Posted on August 11, 2025
by Jeff Herringshaw
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I like to feel good. It’s a basic urge within me to chase happiness wherever I think it can be found. My country’s Declaration of Independence affirms the pursuit of it to be an inalienable right. When I imagine myself in a happy state,… Continue Reading “Choosing Something Other than Happiness”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Changed Perspective, Comfort, Comfortable, Cry, Delight, Delighted, Enjoy, Excited, Faith, Fruit of the Spirit, God, God's Presence, Grief, Happiness, Happy, Holy Spirit, Hope, Jesus, Joy, love, Miserable, Misery, Mourn, My Life Sucks, New Perspective, Out of Control, Peace, Perspective, Pleasurable, Pleasure, Rejoice, Relationships, Sad, Sadness, Suffer, Suffering, The Cross, Uncomfortable, Weep, Weeping
Posted on December 2, 2024
by Jeff Herringshaw
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I have reposted this multiple times over the years before Thanksgiving. This year, I thought I would put it out there again after the holiday to remind us that gratitude is meant to be an everyday lifestyle. *** I am afflicted with a condition… Continue Reading “Choosing Thanksgiving Year-Round”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Appreciation, Attitude, Change my attitude, Daily Habits, Giving Thanks, God is Good, Good Attitude, Goodness of God, grateful, gratitude, New Perspective, Perspective, See things differently, See what I have, Thank God, Thankful Attitude, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Day
Not too long ago I had a conversation with a person who struggles with addiction. He told me how he has a goal of developing more self discipline in his life. But he finds that he always fails in his efforts. He feels that… Continue Reading “Choosing How I See God”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Attitude, Attitude Change, Blind, Blind to God, Change, Change My Mind, Closed Eyes, Despair, Desperate, Desperate for change, Desperation, Discomfort, Do it myself, Eternal Hope, Eyes Wide Open, Frustration, Hope, Humility, Misery, More Information, New Perspective, Open Eyes, Passion of Christ, Rewards of suffering, Seeing God, Stubborn, Stubborness, Suffering, Sufferings of Jesus, Wrestling with Addiction, Wrong view of God
Posted on February 26, 2024
by Jeff Herringshaw
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Perhaps you’ve seen the presentation before. Someone asks you to tell them what you see on the screen. You look, and there is a single black dot in the middle. That is all. The presenter then asks if there is anything more. Once you… Continue Reading “Choosing to See Things in a New Way”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Big Picture, Bigger Picture, Blind, Clarity, Confused, Don't know which way to go, Eternal Perspective, Eyes open, Forward movement, Frame, God's Perspective, God's Ways, Guidance, Guidance from God, Hope, Humility, Long-Term, Moving Forward, New Perspective, New Sight, New Vision, Open Eyes, Perspective, Quick solutions, Reframe, Reframing, Short-term perspective, Solutions, Solve the problem, Stuck, Unstuck, Wise question, Wise voice
Posted on September 19, 2022
by Jeff Herringshaw
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Perhaps you’ve seen the presentation before. Someone asks you to tell them what you see on the screen. You look, and there is a single black dot in the middle. That is all. The presenter then asks if there is anything more. Once you… Continue Reading “Choosing a Different Perspective”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Asking for Help, Blind Eyes Opened, Changed Perspective, God's Perspective, Humility, Jesus Teaching Me, Jesus' Perspective, New Awareness, New Hope, New Perspective, New Revelation, New Way of Seeing, Opened Eyes, Reframing, Reframing a Problem, Revelation, Seeing Differently, Seeing Eyes, Seeing Things Differently, Wisdom
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