Personal Development

I’m not sure what prompted me, but the other night I looked up the quote “To thine own self be true.” My search reminded me that the famous phase was spoken by Polonius in the play, [...]

I am one of those people that enjoys catching a cold from time-to-time. It gives me an excuse to do nothing all day but sit on my couch and watch movies. Such was the case last Sunday when I held [...]

I am often sent notes from my blog readers that inspire me to keep writing. A few of you from time-to-time even send pictures. Such was the case last week, when a reader ran across a graffiti [...]

We all spend too much time wrestling with our thoughts.  We feel we should be doing more, or doing less. Our passions have opposing fears that keep us stuck in place. And every decision has [...]

Last week we past the Spring equinox. The Northern Hemisphere has begun its tilt toward the Sun, and the days ahead will become longer and lighter. The increased sunlight triggers birds to [...]

We all mess up.  We forget to do something we said we would do, or don’t include someone who should have been included.  We may say something insensitive that hurts another or react with an [...]

Sometimes we share thoughts with another person that we later wish we didn’t share. Our body warned us before we opened our mouth. We felt that little jab in our belly urging us to stop. Yet, we [...]

There are days when the waves pound on the shore with such force it pushes the sand up the beach to make a berm that is often several feet high. On those days, my walks are a bit more [...]

My daughter explained to me yesterday that she has the “cant’s.”  At 26-years-old, she is suddenly stuck in a universe where every thought quickly turns into an internal rebuttal as to why she [...]

Is the quality of your day based on the effect of somebody else’s mood? Do you wake up with your breath caught above your belly to brace yourself for what you might encounter that day? [...]