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Embrace the Bright Side: Finding Joy in the Midst of an Apocalyptic Summer

Chaos is smothering joy faster than heat on a Portland biker.

No joy this summer
Heat dome sucking joy out of the Pacific Northwest/Nathan Howard/Getty Images

We see . . .

  • tragedies in the Florida condo collapse
  • Texas and California electricity shortage
  • heat melting the Pacific Northwest

Plenty of news to be down.

But, one of God’s tiny creatures shows us how to choose joy.

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Embrace the Bright Side: Finding Joy in the Midst of an Apocalyptic Summer

Is Catastrophe Looming in the Texas Power Grid?

Shortcuts are haunting Texas residents again as the state’s power manager, ERCOT, warns of electricity outages.

Texans preserving electricity in June 2021/Athens, TX

The Texas power grid was not built in a day.

But, it broke down in one day, February 15, 2021.

At 1:25 AM, ERCOT set off rolling power outages.

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Is Catastrophe Looming in the Texas Power Grid?

How you know God is a fisherman

Kids remind me why God is a fisherman.

God is a fisherman
Fishing in wonder/Derek Owens/Unsplash

It happened this past weekend on our dock.

Connor, age 10, jumped with glee when the large fish hit the line.

“It’s a jumbo!” shouted his 8 year old brother Benjamin.

“I wanna catch a fish!” yelled 5 year old Harry.

The boys saw something we should see everyday.

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How you know God is a fisherman

Boost Your Wake-up Call to a Happier Life

My wake-up call reversed my happiness in one split-second.

On a routine afternoon in February 2019, my nervous system shorted out like Daffy Duck.

Neuropathy lit me up like a fireworks show.

Never felt nerve pain like that before.

And it kept going with no end in sight.

I told myself the same thing Daffy did.

“I should have known . . .”

I should have known that when you overload the body, it breaks down.

Two years of wandering through a jungle of nerve pain led to three discoveries about health and happiness.

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Boost Your Wake-up Call to a Happier Life