Given April is almost half way through, I thought I’d better get my act together to review March.  It was a time of disciplined eating as I did the Whole30 diet the beginning of concert season…two.  :).  We entered in spring and remembered the sacrifice Jesus made for us.

Photo Review:

Tenth Avenue North concert:

Spring… Reptile Zoo…. Fall Out Boy… Spring outside… Quotes to Chew On:

Beyond that [caring], it involves virtues like generosity and the deliberate cultivation of empathy, without which it is impossible even to conceive of how to love my neighbor as myself.”                                                                                     – Iain Provan

“True and sound wisdom consists of two parts: the knowledge of God and ourselves.”   — Calvin, Institutes

The following three quotes are from Creatures of the Day: And Other Tales of Psychotherapy by Irvin Yalom

“…anticipating endings may encourage us to grasp the present with greater vitality.” (p.29)

“I know my existence is drawing to a close, but the end has been there since the beginning.  What is different now is that I treasure the pleasures of sheer awareness.” (p. 48)

“Embarrassment is never a solitary event.  It always requires at least one other person — in this case, me.  I think it emanates from your expectation of how I’d receive your disclosure and how I’d feel about you.” (p. 67)

Songs on Repeat Mode:

Beautiful Addiction by Nate Feuerstein

Castle — Halsey

Alone Together — Fall Out Together

On My Nightstand

Deepening the Treatment by Jane S. Hall

Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion

Emotionally Healthy Spirituality by Peter Scazzero

The Meaning of Marriage Timothy Keller with Kathy Keller

The Seven Principles for Making Marriages Work by John Gottman with Nan Silver

May you have a blessed month!