by Patricia C. Brooks | Dec 29, 2020 | Embracing Change
Have you ever heard the story about how if you put a live frog in a pot of room temperature on a stove and then turn up the heat gradually under the pot that the frog becomes accustomed to the higher water temperature and doesn’t jump out. Eventually he is cooked...
by Patricia C. Brooks | Feb 8, 2018 | Overcoming Fear
Be careful what you wish for; you just might get it! Well, now I have gotten what I’ve been praying for over the last two years, “Now what?” This is the question that fills my mind as I’m lying in bed, trying to drift off to sleep, anxious because I’ve changed my life...
by Patricia C. Brooks | Jun 18, 2017 | Food for Thought AND Action, Overcoming Fear
“A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.” I often hear these words in the voices of my mother and father, when I’m considering doing something that might upset my current circumstances. It has been a guiding force in my life, meant to protect me, but more and...
