<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Tracks for the Journey Network]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tracks for the Journey Network will enhance spiritual, emotional, and relational well-being through Christian spirituality, psychology, and ethics. ]]></description><link>https://www.tracksforthejourney.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 08:56:57 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.tracksforthejourney.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Do This On Monday After Easter!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Celebrating Easter lifts the soul in powerful ways. Millions of believers attend inspiring services, hear uplifting music, pray at sunrise, or enjoy ending their Lenten abstinence from chocolate (or whatever). Easter Monday? Back to the regular world. This year take an intentional step to move Sunday to the world of Monday and beyond. Write a note of appreciation to clergy, musicians, teachers, or media wizards whose work made Lent and Easter worth your time. They love what they do. But...]]></description><link>https://www.tracksforthejourney.com/post/do-this-on-monday-after-easter</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d16e5c535e7bcd269d6a9a</guid><category><![CDATA[SOULPRINTS SPIRITUALITY]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:06:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/134698_83474578c3594b67bd6a48c5a48c50b6~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Larry Payne</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thrive Beyond Stress with a Mantra]]></title><description><![CDATA[How much stress can you take before a meltdown? 	The science of Metallurgy can analyze a substance for stress resistance. In the Tensile test a piece of metal is pulled apart until it begins to deform, providing the Ultimate Tensile Strength. In the Compression test concrete is squeezed until it fractures or deforms. These readings are essential for building safe and functional structures or equipment. Most of us don’t want to drive across a bridge that will collapse under the load! Photo...]]></description><link>https://www.tracksforthejourney.com/post/thrive-with-a-mantra</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69b4298f6f1601b21823aa88</guid><category><![CDATA[PSYCHO-PATHS POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY]]></category><category><![CDATA[SOULPRINTS SPIRITUALITY]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 15:22:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/134698_43064663812e4a8c81e4113c0c9da9b6~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Larry Payne</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[From Grieving to Thriving]]></title><description><![CDATA[How can we navigate the path after the loss of a loved one? I think we must shift the focus away from seeking "closure"—a misleading term—to the active process of adjusting to a new reality. ]]></description><link>https://www.tracksforthejourney.com/post/from-grieving-to-thriving</link><guid isPermaLink="false">698f523a9f4f0b75dffc6724</guid><category><![CDATA[PSYCHO-PATHS POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY]]></category><category><![CDATA[SOULPRINTS SPIRITUALITY]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 16:37:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/134698_3d2258a614e74b25b9885b0f20ee7c2b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Larry Payne</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[God's Emotions Connect with Ours]]></title><description><![CDATA[God is the “empath” who lives every moment with each person, through each valley of shadows and across each mountaintop of joy. ]]></description><link>https://www.tracksforthejourney.com/post/god-s-emotions-connect-with-ours</link><guid isPermaLink="false">696fd0f18067b29f7ce5eadb</guid><category><![CDATA[SOULPRINTS SPIRITUALITY]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 19:06:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/134698_b2315a59cf0541c4884184eb9a77e621~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Larry Payne</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Willpower Fails: The Ancient Art of True Self-Mastery]]></title><description><![CDATA[A key to well-being is found in the ancient skill of self-mastery, a virtue praised by both Stoic philosophers and Biblical figures. ]]></description><link>https://www.tracksforthejourney.com/post/why-willpower-fails-the-ancient-art-of-true-self-mastery</link><guid isPermaLink="false">695c14dd6b2f1f57b287c4bf</guid><category><![CDATA[PSYCHO-PATHS POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 20:40:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/134698_7d421b40c7bd46e0b0aaf406f742eac6~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Larry Payne</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Label Your Way to Well-Being]]></title><description><![CDATA[My house has labels in many places. I have labels on my workbench drawers, while my wife has them on her pantry storage bins. They appear...]]></description><link>https://www.tracksforthejourney.com/post/label-your-way-to-well-being</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68d1bf640bf4ea1c49125b96</guid><category><![CDATA[PSYCHO-PATHS POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2025 21:32:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/134698_2dff56405f254c5a8e083388f7fb6d6f~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Larry Payne</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Paradox of Imperfection]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the book, Golf and the Spirit , the late Harvard psychiatrist Scott Peck, uses the game of golf as a metaphor for life. One chapter is...]]></description><link>https://www.tracksforthejourney.com/post/the-paradox-of-imperfection</link><guid isPermaLink="false">688eb2bd703020ba46e369ec</guid><category><![CDATA[SOULPRINTS SPIRITUALITY]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2025 00:55:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/134698_ad4c967320da4e03b84bce10d35b99ab~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Larry Payne</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[JOYS OF JOURNALING]]></title><description><![CDATA[Modern science has found that journal keeping can do far more for our lives than just being a record of this event or that special occasion. We can enhance our well-being by keeping a journal of our thoughts, feelings and actions.]]></description><link>https://www.tracksforthejourney.com/post/joys-of-journaling</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6856f61d179fee421c300248</guid><category><![CDATA[PSYCHO-PATHS POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2025 18:16:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/134698_cd06cff4c12a469790840f342ed1eb39~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_960,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Larry Payne</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[NEW WORDS FOR THE OLD PRACTICE OF PRAYER]]></title><description><![CDATA[New words arise constantly to meet the needs of communication. For 2023, the Word of the Year was either “authentic” (Merriam-Webster),...]]></description><link>https://www.tracksforthejourney.com/post/new-words-for-the-old-practice-of-prayer</link><guid isPermaLink="false">684c56cb5a220fb24051fdf0</guid><category><![CDATA[SOULPRINTS SPIRITUALITY]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2025 16:55:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/134698_c4621eec39f14f1ca7f418c3f011ff70~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Larry Payne</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[TRAVEL SMART WITH PROVEN TIPS]]></title><description><![CDATA[I count it a privilege to have walked the ground of 18 nations and 40 of the 50 states. Many of these trips have been with Jan. We’ve had...]]