by Mark DeBellis | Apr 12, 2024 | Musing
Adversity is the gift nobody asks for and nobody wants. It often comes at the worst of times and it doesn’t pay dividends until much later. We do our best to avoid it, struggle when we are in the midst of it, and are relieved when we get through it. How we deal...
by Mark DeBellis | Apr 8, 2024 | Musing
I’ve been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poetA pawn and a kingI’ve been up and down and over and outAnd I know one thingEach time I find myselfFlat on my faceI pick myself up and getBack in the race From a song made popular by Frank Sinatra Songwriters:...
by Mark DeBellis | Apr 2, 2024 | Musing
The gifts derived from your difficulties. Persistence and resilience only come from having been given the chance to work through difficult problems. Gever Tulley
by Mark DeBellis | Apr 2, 2024 | Inspirational, Visitor Submission
Survivor of violent childhood achieves personal and professional success. Agatha “Aggie” Tuxhorn was born in a Mennonite community in Northern Mexico in 1979. The Mennonites are a cloistered group that pledge to live a simple life, rejecting many modern conveniences...
by Mark DeBellis | Mar 23, 2024 | Musing
Trees grow stronger because of the wind. Why, then, do you wonder that good men are shaken in order that they may grow strong? No tree becomes rooted and sturdy unless many a wind assails it. For by its very tossing it tightens its grip and plants its roots more...
