I usually write two newsletters a month for my website, but recently I missed an issue. I had gone away on a “rustic retreat” weekend, and although I had intended to write it before I left, it just didn’t happen. When I got back I felt pressured to get down to work, but felt unfocused […]
Category Archives: Self Development
I know that if you are a smoker it can be hard to quite. However, if you want to stop you will. You will acquire the willpower to take control. Smoking is not good for anyone. Second hand, smoke has proven to be worse than smoking. For those around you, when you smoke you are […]
I have been married a dozen years, but my marriage has been purely platonic for the last four. We are good friends, nothing more. Recently I contacted a pen pal I’ve been writing since the age of 13. The two of us lost contact 16 years ago, but back then we had very strong feelings, […]
Oops, I meant to title this “Animal Instincts”. Oh, well maybe that was one of those Freudian slip-ups. I dunno… We all are animals, right? Mammals? Sure we are. We all have fur, a self-regulating body temperature and our females have mammary glands (that’s boobs for those of you who don’t normally think in more […]
Many centuries ago there was a Greek philosopher who lived on the Aegean Sea and wanted to go to Carthage. He was a very well educated professor of logic, so he decided he should do the very thing he taught his students. Hmmm….What was it? Have you ever heard you are what you think? Well, […]
Oh, no! Christmas, Hanukah, and New Year’s Eve are coming, and you’re still not dating anybody. The specter of enduring gatherings with relatives who harass you because you’ve failed to hook up trounces your hopes for peace and goodwill. You’ll be explaining your sorry self from the first sip of eggnog to your last bite […]