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  • Challenges: How to Harness the Power

    “Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” Joshua J. Marine Do you enjoy a challenge? Did your heart start beating a little bit faster when you read that question? If it..


  • May I Help?

    “… If I can ease one life the aching, Or cool one pain, Or help one fainting robin Unto his nest again, I shall not live in vain.” ~Emily Dickinson I love to be helpful. My desire..


  • Laughter: Sweet Therapy for Stress

    “The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.” e.e. cummings A good sense of humor can be a powerful resource in stressful times and life, as we know, comes with its share of those. Laughter can completely..


  • Do You Ever Take the Last Piece of Pie?

    “You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” Buddha Are you selfish? Does that question make you cringe? Does it make your back go up – who me? I’m not..


  • Are You Competitive?

    “How can someone win if winning means that someone loses?” John Scatman I didn’t know I was competitive until just a few months ago. Being competitive was a characteristic I recognized in other people, but never in..


  • Good News or Bad News: How Do You Judge?

    “What seems to us bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.” Oscar Wilde We can only really judge something as being good or bad in relation to something else. Time gives us perspective we lack while we’re..




  • Do You Procrastinate?

    “How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then to rest afterward.” ~ Spanish Proverb I’ve been meaning to write this article for a long time but I kept putting it off.  If you didn’t laugh just..