3 Daily Rituals That Reduce Anxiety and Restore Peace

Daily rituals can loosen anxiety’s grip on our lives.

The cardinal by my window knows it.

Every summer morning, cardinals sing a melody before starting the day.

What a great ritual for good mental health!

See how three rituals bring peace to every day.

How to survive the desert without the desert living in you

Recently, I spoke at Highland Park Presbyterian Church on how to live through a desert season of life without the desert living inside of you.

Why this subject now? Because lots of folks are stuck in deserts.

A famous king from the 10^th century has advice for all of that.

He was a literary, musical, military, and organizational genius.

The king who united Israel into the reputation it has today as a worldwide leading fighting force is David.

But first, he had to survive a long desert season of life.

Desert seasons often magnify our fear.

And David’s advice for thriving without succumbing to desert terrain is golden.

In Israel, disadvantages hold the secret to finding fortune.

Here are four common disadvantages converted into fortune every day.

Faith that sails through any crisis needs a lighthouse in the darkness.

Darkness assaults your faith and hope daily.

But faith keeps us on course if it has a lighthouse.

Three anchors steady a faith that won’t fail.

Few know the real story behind the Steve McQueen formula for a happy and satisfying life.

McQueen had everything the American dream sells . . .

But, behind the persona of cool macho and sexual trysts lay a wandering soul looking for peace, life and satisfaction.