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What Do I Know For Sure Anyway? The older I get, the less I seem to know for sure. It's not that I lack wisdom, but life is not a clear-cut, fixed matter, but an ever-changing, fluid experience. Each moment is new and is filled with the wonder and mystery of the unknown. As a... ( added 344 days 3 hours ago.)

Chuckling Your Way Through the Golden Years No matter what the experts say, aging is difficult. It takes a fair amount of luck, good genes, family support and activity to make this journey work. There is one added quality that really lightens the load as the elderly are faced with their... ( added 1 year 7 days ago.)

It's a Long Way from Richwood to the White House Several weeks before her death on July 26 th of this year, my mother made an interesting discovery. Here was a 93 year old woman from Richwood , West Virginia , who clung tightly to her conservative Republican beliefs. But on this particular day... ( added 1 year 16 days ago.)

McCain and the Mob Mentality Barack Obama has become a metaphor for those who are considered culturally different. Many Americans who have followed John McCain's drum-beat of distraction, have referred to Obama as "the enlightened one," a terrorist, a Muslim, an associate of... ( added 1 year 38 days ago.)

Martha's Story: the Terrors of Childhood Childhood can be a nightmare. It is an act of grace that many of us fare as well as we do considering our family history. We may feel that we were born into the wrong family. Had we been born into the family next door, things might have gone... ( added 1 year 236 days ago.)

Money Isn't Everything One of the major problems that married couples face is financial conflict. Many partners believe that if the issue of finances can be resolved, then their relationship will be restored. However, financial conflict in marriage is symptomatic of... ( added 1 year 250 days ago.)

Ditch the Homework! According to educator Alfie Kohn, author of The Homework Myth , multiple educational studies have found that contrary to our currently accepted thinking about schooling, "all empirical evidence dispels the notion that there is any causal... ( added 1 year 269 days ago.)

The Wages of War Monday night, February 4 th , President George W. Bush delivered his State of the Union message. In his address, he urged Congress to "improve the system of care for our wounded warriors and help them build their lives of hope and promise and... ( added 1 year 280 days ago.)

The Myth of Moral Superiority Psychotherapist, Sheldon B. Kopp very astutely stated, "No one is any stronger or any weaker than anyone else; everyone is in his own way, vulnerable." M. Scott Peck, renowned author, expressed it another way. In his concluding remarks during a... ( added 1 year 293 days ago.)

How to Respond to Tragedy Rabbi Harold Kushner, the author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People , wrote about his response to personal tragedy. His son Aaron had premature aging, and eventually died from this disease. The pain from the Rabbi's loss provoked a crisis of... ( added 1 year 326 days ago.)

How To Handle the Holiday Blues My wife and I were standing outside a jewelry store the day after Halloween when we began to hear the "sounds of Christmas." We looked at each other with amazement as Christmas began to permeate the air of the mall parking lot. Each year it... ( added 1 year 337 days ago.)

Leaving Behind the Magical Illusions of Childhood As children, we believe that we have the magical powers to change all that is wrong with our world. We need to believe that we can control our destiny in order to emotionally survive. For example, we may have been raised by parents who were... ( added 1 year 347 days ago.)

Do You Feel Guilty For Feeling Guilty? The experience of guilt is an enormous burden. People actually feel guilty for feeling guilty. Often, those in the religious community are prone to complain about guilt. They perceive God as the "cop in the sky" who is looking to apply... ( added 1 year 354 days ago.)

How Your Kids Can Help You Handle Holiday Stress My wife and I were standing outside of a shopping center the week before Thanksgiving when we began to hear the sounds of Christmas. We looked at each other with amazement as the holidays began to permeate the air of the mall parking lot. Each... ( added 1 year 360 days ago.)

Are You Preaching To The Choir? CAUTION: PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS ARTICLE IN A POSITIVE MANNER UNLESS YOU MEAN IT. ALL OTHER COMMENTS ARE WELCOME. Today I read an article by an atheist, which demonstrated more common sense, moral integrity and civility than many within... ( added 2 years 2 days ago.)

"All I Had Left Was My Attitude" Several decades ago, I was privileged to attend a presentation held by psychiatrist, Victor Frankl, author of Man’s Search for Meaning. Frankl’s family was the unfortunate victim of the Holocaust during Nazi Germany’s rein in Europe . His family... ( added 2 years 66 days ago.)

9/11 - God Forgive Us For Forgetting My daughter’s call came in 6 years ago to the day. She was working across the street from the Pentagon when our world came crashing down. I could hear it in her voice – something serious was up. This was the only time I could ever remember my... ( added 2 years 70 days ago.)

When Yours and Mine Become Ours The blending of families is a common and yet challenging task. The days of the intact family, exempt from divorce, appears less noticeable in todays world. Changes in our family system pose a complex set of transitional difficulties. Making these... ( added 2 years 73 days ago.)

How Can We Create Balance In Our Child's Life? I am making a passionate plea to parents and teachers who believe that schooling is the alpha and omega of a child’s life. Often, schools have convinced students and parents that a child’s focus must exclusively be centered on academic concerns... ( added 2 years 93 days ago.)

The Benefits From Telling Your Story Recently, my wife took an introduction to genealogy course at our local library. She was interested in gathering more information about her family history. She found the class very useful in filling in some missing pieces about the story of her... ( added 2 years 98 days ago.)

Why Grown Men Don't Eat Quiche or Go To Counseling It has been my experience that many men have an underlying set of beliefs that run counter to the notion of pursuing personal counseling. What is it that makes many adult males experience an adverse reaction to the concept of counseling? What... ( added 2 years 112 days ago.)

Financial Feuding and Relationship Wreckage One of the major problems that married couples face is financial conflict. Many partners believe that if the issue of finances can be resolved, then their relationship will be restored. However, financial conflict in marriage is symptomatic of... ( added 2 years 118 days ago.)

Life Through the Eyes of the Abuser I define an abuser as one who uses the power of words or physical prowess as a means of manipulating and controlling others. Generally, the perpetrator chooses to forego any interventions such as counseling or psychiatric assistance. However... ( added 2 years 122 days ago.)

Parents, Are You Majoring In the Majors? As parents, we need to work on setting priorities with our children. We need to ask, "What are the most important values that we want to stress and instill in our children?" Make sure you major in the majors, not the minors. If you focus on minor... ( added 2 years 126 days ago.)

Now That I'm Pregnant, What Next...? Although I have never been pregnant, my wife was, and I remember much of the anxiety she experienced. I tried to be involved in every aspect of the pregnancy, including Lamaze training, doctor visits and reading about the best kinds of child care.... ( added 2 years 131 days ago.)