Category Archives: mental health

Surgery to Remove Troubling Thoughts

Posted on June 29, 2025 by Steve Simms

I let someone RegularlyDo surgery On me. He removes The anguish From my heart. His name is Jesus.Focusing onA troubling thoughtCan make you distraughtAnd filled with anguish.Casting all your caresOn the risen Christ–Fully trusting HimTo give you His peace–Will make … Continue reading →

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My Brain is My Favorite Thing (I Work Hard to Keep it Free from Trash)

Posted on June 17, 2025 by Steve Simms

As you read my blog posts you are receiving thoughts into your brain. That’s how media works. Whatever you read, hear, or see is received into your brain and piles up in your memory. All of that accumulates in the … Continue reading →

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A Collection from Out of This World

Posted on May 22, 2025 by Steve Simms

I have a wonderful out-of-this-world collection that I treasure and keep safe and secure deep inside of my heart. It’s a collection of inspiring thoughts that have spoken to me in profound, life changing ways. I frequently ponder various ones … Continue reading →

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Things That Don’t Have Heart-Healing Impact Bore Me

Posted on February 22, 2025 by Steve Simms

I want to feel good and to overflow with inner peace, love, and joy. However, daily life often hurts. It tries to break my heart and to make it as hard as stone. My self-focused life seeks to steal and … Continue reading →

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The College of Daily Life

Posted on January 2, 2025 by Steve Simms

Perhaps the greatest higher education comes from closely observing and learning from daily life. Are you passing the classes in the college of daily life? Begin to observe the direct cause and effect between what people think, say, and do … Continue reading →

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Healing From Mental and Emotional Pain

Posted on December 23, 2024 by Steve Simms

Mental and emotional pain by any other name–heartache, sorrow, grief, depression, heartbreak, disappointment, sadness, distress, agony, misery, suffering, or torment–feels the same. As human beings we’ve all said or done things that have caused others pain and we’ve all been … Continue reading →

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Beach or Mountains? I’m Thrilled Wherever I Pitch My Tent

Posted on November 21, 2024 by Steve Simms

In my heart I’ve pitched a tent “outside the camp” of the crowd of confusing and troubling thoughts that constantly try to harass me. There I “inquire of the Lord” and carefully notice the thoughts of conviction, wisdom, and peace … Continue reading →

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Most People Don’t Know That My Freedom from Guilt Comes from Being Forgiven

Posted on October 17, 2024 by Steve Simms

If we would do as we are told by our conscience, the mental torment of guilt and shame wouldn’t be able to destabilize our mental health. If we would consistently obey God’s moral voice within us instead of rebellious inner … Continue reading →

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Making My Mind Mind Me

Posted on July 18, 2024 by Steve Simms

I love challenges. If a game (or if life) is too easy I get bored with it. I love the daily challenge of making my mind mind me. My mind is stubborn and wants to do whatever it wants, even … Continue reading →

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Tormenting Thoughts, Feelings, and Desires Bother Me

Posted on July 14, 2024 by Steve Simms

Tormenting thoughts, feelings, and desires bother me. I have to battle them throughout each day. They try to control me from within. They try to make me obey them. They even try to force me to identify myself by their … Continue reading →

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