How to deal with uncomfortable situations?

Photo by Alex Green on Pexels.com   Have you ever experienced an uncomfortable situation? I think everybody has, but everybody handles those situations differently. I read a very good quote lately: "Sometimes situations can feel so uncomfortable and rife with anxiety that we jump to action just to get the turmoil to go away. Instead, …

Inspirational Easter story

Last week we celebrated Easter – Jesus rose from the dead! What a joy! When I worked as  a teacher, I told the kids why we celebrate Easter: Jesus died on the cross for our sins and he rose from the dead. Only through the death of Jesus Christ we have the possibility to connect …

How did my dreams come true (Part 3)

  After my practical year at the bible school (post part 1) and after studying to be teacher (post part 2) I finally started to work as a teacher. I moved from South Germany – the so called “three country corner” – Germany (South Black Forest), Switzerland and France to the west of Germany – …

How did my dreams come true (Part 2)

  In my last post I told you that I had many dreams and still have. After my 13 years of school I spent one year at a bible school working practically (laundry and music team) – see my last post (Part 1). This year I didn’t earn anything, it was voluntary work. It was …

What is important? A story of a little boy

Just read this little story. I found it very touching and want to share it with you.  A man came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find his 5-year old son waiting for him at the door.  SON: "Daddy, may I ask you a question?" DAD: "Yeah sure, what is it?" SON: "Daddy, …

How did my dreams come true? (Part 1)

I had many dreams in my life and I never stopped having dreams. Here are some of my dreams I had: I wanted to become a teacher, a fulltime youth worker, a stewardess and a life coach. Which dream came true in my life? All - so far! When I look back I think: how …

Gratitude

Today in the morning I thought about my life in general. And once I read a book and made some notes, which I read again this morning. Reading these notes motivate me a lot and I do read them once in a while to remember what is important for me in my personal life. A …

How can you resolve conflict in a positive way?

Do you know any person, who never has a conflict to resolve or a disagreement? I think conflict and disagreement belong to our lives, but the question is: how do we resolve conflict? Do we resolve it in a negative or positive way? How can we handle emotionally-charged situations and defuse them before they escalate? …

Talents

                    (c) colouryourdream Just read this quote today and thought: Oh yes! This my big wish: to use the talents God gave me. Often I see so many opportunities what I could do: but I only want to do what God wants me to do and …