Becoming Stronger through Transition
Janell Rardon | JanellRardon.com Shallow water isn’t supposed to feel deep. But sometimes the deepest lessons in our lives come from seemingly shallow experiences. The year was 1983. I was…
Life…Unhurried
I have a twenty-first-century condition experts are now calling hurry sickness. Yes, hurry sickness is a real behavior pattern. The term was coined by cardiologists Meyer Friedman and Ray Rosenman in their book, Type A Behavior and Your Heart.
Who Are Your Bridges?
by Janell Rardon in Leading Hearts magazine Tucked at the end of the book of Proverbs is the profile of a remarkable, heartlifting woman. Known through the centuries as the…
Do the One Thing that Changes Everything: Have You Given up the Words that Hurt You?
by Janell Rardon @janellrardon in Leading Hearts Magazine
OPEN THE PAGES OF ANY GREAT NOVEL AND ESCAPE INTO A WORLD FILLED WITH ENDLESS HEARTBREAK AND WORDS THAT HURT US.
Whether traveling up the Congo River with Charles Marlow (Heart of Darkness), imprisoned in the redroom with Jane Eyre, meeting Victor Frankenstein in the icy Arctic (Frankenstein), or fleeing from a royal ball before the clock strikes midnight (Cinderella), novelists give words to our deepest fears, our deepest longings, and our deepest desires.
Somehow, the power of story transcends time, culture and history and wields an immense, uncanny power and ability, unlike any other medium, to grab our hearts; giving voice to the voiceless, life to the lifeless, and hope to the hopeless.
But no story offers entrance into the world of relationships like the greatest story ever told, the Bible — full of romance, conflict, betrayal and the ultimate triumph of good over evil. For centuries, these true stories reveal the power of real love working out in the lives of real people.
People just like me and you.