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Getting a Little Help From Others

"Anytime you see a turtle on top of a fence post, you know he had some help." – Alex Haley, African-American writer, best-known as the author of Roots (1921-1992) If anyone among us thinks that recovery is easy, let him or her spread the word about just how easy it really is. The truth is, [...]

Gotta Enjoy the Little Things

Funny enough, it was the movie Zombieland that reminded me of this principle for a happy life. In Zombieland, finding that rare Twinkie is an example of one of the little things. (The movie is hilarious, by the way.)

Humility

I remember hearing someone in a meeting say, “I’m the humblest person I know.” I don’t know if they were trying to be ironic, but they seemed dead serious. It had to be one of the funniest statements I’ve ever heard in a meeting. Sometimes people associate humility with humiliation. They are so utterly different [...]