Is it time for you to begin your life?  Have you been living this life or “waiting” to begin living until some future event?  Maybe the event is, “when the kids move out,”  or “when I retire.”  However, we all know deep inside that these “events” are not ones for which we should wait. When […]

Life can be easy.  Yes, this seems like a simplification, but no one said life needs to be difficult.  Yes, there are difficult periods in everyone’s life.  We are not belittling that fact.  However, many people believe that life needs to be difficult. So much so, that when it seems to be “too easy” they […]

As you are preparing for this day, you might think about all of the upcoming things that you need to do.  You might have work today, or school, or maybe you are retired or have the day off.  The question that you need to ask yourself, is what do you have to look forward to […]

We have talked about happiness many times before.  We have stressed how happiness is a choice.  Everyone can find happiness, no matter their current situation, if they so choose.  We understand that finding happiness at all times can be challenging, however.  We also understand that there are times when being happy, may not be what […]

It’s a Monday morning, and the alarm clock is sounding.  You try to remember for a moment why the alarm is going off, when you realize the weekend is over. ” It’s Monday morning,” you think to yourself.  “It’s time to do it all over again.” You reluctantly turn off the noise, and attempt to […]

What makes you happy?  Do you know what makes you happy?  For example, right now, can you change your emotional state if necessary to make yourself happy?  Is there anything that others can do that makes you happy or sad?  If so, why do the behaviors of others have an impact on your current emotional […]

“Close your eyes, no peeking”  proclaims the mom.  The children do as she says, by placing their hands over their eyes.  The youngest child, opens a slight crack between two of his fingers to let light into his right eye.  As the children excitedly wait, the mom “unveils”  a plate full of warm chocolate chip […]

Go ahead and laugh – at yourself.  When you have enough self-confidence that you can laugh at something you have done, you know you have tamed your ego.  Finding humor in events or actions that you have performed in light of the frustration with the fact that things did not go the way that you […]

What in your life are you making difficult?  What is currently your biggest so-called “problem?”  Think for a bit, on if there was anything right now that you could resolve in your life – permanently, what would it be? For many, there may be health issues that they would choose to “disappear” and never to […]