How to do Hard Things

(Sun Aug 6th, 2006, by Suzanne Falter-Barns)

One of the harsh little realities of pursuing a dream is that sooner or later, you're going to have to do some stuff you don't like very much. It's just plain inevitable. Enter procrastination. Dread. Meltdown. Complete inertia. But the prospect of d...

If It Looks Like A Duck And It Quacks Like A Duck.........

(Sun Aug 6th, 2006, by Richard Vegas)

Ok, gang; it's time to get our mental vision checked. Not your physical vision, that's not what I'm talking about. Mental vision, just like physical vision, can become cloudy. And then would you like to know what happens? Don't miss this. You end up...

Don't take things so seriously!

(Sun Aug 6th, 2006, by Edward B. Toupin)

Life is sometimes just what it is. Sometimes you can control a situation and other times you cannot. However, we sometimes become so caught up in the direction and desire that we lose concept of the current location and the ultimate destination. Don'...

Goal-A-Phobic

(Sat Aug 5th, 2006, by Hershey Wier)

Journaling time today was a bit out of the ordinary. I knew something was up when I felt an urge to use write in my journal using bold red ink. I honestly had no idea why I felt an inclination to use red. I never use red. My journal is filled mostly ...

Making decions.

(Sat Aug 5th, 2006, by Fatimah Musa)

You lost your job. Your partner left you. Your car was re-possessed. You find your life barren like the desert. Your self-esteem plunged. You don’t think you are good enough for anything. You will never find another job because you lack the educatio...

The Power Within Is Yours!

(Sat Aug 5th, 2006, by Roy Cook)

How many times have you said "If Only I could Do That" I used to say that to myself very often, till I realized that I can do Anything I want, if I want it enough! Lately, I don't really set goals, I just think them, and work toward accomplishing the...

Innovating Your Way to Success

(Sat Aug 5th, 2006, by Julie Jordan Scott)

The calendar is chock full of fun facts like this: "The first successful parachute jump from a MOVING airplane was made by Captain Berry at St. Louis, Missouri in 1912." Naturally my mind immediately jumped in wonder to the first successful parachute...

Live On Fire!

(Sat Aug 5th, 2006, by Nancy Bishop)

Words seem inadequate to describe the beauty and abundance that surrounds us during the month of October in New England. Its as if Mother Nature has taken her paintbrush and with broad strokes has set the landscape ablaze in color. There are only a f...

Don't Accept Things the Way They Are- Instead Take Action

(Sat Aug 5th, 2006, by Caterina Rando)

Joan Didion, an American writer, novelist said The willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life is the source from which self-respect springs. Often we accept the consensus opinion of the majority as truth. We accept what others say or do ...

Take Action and Make a Better World

(Sat Aug 5th, 2006, by Nisandeh Neta)

Albert Einstein is quoted as having said, "the world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it". These days, everybody is aware of the social, environmental, emotion...