Author Archives: Jim Gleason

As I go about my days, my experience is sometimes like a roller coaster. Some things will make me happy. Other things will make me unhappy. I can be patient at times and quickly angry at others. Sometimes I am filled with compassion and sometimes I ignore the needs of those around me. I shouldContinue reading “Up and Down”

I have worn hearing aids for two decades now. I don’t mind wearing them, but they don’t always work. Like anything else, they can malfunction or just wear out. For months now I have not been able to hear well, even when I am wearing the hearing aids. It got so bad that I stoppedContinue reading “Hearing Aids”

Today our granddaughter displayed a sudden fear of lawnmowers. The landscaping company was at work today in the complex we live in. When the man on the riding mower came by our home, our granddaughter ran into grandma’s arms and buried her head. To us, this was a sudden fear not previously displayed. We don’tContinue reading “Why Fear?”

Last Saturday we went to our grandson’s baseball game. It was the hottest day of the year thus far. There was no shade, so we sat and baked in the sun. When we got to the car after the game,the car’s thermometer said it was 105 degrees. I couldn’t even get cooled down the restContinue reading “Shade on a Sunny Day”

Despair is the result of lost hope. Proverbs 13:12 says, “Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.” We’ve all been to places where people have lost hope. Perhaps we have even experienced this loss ourselves. The loss of hope can be read on faces reflecting the despair.Continue reading “Lost Hope”