“Of all the languages in the world, the most difficult language to communicate is the language of feelings.” One of the greatest challenges we face daily is the ability to communicate our feelings to another person. At any one time, we are dealing with eight aspects of communication. There is what we mean to say,
Fundamentally, we are all creative. The question is, “How do we use our creative abilities to our best advantage?” The best way to tap into our creativity is through flexibility of thinking and practice, practice, practice. Tapping into creativity means letting go of any preconceived ideas and developing ways to unleash our thinking. The following
Most of us experience our highest energy levels during the morning hours when we are refreshed from a good night’s sleep. Therefore, the sharpest and clearest thinking is usually in the morning. On the other hand, the afternoon is when our energy levels are apt to be lower and our thinking a bit duller, especially
Life is a succession of choices. You have the ability to choose. Don’t choose to spend your life wallowing in negativity, failure, ignorance, poverty, shame, or self-pity. Choose instead to let go of old hurts and old belief systems. Choose to raise your sights, develop new belief systems and reach for the success that you
What better time than now to ponder the words of George Bernard Shaw when he said, “The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can’t find them, make them.” While having lunch with my friend this week, she was
A new pair of shoes seemed to always mean a celebration of some kind: Easter was here; it was time to wind the May Pole; Summer, Back to School, Christmas. All of these events required their own special pair of shoes. Something especially for each particular occasion. Then when my sister went to work in
Do you have your emotions under control? Are you what someone would call an emotional person? Or, are you unemotional? Some people are acutely aware of their own feelings and equally aware of the feelings of others. There are other people who are incredibly insensitive. Then, there are those who are so wrapped up in
This is the game where you compare yourself to others and you almost always lose. It’s like you have a magnifying glass that always makes the other person and their accomplishments look bigger than they really are and a minimizing glass that you use to make your own accomplishments look smaller. This is when you
I just heard a term that I had never heard before…”self-dislike.” Wow. I have heard of a lack of self-confidence or a lack of self-esteem, but I had never even considered “self-dislike.” Yet, I know people who suffer from it. In a 1992 Gallup survey, 80 percent of the people who responded said that self-esteem
Since starting my journey this year, to lose 48 pounds before the year is over, I’ve become not only more aware of my own body, but of the things other people say about their bodies. I listen as they tell me how they dislike their bodies because they are overweight or because they have aches
