If you are ready to face an addiction – or any other obsession – then here is my challenge to you: In order to get back to a place of trust, you will have to learn to trust in other people, trust in yourself, trust in your own definition of God, your Higher Power, or Creator. If trust is a “bad” word for you, then find your own word that means or implies reliance on another person or entity. Please answer this: What might trust have to do with the solution to your current problem? At the very least, in order to be free of an unhealthy … [Read more...]
Developing Parenting Skills
"Somewhere on this globe, every ten seconds, there is a woman giving birth to a child. She must be found and stopped." Parenting Skills I. FOREWORD Has parenting changed all that much in the past millennium? Along with many other advances in society, it certainly has. Now is a good time to look at the past, the present, and decide on a direction for the future. The practice of parenting needs some attention. What have we missed and how should we proceed? The past thousand years have not been kind to children. For most of the past … [Read more...]
Remembering my dad on Father’s Day
While trying to create this blog today, I came across this amazing video. So I sat and watched then cried. It is always hard on Father's Day for me personally as my father passed away a few years ago. There are so many things I wish I had said if I had known it would have been the last time I saw him. I grew up daddy's little girl, I always ran to him when my mom said no. Did it work? No, my dad knew better. But I could always try. My dad was such a hard worker, I don't remember a time when I was younger that he wasn't doing anything. When I … [Read more...]
The Four Agreements
In The Four Agreements, Miguel Ángel Ruiz (writing as Don Miguel Ruiz) reveals the source of self-limiting agreements that rob us of joy and create needless suffering. When we are ready to change these agreements, there are four deceptively simple, yet powerful agreements that we can adopt as guiding principles. Based on ancient Toltec wisdom, the Four Agreements offer a powerful code of conduct that can rapidly transform our lives to a new experience of freedom, true happiness, and love. Though some of his teachings seem similar to New Age, … [Read more...]
Problems In Life
Life is full of problems. The more you solve them, the more new ones come up. And you can sweep problems under the carpet or run away from them. Wherever you go, sooner or later there will be problems for you to solve. Since this is a fact of life, you may as well develop some skills on how to handle problems in life. Here are some insights on how to deal with problems in life so that you may achieve success and happiness. One of the best ways to handle problems is to have the right attitude towards them. Sometimes problems may be blessings … [Read more...]
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