by Chris Maxwell | Feb 17, 2016 | Blog
(poetic confession written after counseling a friend many years ago) groping still for coping skills that permanently alter pain. too often the ticks only complicate the tension plunging me into a maze of hostile design and hidden doubt; nailing me to...
by Chris Maxwell | Feb 15, 2016 | Blog
cheap shots from the gallery wear us down over time. at first, we are prepared, and the initial attacks meet the resistance of zeal and determination. the questions come and we listen and we learn, or we laugh. but, like a boxer tiring from repeated body blows,...
by Chris Maxwell | Feb 10, 2016 | Blog, Book Excerpts
-Today’s blog is from the book Pause: The Secret to a Better Life, One Word at a Time. Pick up your copy on Amazon or HERE. Take time to glance out the windows. Remember the past. Forgive and be forgiven. Notice the pain and be healed. Smile. Discern the...
by Chris Maxwell | Feb 7, 2016 | Blog, Book Excerpts
-Today’s blog is from the book Pause: The Secret to a Better Life, One Word at a Time. Pick up your copy on Amazon or HERE. We are people who wait and wait and wait. For the money, for the answer, for the invitation, for the assurance. We wait for the call; we...
by Chris Maxwell | Feb 5, 2016 | Blog, Book Excerpts
-Today’s blog is from the book Pause: The Secret to a Better Life, One Word at a Time. Pick up your copy on Amazon or HERE. As circumstances of life shift from pleasure to pain, we long for assistance. We want certainty from a source we can trust. We suffer...