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“Until I am dead, I am alive.” is a statement in a book by one of my favorite characters. He goes on to say, “Life is a riddle… It is filled with clues along the way, with messages we struggle to understand.” Aren’t those powerful concepts? So many people are walking around consumed by the negative and […]

Where does your validation of your worth come from? Does it have to come from outside of yourself and if so, who is the other person (people) that validates you? And, most important, what is it you have to do to earn and keep that validation? Perhaps the question should be – do you need outside

Do you not need an enemy because you are your own worst enemy? Do you do more to undermine yourself than anyone could ever consider doing to you? Do you shoot yourself in your foot by what you say/do or don’t say/do? Do you know what it is that you are doing to yourself and

We all make life changing decisions, maybe not every day but quite often. I wonder if we think (ahead) to the consequences/ramifications that emanate from the decisions we make? Actually I wonder if we recognize the decision to be life changing? The answer is ‘probably no’ to both questions. Some examples of what I am calling life changing decisions

Do you ever have a pity party? Everything good happens to everyone else and you’re, at least in your mind, lefts with the dregs? You have untold burdens to bear but everyone else seems to have things handed them on a golden platter?  Most pity parties range the gamut from really maudlin to only slightly distracted.

How do you react, respond to a point of view different from your own? For that matter, do you even let them finish their sentence before interrupting? Do you feel you have to ‘defend’ your view? Or perhaps you tolerantly let them talk but dismiss their thinking out of hand? (This often happens to young people

We all have times in our lives when we need an attitude adjustment. The subject of the adjustment, hopefully, varies – the need rarely does. I suspect it would be so much simpler and less painful if we could only identify, early on, when an adjustment is necessary rather than discovering in the midst of the need. This has nothing

Now. Today is the only day you have. I know that the phrase, ‘today is the first day of the rest of your life’ is quoted often. But… have you thought that today, right now may be your only day? Consider, for a moment, what you would want your final day to look like – and

What defines your ‘good life’? What do you need/want in order to enjoy the good life? Do you have all you need now? What’s missing? Is it only material things that are missing or are there some more esoteric ‘items’. Actually the place to start is with a definition. YOU have to be able to

Legitimate question. We all typically are asking for ‘more’ to accomplish whatever the task/goal that we are pursuing, but what are we doing now with what we have? Marking time? Working toward the accomplishment? Waiting? We obviously have some of the resources/supplies we need or we never would have gotten started, so what are we doing…now?