What is Passion?

What is passion? Recently after a presentation, I was once again thanked for my passion. The compliment was genuinely given, as was my returned thank you. However, as the day progressed, my thoughts kept returning to what really is passion? For the next several days as I attempted to ponder... Read More

Why Self Esteem Matters

A number of years ago I worked for one of the UK's top IT companies -- a global player. We were meeting to discuss a major bid, and the room was filled with people who didn't meet often -- the most senior managers from a number of divisions. There were... Read More

The Karate Kid

I have an unexpected relationship problem. It's hard to believe it has become such an issue but it has. The whole thing started very innocently when my boyfriend and I were watching some silly action movie. The female heroine was kicking butt, and I mentioned to my boyfriend I took... Read More

Moment of Grace

The bedrock of the Christian faith is the good news about God's love. Christian teachings about who we are and about our relationship with our Lord and each other is rooted in the fact that God is love and that He loves His creatures. "And so we know and rely... Read More

Showing Your Appreciation - How To Make Others Feel Special

"There are fine things which you mean to do someday, under what you think will be more favorable circumstances. But the only time that is surely yours is the present, hence this is the time to speak the word of appreciation and sympathy, to do the generous deed - to... Read More

In the Eyes of a Child

It was way past 10:00 pm when I came home from a grueling day of schoolwork and extracurricular activities. The wind was rustling about overhead as I paced through the door of our humble abode. I moved towards the nearest couch and plumped myself to rest. Defeat and exhaustion filled... Read More

Wisdom of the Worlds Proverbs

You don't have to excavate diamond mines or oil fields to find one of the world's greatest treasures. All you need to do is look at the world's proverbs--the "people's wisdom." Legendary Spanish writer Miguel De Cervantes described proverbs as "short sentences drawn from long experiences," and Scottish Historian Thomas... Read More

Four Words that Make Life Worthwhile

Over the years as I've sought out ideas, principles and strategies to life's challenges, I've come across four simple words that can make living worthwhile.First, life is worthwhile if you Learn. What you don't know Will hurt you. You have to have learning to exist, let alone succeed. Life is... Read More

Spring Quotations - Top 30 Quotations About Spring Time

"Is it so small a thing To have enjoy'd the sun, To have lived light in the spring, To have loved, to have thought, to have done..."-- Matthew Arnold"In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt."-- Margaret Atwood"Spring being a tough act to follow,... Read More

The Dead

Direct Answers - Column for the week of February 9, 2004I love my wife with all my heart and soul. She is now and will ever be the other half of my heart. Twenty years ago I felt much the same about another woman. She was my first true love.... Read More

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Melting Snow

I love the sounds of melting snow-plink, plink, ting, ting,... Read More

Seven Things You Must Give to Others if You Want to Achieve Success!

A major part of the process of achieving success and... Read More

Without Love

Direct Answers - Column for the week of December 30,... Read More

Pride Goeth

Direct Answers - Column for the week of November 25,... Read More

Just Say, I Love You to Those Who are...

Life is beautiful and lovable with the type of people... Read More

Dont Ever Give Up

There is a reason I never gave up. A reason... Read More

Future Prediction

Direct Answers - Column for the week of December 13,... Read More

Don?t Let the Boogeyman Steal Your Dreams

The boogeyman lurking in the closet scares the bejesus out... Read More

Winning the Thought Battle

If you have read my articles or heard me speak,... Read More

Why Does it Take So Long to Slow Down

Why do we wait so long, before we start thinking... Read More

Wherever You Are, Be There

One of the major reasons why we fail to find... Read More

Create Your Own Self Esteem - Part 1

Self-esteem is something that we all wish we had more... Read More

Top 20 Love Quotations

"In real love you want the other person's good. In... Read More

Things Happen Without Reason

Sometimes things happen in life for apparently no reason at... Read More

Aim High

Change is difficult for many people. Often times our whole... Read More

Learn From Failure and Confirm with Success

Both failure and success are good... if you know what... Read More

Dolphin Figurines evoke images of wild dolphins: How Do Dolphins Communicate?

Researchers are seeking to identify how dolphins communicate. Unfortunately it... Read More

The Most Famous Line I Never Wrote

There is one line that can dramatically impact your life... Read More

Listening to Your Inner Voice May Save Your Life

"I was washing my breakfast dishes one morning when it... Read More

Jerrys Yo-Yo

The blaring sound leapt under Jerry's skin and strangled him... Read More

Worship and Football: Lets Take Another Look

At a recent seminar we were asked to imagine if... Read More

TIES that BIND

I have no idea how it started or who launched... Read More

How To Be Secure In An Insecure World

Most of us believe that our happiness and security are... Read More

Self Esteem - What It Really Is and How to Raise It

Self esteem.Now there's a well used and little understood term.... Read More

The Road Not Taken

Direct Answers - Column for the week of November 24,... Read More

Magical Wreaths

Wreaths are like rings. They represent the Universal Circle ("Let... Read More

Choicemaking: Self-Help Secrets Revealed

We all assume that making choices is a simple process.... Read More

A Prison Planet

I decreed my 'twin' into my life in early 1990.... Read More

My Lost Immortality

Oh my God, I'm not immortal anymore! What happened? Where's... Read More

Accelerate Your Abilities

In today's fast-paced life, the wins usually go to those... Read More

You Are So Unreal

Mankind's ability to give life to lifeless objects, gives rise... Read More

The Amazing Destructive Power of Tradition

After more than thirty years of studying the Bible I... Read More

Change Your Landscape by Seeing with New Eyes

A Story (Source Unknown) ? One day a very wealthy... Read More