The Power of Giving

In 2011, I started my first job. I loved the work, and I also loved that it paid well. Growing up in a simple Indian middle-class family with a strong emphasis on maintaining high moral values, we didn't have much "stuff" but there always seemed to be more than enough love to go around. I wondered back then if life could have been better if we had more money?

Letters, NurtureCorynne StaresinicJune 24, 2020Giving, God's opportunities, St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta, "Small Things With Great Love", Catholic women leadComment

Friend Crushes, Loneliness & Receptivity: Finding a New Approach to Friendship

I wanted close friends so badly because, as an only child, I never had a sister of my own. I had supportive family relationships and friendships, which more than made up for not having siblings. But, instead of receiving their love as a gift from God, all I could see was the hole left in my life by the sister I'd never had.

Letters, ReceiveBethany SpringelmeyerMay 13, 2020friendship, Going deeper, Relationship, Receiving love, Grace, Self-pity, Coworker, Workplace, God's plan, God works in our weakness, God's opportunities, heart-to-heart, God's love, Cultivating Community Comment

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