Making Commitments of Love and Courage

There is a story about a little girl who suffered from a serious disease. Her best chance of recovery would be to receive a blood transfusion from her five-year old brother.The doctor explained the situation to the little brother. He asked the boy if he would be willing to give... Read More

Summertime - Take Time To Smell The Roses

I AM SO GRATEFUL for the time to smell the roses. Lying in a hammock between two shade trees Or wandering through a multicolodred rose garden, Sitting quietly and communing with nature Beholding something beautiful in each person I meet.I AM SO GRATEFUL for a walk with no destination. A... Read More

Facing the Enemies Within

We are not born with courage, but neither are we born with fear. Maybe some of our fears are brought on by your own experiences, by what someone has told you, by what you've read in the papers. Some fears are valid, like walking alone in a bad part of... Read More

Financial Freedom Blues

Steps to Financial Freedom, roadmap to financial freedom, achieve financial freedom?Financial freedom seems to be the current buzzword in the world of self-improvement. This has spawned a new industry, and alongside it, some curious schemes and fantastic claims of how to achieve financial freedom in months.Financial freedom means different things... Read More

Caring in My Sisters Way: A Lesson On Judgement

Last summer, I had an acute case of bronchitis. I was downright bummed. Summer for me meant sun, sand, sea?a gazillion trips to the mall or to my friends' houses, or to another province. I was supposed to exhaust every excess fat on my calves, thighs and belly to hours... Read More

How Do You Read the Bible?

Here's a simple parable with an important moral.Each mirror, you see, has inspectors, who, acting as corporate protectors, must find any scratch, every unseemly patch. They're inferior mirror detectors.The head of this group is Pierre, who trains his formidable stare on each glass for an hour, and does he turn... Read More

Attitude Adjustment

"If you are pained by external things, it is not they that disturb you, but your own judgment of them. And it is in your power to wipe out that judgment now."~ Marcus Aurelius"The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering... Read More

Imprisoned In Liberty?

Robert was so strong that I once saw him pick up and carry a refrigerator up stairs by himself. His strength plus his integrity landed him a job as a guard at a maximum-security correctional facility in a town called "Liberty." The prison's inmates must wince at the irony of... Read More

Silence Inside

Silence means no voice input of any sort. What happens when there is silence? We cannot hear anything from the outside, but the voices inside are what we hear pretty clearly. We can hear ourselves. We can loudly hear to what we think and how we think, if we do.We... Read More

How A Sense Of Wonder Makes Life Richer

It always amazes me when I meet someone who has a disdain for expansion of knowledge.The other day, over lunch, I was arguing with a girl about a principle of abundance. I illustrated this principle with anecdotes about historically famous millionaires who had applied this principle successfully.Her response: â??I can't... Read More

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Shame and Guilt: A World of Difference

Learning to distinguish between two powerful emotions - superficially very... Read More

Self Acceptance ? Lessons From My Hair Affair

For our diet and, indeed, in every aspect of our... Read More

Second Thoughts? Think Again!

Life is perfect. If you have read these articles long... Read More

Unintended Consequences

Direct Answers - Column for the week of May 26,... Read More

Bus Driver By Day, Online Business Success By Night

Janine Wachowski, a long-time resident of South Elgin, Illinois, drives... Read More

A Cat In The Hand Is Worth Two Birds In The Bush!

I bought this computer just over two years ago with... Read More

Do You Have a Vision?

You must absolutely have a vision, or a dream, for... Read More

Why Integrity!

There is much said in the word "integrity"! According to... Read More

Transform Old Grumpy

This is a true story. A woman had Snow White... Read More

Vistas

The other day I found myself frustrated with the slow... Read More

I Dont Like This

You always do this wrong, how many times would I... Read More

Abundance Is A Life Style

Abundance is a life style, a way of living your... Read More

Anam Chara - Living A Life Of Value

Much of our lives we spend comparing what "me" has... Read More

FEAR Don?t Let it Control You!

Fear. What is it? Can you touch it? Can you... Read More

Trusting Yourself and Others

How come, as women, we always second-guess ourselves? Are we... Read More

The Meaning of Life - Not Just Another Dust in the Wind Theory

I grew up in the south in the 1960's. Married... Read More

Repeat Offender

Direct Answers - Column for the week of July 8,... Read More

What Inspires You?

Have you ever thought? What inspires YOU? What is it... Read More

A Lesson From A Hum Of A Bamboo Clump

Have you heard a nature hymn? For example, a whir... Read More

Keeping Faith

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

Flashh! I Thought I Saw A Puddy Cat!

Have you ever had one of those flashes of inspiration?... Read More

Discernment and Judgement

Discernment is an inner guide or compass. It is loving... Read More

An Extraordinary Person

I am not going to tell you the story of... Read More

5 Simple Tips For A Better Life

How can we enjoy a better lifestyle?'Easy' I hear you... Read More

World Kindness Day

Once upon a time, in ancient India, a beggar favored... Read More

Life Goes On

Boy, do I feel old. Or at least older.No, I... Read More

Clicking to Good Vibrations!

Recently my dad visited me in Victoria, BC. He is... Read More

Its The Journey, Not The Destination

Don't you just hate clichés like the one illustrated in... Read More

Listening to Your Inner Voice May Save Your Life

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

What Does Faith Have To Do With Marketing?

No, this isn't going to be a sermon or anything... Read More

Important Things to Know / Remember About Life

I love you not because who you are, but... Read More

Harsh Reality

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

5 Simple Tips On Using Your Senses

1. Breakfast in Bed.Imagine a lavish breakfast arrives brimming over... Read More