Author Archives: Jim Gleason

I was first diagnosed with diabetes seven years ago. Immediately I was sent to a nutrition doctor. The doctor rightly told me about nutritional changes that would help me lower my blood sugar. In my stubbornness, I told her that I could make some small changes to my diet but that I was not willingContinue reading “Self-control”

I am usually thinking ahead. My thoughts take me down the path that I expect to take, a path that I think I control. Somehow I rarely see the unexpected U-Turn or sudden right turn just ahead. Suddenly things seem out of control. Fortunately, they are only out of my control. God is still inContinue reading “Lose Control”

Isn’t it great when you have a coupon to buy something you want at a reduced price? The best coupons are the ones that allow you to receive something free. In these cases, the full price is paid by someone else, while you receive the benefits of the purchase. An exchange takes place, but youContinue reading “Coupons”

Years ago we went to San Francisco for vacation. We visited a certain store and watched them make salt water taffy, one of my wife’s favorite candies. They mixed the ingredients and then stretched the taffy across two arms of a machine. Once the machine started, the arms stretched and pulled the taffy for aContinue reading “Salt Water Taffy”

We’ve all been there. The problems pile up so much that we can’t see the top of the pile. In fact, we are under the pile. It becomes so overwhelming that we have no idea where to start. At the same time we are liable to think that no one cares about our troubles orContinue reading “Cheerful Consolations”