I will never forget as a child experiencing an earthquake tremor. It is the strangest sensation to have the very floor you are standing upon shift from side to side. When I was older I taught in an elementary school in an area of the country close to a fault line. Our school held earthquake drills. […]
Author: juliannejackson
I am a therapist at Family Counseling Services, a division of Lifelines Counseling Services in Mobile, Alabama.
Yes…Be BIGGER than the Bear…
We all have fears… those bricks in the stomach, knots in the neck, concrete in the shoes fears. The unknown is not part of our comfort zone. Mystery brings us to the brink of fear and that one step forward…no matter how small…ushers us into growth. But…how do we take that one step forward? Black […]
Apples and Grandmothers…Fish and Albert Einstein…
Shopping in the produce department of the grocery store recently, made me recall this quote… “Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing it is stupid.” (Albert Einstein) Now I know there are no fish in the produce department, […]
Trash Talk Wisdom…
Recently one early evening I was running errands with my daughter. As I dropped her off at a store, I noticed a man going through the trash, looking for food. I got out of my car and gave him what money I had. “God bless you”, I said. He looked up…and with eyes that spoke […]
A Tiny Tree Speaks…
There is a tiny tree that has sprouted atop the concrete pillar of our Lifelines sign. I’ve been told it’s been there for quite some time. At first I thought…someone needs to pull that out; it doesn’t belong there. And yet that tiny tree began to grow on me…no pun intended. Each morning I pulled […]
