Fighting for Happiness in the Midst of Pain

Fighting for Happiness in the Midst of Pain

Tiffanie Butts

I’ve heard it said that happiness is based on what is happening around you. It is an emotion just like sadness, angry, and stress. Happiness can be fleeting if we let it, if we don't take control and fight for it.

Generally, I’m naturally an optimistic person. I see most situations as glass half full, but I’ve also had my fair share of sadness. Over the last 10 years I’ve battled depression for years at a time, both before I was a Christian and after I accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior. My most recent episode happened about year ago and was my most severe to date. It was in the middle of what seemed like incessant darkness that I decided to make a declaration of how I would

Facing My Greatest Fear: Vulnerability

Facing My Greatest Fear: Vulnerability

Tiffanie Butts

Most recently, my greatest fear was sharing my blog. Why? Because it requires a certain level of vulnerability, and that scares me to my core. I’ve never been the type of person who talks about their feelings to anyone. I tend to keep things in, partly out fear of judgment and partly because I didn’t believe any else one cared to hear about my problems, fears, and insecurities.

So why go through with it? Let me explain...

Why We Accept Less Than We Deserve

Why We Accept Less Than We Deserve

Tiffanie Butts

I absolutely love that quote because it so accurately depicts our nature as people. In The Perks of Being a Wallflower the characters are speaking in the context of romantic love, but if I remove the word love the concept still holds true. “We accept what we think deserve.” More specifically, we accept what is familiar, normal, or safe.

When you think about it, we not only accept the love we think we deserve, we accept the life style, friends, significant other, job, and respect (or lack of), but why? 

Why I’m Grateful to be Single

Why I’m Grateful to be Single

Tiffanie Butts
Relationships

I don’t know about you but it seems like everyone around me is getting married. That's probably an exaggeration, but it definitely feels that way. With every scroll through my Facebook feed and invitation in the mail, I can’t help but wonder when it will be my turn.

Here’s a little background information on my love life. Prior to becoming a Christian, I was the girl who always had a boyfriend. Looking back, it’s not something I’m proud of, but it’s the truth. I liked having someone around to fill the void of loneliness.