"The Spiritual Strengths Profile enabled me to understand how my illness interacts with the whole of my life. I know God’s mercy and healing power is at work in the Spiritual Strengths Profile."
“The SSP has opened up for me a new avenue and a valuable instrument to aid me in my search for meaning in my life. I feel it will be a wonderful tool to help me when I get into a “down” state, to life myself and get back to the middle way of my virtues.”
“By learning what my strengths, shadows and compulsion are, I feel I have a head start on dealing with my illness and brokenness. I know where my vulnerabilities are and how to get into my strengths.”
When I smile, I can make better choices. Choices are everywhere in my world — developing strategies, selecting goals and objectives, uncovering options, and constructing plans are all part of the personality function of making decisions. Smiling gives me a quiet internal realization that the common everyday choices I make actually determine the kind of world I live in. Smiling alerts me that I need...
When I smile, I start to feel better connected to God and to others. Smiling triggers deeper connections between and among others and me, and fosters a more penetrating connection with God. Connection with others is a requirement of my being; it’s as necessary as the very air that I breathe. Connection with God is my true heart’s desire. Smiling affords me the experience of...
When I smile, I can think clearer. I seek deeper and deeper meaning in life and smiling helps my thinking “make better meaning” from life. Smiling reminds me to “connect the dots” of any situation, relationship, goal, interaction pattern, or enterprise of my life in such a way that aligns my personality with truth. Smiling allows me to see every part of my life through...
When I smile, I can better focus on the “main thing.” Smiling reminds me to keep the “main thing” the “main thing.” Smiling sharpens my vision so I don’t lose sight of what my life is all about. Smiling helps me align the “right now” of my life with the “main event” of my life ─ God’s steady pulse of life in me. Smiling reminds...
