Don’t Try To Defeat Me Before You Meet Me Did you ever have a friend who told you all about a companion of theirs? In their eyes, the companion was abrupt and sour and unreasonable at times. However, they had known each other for a long time, and they remained friends in spite of one's... ( added 1 year 137 days ago.)

What Kind Of Equity Do You Have In Yourself Way back when we were little kids, we were beginning to store up equity in our little memory banks. We listened to what adults conversed about, other kids, pastors, nuns, priests, books, teachers, movies and TV. We had been born with our own... ( added 1 year 138 days ago.)

Honesty In The Dating Game Can Benefit Your Relationship In The Long Run I respectfully pass by so many articles about how to "get a man" or "woo a woman." I think the examples may just be one of the reasons the divorce rate is so high. Nobody is being who they really are. The dating game is called that for a... ( added 1 year 140 days ago.)

Running Towards The Future, Or Away From The Past Most of us have had some sort of traumatic experience or experiences from our childhood, which have become buried in our souls and psyches, and cause us much damage, especially if we are unaware they even exist. Something, or some experience, is... ( added 1 year 140 days ago.)

Is Life Really What You Make It I am a firm believer in using every method possible to improve all I can to be a better me, both for myself, and for others who deal with me. I've been doing so for many years. I wasn't equipped to deal with others who didn't have the same drive... ( added 1 year 141 days ago.)

Sometimes, We Just Need To Tread Water For A While Problems seem to rush in and out of our lives from the time we are babies. Our path through life appears to be a constant tug of war between peace and disharmony. Things don't co-operate, people don't co- operate, and we are left to use our minds... ( added 1 year 143 days ago.)

You Can’t Hide From A Memory We start making mistakes from the time we are babies. How many babies have to have coins and who knows what else extracted from their stomachs. These mistakes create bad memories. We got our tonsils out, and they gave us the ice cream as promised... ( added 1 year 146 days ago.)

Every Now And Then I Fall Apart I am usually very strong willed, focused and determined to do what needs to be done. I have raised three kids while alone two weeks at a time, took care of a four bedroom house, did the shopping, laundry, playing with the kids, teaching them right... ( added 1 year 146 days ago.)

Manipulation Is A Lifestyle In Itself How many of us know when we are manipulating a situation or a person? Are we aware that we are setting up our words in a way that maneuvers another to do what we want, without them knowing that they are being manipulated? Once we've accomplished... ( added 1 year 147 days ago.)

Yesterday Is Gone With The Wind Some of us don't even remember what we did yesterday, or what we had for dinner, or what problems we faced. With a few minutes thought, we might be able to come up with the answers, but yesterday is gone with the wind, and will never return. If... ( added 1 year 148 days ago.)

Where There’s A Will, There’s A Way I've never been one to give up easily, which, at times, was to my parents' frustration. I remember climbing up on the counter to get something out of the cabinet, never thinking I would fall. Of course, my mother thought differently as she came... ( added 1 year 149 days ago.)

What Do God And Santa Have In Common Some don't believe in God, and that's their right. Some believe in a God who created them, and who they'll meet when they reach the pearly gates, with no interaction in between, and that's their right. I personally think God has all the time in... ( added 1 year 150 days ago.)

What Can Your Mind Do for You If we are Blessed with good parents, or at least one good parent, we are taught how to think in a logical, altruistic, caring, and smart way. We are shown how to figure situations out that need our attention. We learn to share and show respect and... ( added 1 year 152 days ago.)

Are We Destined To Be With The Parents We Have With so many households ending in divorce, I've often wondered, do our kids need to be conceived of their exact two parents in order to be who they are? If so, as painful as divorce is for everyone involved, it would be easier if we believed in... ( added 1 year 155 days ago.)

What You Do In This Life Will Come Back At You Whether we are kind, caring, and thoughtful individuals, or cruel, miserly, incompetent liars, the boomerang of life will come back at us in the manner we put forth. Our thoughts and actions carry energy, both good and bad, and that energy will... ( added 1 year 156 days ago.)

What Is True Integrity There are a list of adjectives that describe integrity, and I believe most of them stem from having good, decent parents who teach their children these morals from an early age. The first adjective is honesty. So many people have a hard time with... ( added 1 year 157 days ago.)

Do You Know What Role Karma Plays In Your Life We have all made mistakes throughout our lives. We've made decisions that we thought were the right ones at the time. Something might have felt right, so we went with it, only to find we were wrong, and problems arose. We may have to go through... ( added 1 year 158 days ago.)

Yes, There Is A Plan For Us I don't believe that life is random. I don't think we are born to live a certain amount of years, and then die, and turn into fertilizer for the cemetery grass. That makes no sense to me. A life without purpose would be such a total waste of... ( added 1 year 159 days ago.)

Working Through Life Is A Full Time Job It's surreal in a way that without any choice of our own, we find ourselves being born, swaddled, fed, changed, played with, and our full time job of working through life begins. We can't reach our toy, the nipple is clogged and mom doesn't know... ( added 1 year 160 days ago.)

Sometimes We Have To Go Inside Ourselves And Find What Is There When we think , act, and react, we are coming from a point of reference that is ours alone, and may not have been the most advantageous to our lives. We try to do all the right things; being polite, respectful, honest, helpful, kind, considerate... ( added 1 year 164 days ago.)

Where Is Our Faith, If We Live In Fear Faith is something that develops over a period of time. Things happen that make us feel someone is looking out for us. The more experiences we have of this nature, the more Faith we have. We believe in God, and His power and wisdom, but we... ( added 1 year 164 days ago.)

How Will Our Kids Make It In Today’s Economy When I was growing up in the 70's, the biggest goal I had was to get a good job, my own apartment, furniture, credit, and a decent car. I was able to pay my 300 dollars a month, and afford the gas for my car, food to eat, and clothes to wear. I... ( added 1 year 166 days ago.)

Material Things Come And Go, The Spirit Lives On Forever The Spirit of God lives in our soul, through which all happiness should emanate. And yet, from the moment of birth, we are showered with material conveniences and desires. A nice soft blanket, comfy little clothes, plush toys, cozy crib, fun... ( added 1 year 167 days ago.)

I Will Deal, God Will Heal I have been on both sides of the emotional roller coaster called life, and I have survived. I have marveled at the birth of three children, and watched them grow to adulthood. I have watched my mother slip away from cancer, and pass away. The... ( added 1 year 168 days ago.)

God Knows What’s Fair, So Why Worry Many times in our lives, we will think our God to be a very unfair dictator, simply because we don't like the way something is happening. It's God's fault. In reality, He loves us so much, that if we are trying our best to live our mission in... ( added 1 year 174 days ago.)