Let’s get one point clear right at the outset. We all have a few skeletons in our closets. So, the fact that you have overcome your addiction and have more than a few secrets from your past life that you’d much rather keep from derailing your progress in recovery isn’t completely unexpected. In fact, it’s [...]
"Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence." – Vince Lombardi, American football coach, best-known as the head coach of the Green Bay Packers during the 1960s (1913-1970) Confidence is a trait that is to be admired. Everyone wants to possess confidence, to be full of enthusiasm and feel ready to tackle whatever lies before [...]
"A rejection is nothing more than a necessary step in the pursuit of success." – Bo Bennett, author of Year to Success Let’s face it. Rejection is tough for any of us to handle. It doesn’t matter much if it’s the first time we encounter rejection or the hundredth. When it happens to us, we [...]
"It may be that those who do most, dream most." – Stephen Leacock, English-born Canadian writer, humorist, political scientist and teacher (1869-1944) Are we stuck at a certain plateau in our recovery? Does it seem as if we’re treading water, not so much sinking but not making any headway, either? Could it be that we [...]
"Each of us makes his own weather, determines the color of the skies in the emotional universe which he inhabits." – Fulton J. Sheen, American archbishop of the Catholic Church, best-known for his preaching on radio and TV, especially the long-running TV series, Life Is Worth Living (1895-1979) Can we just will ourselves into recovery? [...]
"Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow." – Helen Keller, American author, political activist, and lecturer, the first deaf blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree, went on to inspire millions, depicted in The Miracle Worke (1880-1968) Feel the warmth of sunshine on our faces. Even with our [...]
"It isn’t what you have, or who you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about." – Dale Carnegie, American writer, lecturer, and developer of courses in self-improvement, public speaking, salesmanship and interpersonal skills, author of How To Win Friends and Influence People (1888-1955) Chances [...]
"The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheaply, we esteem too lightly; ’tis dearness only that gives everything its value." – Thomas Paine, American intellectual, scholar, author, pamphleteer, radical, inventor and revolutionary, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, author of Common Sense, The Crisis, The [...]
"Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." – Edgar Allan Poe, American author, poet, editor and literary critic, best-known as the author of the classic poem The Raven (1809-1849) How important should we consider dreams in our everyday life, particularly those of us who [...]
"Find a place inside where there’s joy and the joy will burn out the pain." – Joseph Campbell, American mythologist, writer and lecturer, best-known as the author of The Hero With a Thousand Faces (1904-1987) Some of us may be unfamiliar with Joseph Campbell, the man who wrote The Hero With a Thousand Faces. But [...]
A study of drug abusers found that they have trouble recognizing emotions by reading facial expressions. Maria Jose Fernandez Serrano of the University of Granada tested 123 people who were abusing more than one of these drugs: methamphetamine, heroin, marijuana, Ecstasy, alcohol, and cocaine, and compared their results to those of 67 non-users. The [...]
Everyone says these days, “Be glad you have a job.” But that doesn’t help the person who is downright miserable. Maybe you have an abusive boss or you feel like your spirit is dying in a job you hate. The thing to do is make a plan. Start thinking about what job you would like [...]
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