What A Way To Go
Thinking (Photo credit: Moyan_Brenn) If you watch much TV or look at too many popular magazines, you might be led to thinking that you are all washed up when you reach 49. Beauty is in the eye of...
View ArticleThe Competition To Be Worthy Or Unworthy
A “whimsy” from a nautical-themed wooden jigsaw puzzle. Puzzle by The Wentworth Wooden Jigsaw Company Limited (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Do you want to be the most important person in the world or do...
View ArticleLetting Others Control You
What other people think of you is important to you. How you “make” other people feel can determine what you will do and say in different situations. Yes, you should own what you actually do to others...
View ArticleIt Is All About Me
Is it all about me or is it all about you either can reflect a biased perspective. From caring too much what other people think to not caring about other people at all unless you need and/or are...
View ArticleIt’s All About You
Thinking (Photo credit: Moyan_Brenn) I was raised to think that my first thought should be, “What will other people think?” when I did something. I grew up thinking that “other people” were more...
View ArticleKnowing Your Parents
Wes Jackson and Jane Fonda (Photo by Joan Halifax) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Prime Time (Photo credit: raulmahon) Doing a personal autobiography could help you with this. I knew that knowing your...
View ArticleDoing Things For Others
Doing things for others can backfire. If they didn’t do it for themselves and it doesn’t work, they can blame you. You can be a built-in scapegoat. You can start to be taken for granted. Doing...
View ArticleReading Other People’s Minds
English: A simple pizza slicer. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Reading minds is it an acquired skill? Don’t get started reading other people’s minds for them; because then they always expect you to do it....
View ArticleRead My Lips!
Read my lips, “Hello, out there. I don’t exist just for other peoples’ convenience.” I made a crack to some friends in the same situation the other day about how I started my indentured servitude in...
View ArticlePeople Who Believe Their Own Lies
Truth lies (Photo credit: Wikipedia) People who believe their own lies. Once I didn’t think it was possible, but now I do. I have met too many of those type of people. The next biggest problem is...
View ArticleRules To Become A Better Person
English: Graphic on forgiveness (Photo credit: Wikipedia) What rules do I have for being a better person? I answered this question in a post of another website. Some are easily remembered and others...
View ArticlePeople With Equal Problems Attract
Getting Back Together With Your ExI have always said that people with equal problems attract and I admit that was true in my case in a past marriage. I know you have (like I have) heard recently...
View ArticleMaking Your Way Out Of The Swamp Of Denial
Making your way out of the swamp of denial or helping someone make his or her way out of the swamp of denial may have many causalities, yourself included. Too many people do not want to pay the...
View ArticleLove-Hate Relationships
Hate to Love You (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Almost any relationship can be a love-hate relationship. The more time you spend being judgmental, the less time you have to be accepting. It is a shame...
View ArticleFirst You must Be Able To Forgive Yourself Before You Can Forgive Someone Else
God Wants Me To Forgive Them!?! DVD Cover (Photo credit: Wikipedia) You must be able to forgive yourself before you can forgive someone else. How can you conceive of the need to forgive somebody...
View ArticleFind Yourself, Not Someone Else
Find yourself; not someone else. It may be admirable to have a child or even children who are like you and follow in your footsteps; but he or she or they may not be comfortable in your shoes. In...
View ArticleA Valentine To My Sister
Valentine’s day countdown (Photo credit: Julie K in Taiwan) A Valentine to my sister. You know who you are. You were made, not born. I thought I had no sisters, only brothers and I envied those who...
View ArticleThe Most Dangerous Words: I Love You.
Three simple words, “I love you,” but very dangerous. Can a boyfriend say this to a girlfriend or vice versa? What if he or she doesn’t say it back? Jesus said, “Love your enemies.” This can be...
View ArticleFight With A Friend Or A Loved One?
Have a fight with a friend or a loved one? Do you know that you can be attracted to someone who has as many problems as you do? Often there is no such thing as a perfect couple or a marriage made...
View ArticleHelp Yourself To The Smorgasbord of Life
It is time to help yourself to the smorgasbord of life. There now is so much information out there that you can use to help yourself have a better life. Self-Help books have multplied geometrically....
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