Category Archives: mental health note

Mission: Cultivation!

Posted on January 9, 2024 by Steve Simms

My mission is to cultivate my mind and my heart so that they flourish with hope and become a light for others. I strive daily to cultivate my thoughts, desires, and emotions so that they grow into a beacon of … Continue reading →

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Wild animals within

Posted on December 6, 2023 by Steve Simms

I see wild animals inside my own heart. They are untamed desires, feelings, and thoughts that tormentingly roar within me, badger me, try to deceive me, and call me to self-destruction. Those wild things can quickly be harmful to me … Continue reading →

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Extinguish Your Scorching Sadness!

Posted on December 1, 2023 by Steve Simms

The Joy of RelinquishmentVoluntarilyHand over your willTo Jesus.Step aside.ContinuallySurrender yourselfSo that JesusCan freelyLive insideAnd make you wholeBy taking controlOf your soul.Lay downYour personal desiresAnd let GodEmpower youBy His SpiritTo be and to doWhat He inspires.To relinquish yourselfTo the unseen workingOf … Continue reading →

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Giving up the harmful word

Posted on September 8, 2023 by Steve Simms

I’ve spent my life giving up harmful, tormenting, and unkind words — the bossy kind of words that regularly barge uninvited into the psyche and try to bully and destroy our inner peace. From my earliest memories those intrusive words … Continue reading →

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A hope destroying mindset or mental health?

Posted on February 20, 2023 by Steve Simms

A hope destroying mindset isn’t good for your mental health. When guilt is denied or hidden, it leads to inner torment; when sorrowfully and openly admitted, to inner peace and mental health. Step out of the entangling net of regret. … Continue reading →

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Great minds think! Try it. Put your brain to use

Posted on January 7, 2023 by Steve Simms

A person’s brain can be healthy, yet their mind be troubled by tormenting thoughts. Brian health doesn’t guarantee mental health. An unmanaged mind trends toward chaos. Inner peace requires mental and emotional discipline. An aimless mind wanders like a stray … Continue reading →

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Build better brain boundaries.

Posted on January 4, 2023 by Steve Simms

Brain boundaries are standards for what is allowed in your stream of consciousness. Wise brain boundaries improve mental health. If you don’t maintain uplifting brain boundaries, you’ll be harassed by downward spiraling thoughts. A brain without boundaries, like a boat … Continue reading →

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Distractions are subtractions that take away your sense of purpose.

Posted on October 28, 2022 by Steve Simms

If you never click the delete icon in your mind, you’ll live distracted all the time. Distraction isn’t a disorder. It’s the lack of rigorous self-control. Look not at what isn’t good to see. Click not where going isn’t good … Continue reading →

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The measure of a miracle

Posted on June 19, 2022 by Steve Simms

How you seeMay not beThe way things are.Optical illusionsLead toIncorrect conclusions. The idea of miracles is controversial. Some people say that miracles can’t happen–that there’s nothing outside of nature that can act on nature–nothing supernatural. They insist that everything has … Continue reading →

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Insanity around me & incongruity within me

Posted on May 31, 2022 by Steve Simms

It’s easy to blame and be disgruntled with the insanity around me. It’s difficult not to constantly deny my discontent with the incongruity within me. We need to continually live in the community of Christ (not just “attend” it on … Continue reading →

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