The Problem with Self-Help Trends “Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.” ― Aristotle I wrote an article on a while back about advice and why all…
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Or Is Life Controlling You? There are only a few who control themselves and their affairs by a guiding purpose; the rest do not proceed;…
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“Never get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life.” – Dolly Parton At the beginning of my career, I worked…
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“If it comes, let it come. If it goes, it’s ok, let it go. Let things come and go. Stay calm, don’t let anything disturb…
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“Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” ― Mark Twain This is going to be a bit of a…
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The Need to Justify Our Choices “Some things in life are too complicated to explain in any language.” ― Haruki Murakami About a year ago, I…
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And Yours Don’t Need Mine “I can elect something I love and absorb myself in it.” ― Anaïs Nin The world is full of people. A…
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And What I’ve Learned from the Pain “We all make mistakes, have struggles, and even regret things in our past. But you are not your mistakes,…
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The Selling Of Our Hours For Comfort “There are thousands and thousands of people living lives of quiet, screaming desperation, working long hard hours at jobs…
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Are They Really True? “A self is not something static, tied up in a pretty parcel and handed to the child, finished and complete. A self…
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“What am I living for and what am I dying for are the same question.” ―Margaret Atwood As children, we had to ask for permission…
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“The very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside…
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“Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value.” ― Albert Einstein What is success? You hear that word all the time,…
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“Believe me, every heart has its secret sorrows, which the world knows not, and oftentimes we call a man cold, when he is only sad.”…
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“Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson Most of us have…
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And How Easy It Is to Overlook “If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living.” —Gail Sheehy I’ve worked…
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“You have the life you’re willing to put up with.” — Gary John Bishop Right now, I’m happy — but I know that could change at a moment’s notice.…
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But Now I Look Forward to Life “Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we…
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And Why Are You, You? “You’ll never know who you are unless you shed who you pretend to be.” ― Vironika Tugaleva I think a lot. Probably…
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