Recovering from Spiritual Abuse

While I define religious abuse as physical, sexual and human rights abuses that are justified by religious dogma and religious opportunists, spiritual abuse is abuse of the human spirit.

Discovering Gratitude

As a child I knew very little about gratitude or how to express it. We were not taught the simple expression of "thank you" and the only mention of gratitude was in the meaningless words that were simply lip-service at the many prayer times. I had no real association to a feeling of genuine gratitude for anything in my life. I knew nothing of what it could do for me and its real value. In fact, I did not really understand gratitude until my mid-life breakdown when I discovered it to be the first essential component to rebuilding my life.