It’s crucial to not get hooked by frustration and anger. Frustration is wanting something and not getting what you want. Anger is because you want something and begin demanding you get your way or what you want. Paramahansa Yogananda years ago stated, “Anger comes from thwarted desires.” This was probably the very first quote I […]

Most people like to think they live their lives and determine their reality based on their logic and reason. But in reality, most decisions are based on our emotions. When it comes to a battle between the willpower and the imagination, your imagination will win hands down every time. And your imagination is ruled by […]

A hardware store owner was the third generation to step in to his families business. The staff worked together like a big happy family. And their customers loved to shop at the store because of the positive people, great products and the pleasant environment. For as long as customers could remember, the owner wore a […]

A foreign student attending college in America, asked his grandfather from Eastern Europe to come and visit him. When grandfather arrived, the two spent the next few days seeing the town and touring the campus. On the day before his grandfather was to leave, the student asked his grandfather to meet him at the cafeteria […]

1. Don’t Whine. Whining has never helped anyone—it’s a waste of breath. Wouldn’t it be great to have things always go the way you wanted? That is not reality for anyone. When things don’t work out the way you’d hoped—accept it, think what you’ll do next, move on now. 2. Set A Goal. Getting where […]

Think about today. How have the things you’ve done gone? Probably a mixture of very well on down to not so hot. Notice your feelings about your experience—the good, and the bad. These are what make you into you. Give yourself permission to experience them all. It’s natural to have ups and downs. The real […]

Do others ever disapprove of what you are doing? Has someone criticized you? Do they ever fault find or give you a hard time? So be it…. If you give in to the negativity or disapproval of another, you are letting them run your brain. If you argue against their criticism or fault finding, you […]

Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as: Knowing when to come in out of the rain; Why the […]