We all love children. Their wide eyed innocence touches us and we find their prattle cute and appealing. Their need for care instantly evokes a parental instinct within us and we rush to protect them. This article is not about children though it may as well be for the two are very similar in their [...]
What gives a man or woman the right to lead? It certainly isn’t gained by election or appointment. Having position, title, rank, or degrees doesn’t qualify anyone to lead other people. And the ability doesn’t come automatically from age or experience, either. No, it would be accurate to say that no one can be given [...]
“When I got home that night as my wife served dinner, I held her hand and said, I’ve got something to tell you. She sat down and ate quietly. Again I observed the hurt in her eyes. Suddenly I didn’t know how to open my mouth. But I had to let her know what I [...]
In school we were taught to mind our p’s and q’s. We were taught that Please and Thank you were magic keys with which you could open all doors. As adults we forgot all of that. Think about it. When is the last time you thanked someone? Sure, you thank people when they do a [...]
Malcolm Gladwell says “If you work hard enough, if you assert yourself enough, if you use your mind and imagination, you can shape the world according to your desires.” Do you want to shape your world according to your desires? What does it really take to do that? The most important thing here is to [...]
We live in a petrified world. I am not talking about fearing physical, financial, or social harm. I am talking about fearing emotional harm, about fearing abuse of our trust and our faith. We are too scared to make ourselves vulnerable to others; too scared to risk letting them know what we really stand for [...]
“Let go…” These are two very powerful words we seldom understand. Instrinsically most of us are very greedy… we like to get as much as we can and keep it all. We are hesitant to share it and like to keep it as close to our chest as we can. Hoard as much as we [...]
A friend of mine came up to me one day and said that just as much as he loved ‘make the most of life’ he thought the site had so much fluff. He felt the site was lop sided and did not focus or talk about the realities of life. After all, life is not [...]
It is inevitable. We are sentient beings. Someone, somewhere, sometime, is going to hurt us knowingly or unknowingly. More often than not, it is our own that cut through us with razor sharp efficiency. How do we deal with the hurt and pain that this causes? Do we fight? Do we retreat in a shell? [...]
A short video suggesting tips on how to keep good friendships. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcNtjmRY5io