like David Letterman does it…starting with number seven and ending with number one being the biggest secret?? Alright…here goes:
7) People with lots of money can get lonely and feel their life has no purpose. I can tell you that in my life, I have had times of lots [...]
Feeling Lonely? Feeling Empty? You Need Relationships…
Posted in Interventions, Surviving After Prison, The Good Life, Thriving After Prison, criminal or deviant offender, feeling empty, finding peace, friends, hope, human behavior, improving self esteem, sadness/depression, wisdom on June 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
You know the song, “People Who Need People?” It is true. People do need people. But some of us are not as good as others when it comes to making friends. Oh…we might know several people that we meet and greet; however, it takes a lot more than saying “Hi, how [...]
The Secrets and Shadows of Child Abuse…have you hurt someone? Do you understand how they feel?
Posted in child abuse, criminal or deviant offender, human behavior, sadness/depression, victim understanding on June 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Some of you have hurt someone. Some of you have hurt many people. And others of you have hurt people and been in prison due to these crimes.
Some of you have been in treatment for the pain you have caused others. Some of you have never talked to a counselor or had [...]
Feeling Empty? Filling your life with the wrong stuff..
Posted in Christianity, Surviving After Prison, Thriving After Prison, change, criminal or deviant offender, feeling empty, finding peace, hope, human behavior, improving self esteem, sadness/depression, surviving in prison, the character of God on June 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I want to refer back to the previous writing and write a few words on the harmful things that we fill our lives with…the harmful things that act as substitutes for those solid things of God. The Wrong Stuff to fill in your empty life:
For those of us who grew up in dysfunctional homes [...]
Feeling Empty – The Biggest Misunderstanding
Posted in Christianity, The Good Life, Thriving After Prison, change, feeling empty, finding peace, forgiveness, hope, human behavior, humility, maturity, sadness/depression, surviving in prison, wisdom on June 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When you look at the picture of this empty storage building to your left, would you say that the building is perhaps the way you may appear inside? Empty? And what does empty feel like to you?
People who have described this feeling of emptiness to me have said that feeling empty feels like: [...]
Are Peace and Wisdom Your Goals? Come “be” with me…
Posted in Christianity, Interventions, The Good Life, change, criminal or deviant offender, feeling empty, finding peace, hope, open letters, sadness/depression, surviving in prison, wisdom on June 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is an open letter to “Matt,” from my previous post. You are welcome to join us as we seek and find ways to be comfortable in our own skins…and accept life as it is – right now. Let’s take a deep breath and just relax.
Dear Matt, It is good to hear [...]
