Joy In The Morning
Joy In The Morning

JOY IN THE MORNING is a beautiful phrase, and it has profound meanings. What I have learned is that the choices I make today not only affect me today, but they also affect me tomorrow as well. If I want to wake up with joy in the morning, I need to do my part to make it happen each day. When tragedy and major disappointments strike and knock us down, we must immediately turn to the Lord and seek His guidance to get back up.  He will heal our aching hearts, inspire our thoughts, and cause the right people to come into our lives who will help us get through our difficult times.

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Happiness & Self-esteem, Thoughts & Scriptures, Defeating DepressionAngela FalesComment
Suicide Prevention & Addiction Recovery
Suicide Prevention & Addiction Recovery

A contributing factor to many deaths by suicide is the use of alcohol and drugs. Excellent health—physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually—can be achieved when you have a zero tolerance for these substances. The use of alcohol and drugs, even occasionally, messes with our minds. We cannot become the person we know in our hearts we desire to be when our minds get off track while stumbling along the path of dead-ends and detours, which alcohol and drugs always bring.

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Addiction & Recovery, Suicide Prevention, Resilience & HopeAngela FalesComment
Have You Heard Of Goodbye, Yesterday?
Have You Heard Of Goodbye, Yesterday?

I love the quote by Cindy Trimm that says, “Your yesterday does not define your tomorrow.” I know that God loves each one of us, and He wants us to become the best we can be. Nothing from our past—heartaches, disappointments, failures, depression, anxiety, addictions—can keep us chained to our past. As it says in the New Testament in Philippians 4:13, "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me". 

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Happiness & Self-esteem, Self-help, Spiritual AnalogiesAngela FalesComment
Happy Birthday(S)!!!
Happy Birthday(S)!!!

I am grateful for the family relationships I have and for the love and fun times that bind us together. Being part of a family is a great blessing as we continually move forward to strengthen each other, forgive and forget past offenses, and remember to appreciate what we have learned from each other over the years. It’s a miracle when a family can all be happy together!

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Family, Miracles, Happiness & Self-esteemAngela FalesComment
Easter Time—A New Relationship With Jesus Christ
Easter Time—A New Relationship With Jesus Christ

During the Easter season this year, I was thinking about the many stresses I had in my life at the time. I then felt the Savior’s words come into my mind, “Have you dropped your burdens at my feet?” I immediately thought of the song, “How Gentle God’s Commands.” In the 4th verse it says, “Come drop your burdens at his feet and bear a song away.” I knew I needed to make a change and rely on my Savior more to help me!

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Happiness & Self-esteem, My Beliefs, ChristianityAngela FalesComment
March Forward Today With Kindness
March Forward Today With Kindness

March 5, 2010, is the day our son Jonathan passed away. As a family, we like to honor him on March 5th  by doing something nice for somebody else. Jonathan was always going out of his way to help others; he was very kind and had a heart of gold. “March Forward Today with Kindness” is now my motto to remember to be kind every day of the year as I reflect on my son Jonathan’s life.

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Family, Happiness & Self-esteem, Suicide PreventionAngela FalesComment
Catching Up — Once Again!
Catching Up — Once Again!

I hope in 2024 that we will all make our physical health our number one priority. Of course, taking care of our spiritual health with prayer, scripture reading, and journal writing is a close second, but a healthy spirit inside an unhealthy body cannot do much. My new motto is:

“Take care of my body first. Take care of my spirit second. Take care of others third.”

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Happiness & Self-esteem, Self-help, HealthAngela FalesComment
Suicide Prevention
Suicide Prevention

September 10th is National Suicide Prevention Day. I hope as Fall marches quickly into our busy lives, we will pause sometime this month and think about those whom we know who were so depressed that they took their own lives. Please reach out to the loved ones of these individuals on these sad anniversaries—it is always nice to know that others care and remember our loss. “Strength comes in numbers” is an old saying, but it still applies today in both joy and pain.

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Little Miracles…
Little Miracles…

I would like to share a recent “little miracle” that began in my life on Tuesday, February 28, 2023, and it is still reverberating in my soul today. I rarely get answers to prayers that come so quickly or that come in such a miraculous way. I was amazed! This was truly an “extraordinary event” and a “work of God.” Indeed, it was a tender mercy and miracle for me!

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Miracles, My Beliefs, Living a Christian Life, Resilience & HopeAngela FalesComment
I Know The My Redeemer Lives
I Know The My Redeemer Lives

One of my favorite hymns is “I Know That My Redeemer Lives.” I listen to it almost every morning while I fix breakfast. The words and music help me to re-center my life on the Savior. No matter how I wake up feeling that morning, no matter how I might have slept the night before, no matter what is on my to-do list for the day, I feel a little bit more energized and a little bit happier when I listen to this hymn!

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Living a Christian Life, My Beliefs, Resilience & HopeAngela FalesComment
January 2023—Happy New Year! Happy New Life!
January 2023—Happy New Year! Happy New Life!

I read the book, Man’s Search for Meaning, by Viktor Frankl, the first time about 30 years ago, and it was life-changing back then. I found it on Audible a few weeks ago, and it has been even more life-changing this time as I listened to the power and truth in each chapter! I didn’t understand it all when I first read it, but with my many years of growth experiences, I understand his philosophy much better! This year, I wished my family a “HAPPY NEW LIFE” because I believe reading this book and applying its true principles will change their lives as much as it has mine.

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Resilience & Hope, Men of Faith, Happiness & Self-esteemAngela FalesComment
December 2022—Merry Christmas—Home Sweet Home!
December 2022—Merry Christmas—Home Sweet Home!

Christmas is always a wonderful combination of joy, a bit of stress, putting up old, well-loved decorations, trying to plan meals and festivities ahead of time, rushing at the last minute over something forgotten, love and laughter with family and friends, and truly appreciating the real reason for Christmas—Jesus Christ. How I love our dear Savior!

For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

 — Isaiah 9:6

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Living a Christian Life, My Beliefs, Happiness & Self-esteemAngela FalesComment