So, you are at the grocery store and share a laugh with your cashier. You are walking through the mall and a stranger greets you with a gentle nod and silently wishes you a great day. Can these everyday moments be called love?

We tend to throw the term anxiety around and many people use that word to refer to many different body based experiences (such as sweaty hands, hearts racing, clenching muscles, tension in the jaw and upset stomach) and brain based experiences (such as excessive worrying, difficultly concentrating on thoughts of my choice, hard time sleeping or relaxing, and needing to stay overly busy to keep the brain distracted, to name a few).

Anxiety works differently in each of us, yet is a universal experience.

We all have fears and occasional bad dreams. We can avoid thinking about them or avoid things that remind us of what we fear. We can distract ourselves and pretend like we are “just fine.”  How do you cope with fears? What do you do that helps when you have a bad dream?

Parenting is the most rewarding and stressful job there is. For those of you with children you know exactly what I am talking about. Dealing with tantrums and disrespect is never fun, and it puts your true parenting skills to the test.

Every man is different.  From the way they dress, to how they act, and especially in their wants and needs.  Even though there are countless differences of each man, Kay Arthur states that men and women possess two great fears:

Isn’t that a wonderfully difficult question to define! What is love. What a question! We as humans are drawn to love. We are drawn to want it, to share it, to see it, to experience love. You see this in our advertising, our movies, our media, and our conversations. We are drawn to love and be loved!

How do you define what is and what is not love?