Perfection protects Nothing penetrates Brokenness opens Light enters Ears listen Eyes perceive Minds change Emotions rouse Action surges Life blossoms © Dr. Doug Welpton
Relationship Advice
Self-Care or Selfish?
When you help only yourself you’re selfish, When you help others at your expense you become resentful, Good self-care is not selfish, You can’t care for others if you don’t care for yourself, First put on your oxygen mask so you don’t become a casualty, Now help your...
Get Over Yourself
I had to learn Not to take everything Personally I imagined whatever happened Was because of Me Years of experience Taught me Very few happenings Were about me I didn’t cause them I couldn’t control them I wasn’t in charge With time and experience I gradually learned...
Shame on Me
You can’t Shame me Without my consent ©Dr. Doug Welpton
The Other Cheek
I turn my other cheek To show you I am your equal. Even though you strike me My self-respect Does not lessen. ©Dr. Doug Welpton
Worrying
How to stop worrying.
A True Leader
Accessible Open minded Listens Makes decisions Explains what and why Honest Acts Blames no one Unites people Takes responsibility Apologizes for mistakes Learns lessons Credits advisers & God...
What Others Think of You
If what you think of me, Means more Than what I think of me, Who’s in charge of My life? © Dr. Doug Welpton
Photini, the Woman at the Well
Alone you carry your water jar to Jacob’s well No neighbor comes at noon in desert heat What deters you from joining other women? Fetching water you meet a dusty thirsty rabbi Parched with no vessel he says “Give me a drink,” You question how a rabbi could ask you for...
The Beach
You walk the beach
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Audios
CD1: Financial Infidelity & Money
CD2: Is my Partner the Right Person for Me?
CD3: To Stay or Not to Stay: Considerations before Divorcing
CD4: Stop Arguing for the Sake of Your Relationship