"Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency." -Natalie Goldberg As you aware of how you cope with your work stress? Many studies ...
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I walked a mile with Sorrow, And ne'er a word said she; But, Oh, the things I learned from her When Sorrow walked with me! - Robert Browning Hamilton We may...
There was a time when... My life was so simple. I made the rules as I went along and my worries were few. I have learned many lessons. Some mistakes can be...
Thought to Consider . . . ~~~~~~~~~~ Attitudes are contagious--is yours worth catching? *~*~*~*~*^Just For Today!^*~*~*~*~* ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Appreciation ... "It...
Pride is the mask of one's own faults. -Hebrew Proverb Fear has many disguises. Sometimes it puts on sexy clothes and talks in the voice of lust. Sometimes it...
Parallel Universes "I am not an anxious person" ~ me to a psychiatrist while requesting medication for depression Yes, I really said that and I wasn't...
The world we choose to see costs us our peacefulness. It seems improbable that we'd conjure up scenes of famine and destruction by choice. Yet that's what...
"Listen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery that it is. In the boredom and pain of it no less than in the excitement and gladness: touch, taste,...
When people make changes in their lives in a certain area, they may start by changing the way they talk about that subject, how they act about it, their...
Prayer for the Day In silence comes God's meaning to the heart. I cannot judge when it enters the heart. I can only judge by results. God's word is spoken to...
Mankind has advanced in the footsteps of men and women of unshakable faith. Many of these great ones ... have set stars in the heavens to light others through...
A MAGICAL JOURNEY Have you ever taken a trip that felt magical? Perhaps you went somewhere unfamiliar, to a place where the language, the food and the customs...
That the birds of worry and care fly about your head, This you cannot change. But that they build nests in your hair, This you can prevent. - Chinese Proverb ...
Amends "Learning how to live in the greatest peace, partnership, and brotherhood with all men and women, of whatever description, is a moving and fascinating...
There is no sin punished more implacably by nature than the sin of resistance to change. -Anne Morrow Lindbergh Our rate of change today is exponential; change...
Why do I do what I do? Why did I say what I did? Why did I put off an urgent task? Questions like these, best asked of myself in a quiet time of meditation,...
Self-pity is easily the most destructive of the non-pharmaceutical narcotics: It is addictive, gives momentary pleasure, and separates the victim from reality....
Responsibility ~~~~~~~~~~ "I Am Responsible . . . When anyone, anywhere, reaches out for help, I want the hand of AA always to be there. And for that: I am...
Reflection for the Day When a man has reached a condition in which he believes that a thing must happen when he does not wish it, and that what he wishes to ...
Rationalization "We 'constructively criticized' someone who needed it, when our real motive was to win a useless argument. We were depressed and complained we...
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IT'S O.K. TO BE ME. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ time after time newcomers have tried to keep to themselves certain facts about their lives~they have turned to easier...
Helping Hands GOD’S WORD: “A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.” – Proverbs 17:17 While our faith journeys have often been...
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Imagined problems Are you fighting against obstacles that don't even exist? Often, the imagined problems can hold you back more firmly than the real problems. ...
To oppose something is to maintain it. (Ursula K. LeGuin) Most of our struggles are with other persons or perhaps situations we want to change. We discover...
Today I will let go of my need to control. Life in my chaotic family was like living in a stagecoach pulled by a team of wild horses. I felt that if i didn't...
A few years ago a group of salesmen went to a regional sales convention in Chicago. They had assured their wives that they would be home in plenty of time for...
The eagle was hurt, crying out in pain and anguish because someone had invaded his sky and attacked him. Now hurt and bleeding, he wanted his revenge. How...