></description><link>https://www.tracksforthejourney.com/post/travel-smart-with-proven-tips</link><guid isPermaLink="false">683a1887aa17ed6dd4799168</guid><category><![CDATA[PSYCHO-PATHS POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2025 20:46:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/134698_2396364503c94b4cb7075fa793e9e00c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_853,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Larry Payne</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA["They are Eating Dogs!" Resisting America's Hate Problem]]></title><description><![CDATA[“They’re eating dogs… eating cats… the people that came in are eating pets!” The bizarre declaration by Vance and Trump about legal...]]></description><link>https://www.tracksforthejourney.com/post/they-are-eating-dogs-resisting-america-s-hate-problem</link><guid isPermaLink="false">681a6c3e5ed1e301b222999f</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2025 20:17:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/134698_ab9db99c70fa40538a5f5c894563f19b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Larry Payne</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[LOGBOOK 1- My Leuko Nemesis]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm writing "Larry's Leuko Logbook" to share with you more about my journey dealing with potential oral cancer over the past three years. ]]></description><link>https://www.tracksforthejourney.com/post/logbook-1-my-nemesis</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67f7ea0ec9ecd4484131bfa4</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2025 16:07:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/134698_d31cb2dc82914e4897699d6ac77bae08~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Larry Payne</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[WHAT DO WE SEE? OUR QUANTUM AGE WORLDVIEW]]></title><description><![CDATA[What do we see? Looking at a man having a seizure, the citizen of 1700 CE would judge a demon is at work, whereas the 21st century...]]></description><link>https://www.tracksforthejourney.com/post/what-do-we-see-our-quantum-age-worldview</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67e1cd1dab7115eeb11065dc</guid><category><![CDATA[SOULPRINTS SPIRITUALITY]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2025 21:26:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Larry Payne</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[ASHES OF RENEWAL]]></title><description><![CDATA[I shared this devotional on Ash Wednesday. The Lenten Season continues to Easter. 	The phone call from our son in California startled us....]]></description><link>https://www.tracksforthejourney.com/post/ashes-of-renewal</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67c90767844d86c93bef66e8</guid><category><![CDATA[SOULPRINTS SPIRITUALITY]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2025 02:30:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/134698_926e853815554082b2d6d67bc210d96f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_853,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Larry Payne</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[WISDOM WITHIN FOR CHALLENGES TODAY]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cultivating an awareness of Wisdom within requires careful reflection on our self-understanding, our beliefs, the great traditions of faith,]]></description><link>https://www.tracksforthejourney.com/post/wisdom-within-for-challenges-today</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67b0ecf17206b3c25d076898</guid><category><![CDATA[SOULPRINTS SPIRITUALITY]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 15 Feb 2025 19:46:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/134698_3449d2daaa69404ebdd6c42b313fb3db~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Larry Payne</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old Ideas Don't Fit in a New World]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Don’t put new wine in old wineskins!” Those words of Jesus, a common proverb of his day, offer the simple truth that old ideas don’t...]]></description><link>https://www.tracksforthejourney.com/post/old-ideas-don-t-fit-in-a-new-world</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67abbed920361eba1bb05d19</guid><category><![CDATA[SOULPRINTS SPIRITUALITY]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2025 21:27:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/134698_bac28af2ab6d4bbbb5d8c1c72d40468c~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Larry Payne</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Asking for Help is Okay]]></title><description><![CDATA[Is it hard for you to reach out for help when you have a need? I’ll admit it’s hard for me. When the oven needed cleaning, I removed the...]]></description><link>https://www.tracksforthejourney.com/post/asking-for-help-is-okay</link><guid isPermaLink="false">679e5ac58f4af8f9ed16b888</guid><pubDate>Sat, 01 Feb 2025 17:34:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/134698_b45d0d17b30b432ba8386a2522fd62cf~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_880,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Larry Payne</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[NEW RHYTHMS OF SPIRITUALITY]]></title><description><![CDATA[Intentional effort makes a difference in many areas of life. Teachers demand the intentional effort of study from their students. Coaches...]]></description><link>https://www.tracksforthejourney.com/post/new-rhythms-of-the-spirit</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6792c1537a828687c610a56f</guid><category><![CDATA[SOULPRINTS SPIRITUALITY]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jan 2025 22:28:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/134698_e82d7da1eac941d5a9e35b811ab0a23a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_632,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Larry Payne</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grief for Good, Part 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[I remember the first time I saw a dead person. I awakened to answer the phone and heard the voice of an older woman, a member of my small...]]></description><link>https://www.tracksforthejourney.com/post/grief-for-good-part-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">678ab3e6239f844b8270c379</guid><category><![CDATA[SOULPRINTS SPIRITUALITY]]></category><category><![CDATA[PSYCHO-PATHS POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jan 2025 19:53:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/134698_fb5d1f20820d4f0da3ef36aa80aaa25d~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Larry Payne</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finding A Message in the Mystery?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Messages that influence us come in many ways. A text, a call, a dream, a kiss—any of these could bring a message that changes the course...]]></description><link>https://www.tracksforthejourney.com/post/a-message-in-the-mystery</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6787a9dabde086d2c18cb54f</guid><category><![CDATA[SOULPRINTS SPIRITUALITY]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2025 12:41:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/134698_d6ed3ad3b5744880ad58fd9881e90041~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Larry Payne</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>