LIVING LIFE WITH CHELS

Work, work, work, work, work, work

What does it mean to work hard? I, like many others, have been ravenously consuming Korean content recently. In watching Korean dramas...

Harboring Unforgiveness

I was recently gifted a Cultivate What Matter's Write the Word journal, Cultivate Joy. Today's verse, Proverbs 17:9, really hit home:...

Let Me Teach You

Lately, I've been frustrated with the state of my life. I look at all the areas of my life and nothing seems to be going how I planned....

Praying for Our Nation

I had planned to talk about this next week, before Inauguration Day, but considering the events that have transpired recently, I felt it...

Dear 2020

Dear 2020, Wow. You were not what any of us expected. You came with such anticipation and excitement. 2020 vision was our motto. Although...

Anxiety & Phobias & Fears, Oh My!

How I learned I am cleithrophobic and what I intend to do about it. Some people are scared of small spaces. I didn’t think I was one of...

Self-reliant

For those of you familiar with Shirley Temple, you may know the line, "I'm very self-reliant. My mother taught me to always be that way."...

Your Will, Not Mine

“I have to figure it out!” “I have to get my life in order.” “What am I supposed to do with my life?!” Thoughts that have haunted me for...

Who to Trust?

Have you ever been let down? You trusted someone. You thought that person would be there for you, show up for you and they just didn’t?...