Have you noticed how everybody takes it for granted a bad experience is automatically all bad? That nothing good could ever come from a bad childhood? I'm hearing the comment more and more often that we have become a victim society. Maybe this is true. Well, maybe all the bare facts of your childhood are true, but isn't it time to start looking for the positives that are buried in all that negative stuff?
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Have you ever had a problem with a burned light? Thanks to the effort of Thomas Edison we no longer need to invent a light bulb. We just go to the store or our cupboard and pull one out and screw it in. Voila! Light!
I am sure you realize that it took Thomas Edison many, many tries before he perfected the light bulb. Someone asked him one day if he grew discouraged by his failures. He answered, I havent failed, Ive discovered one more way how not to make a light bulb.
You have all probably heard the song made famous by Elvis Presley called Why Cant Everyday be Like Christmas (words & music by Red West). For many of us the Christmas season is a special time to share the warmth of love and laughter with those we love.
The sad thing is that many people find Christmas a very lonely time of year. They have no family left or friends are few and busy with their lives and families of their own. There are many different circumstances that people find
Have you been prospecting for months on end, only to end up with no one? Or have you been trying to sell a product or service that has not been selling? Or you just kind of depressed about your current employment? There are many reasons to get down and start to get depressed about your situation. When you are down, do you know how to get back up and heading in the right direction?
Excuses! Excuses! When we fail to do something we are expected to do, we almost always have an excuse for it. However, if we analyze it closely, an excuse is a self-destructive alibi for having failed to do something, especially when it involves attaining a goal.
We are what our habits make us. They are either moving us forward or holding us back. Good habits, once developed, are what drive a person toward success and accomplishment.
We have looked before on the concept of self-love and I would like to take the time into look into this in more depth.
If you remember, we said that AGAPE love was an unconditional love and that we needed to love our neighbor as we love ourselves. Let us look more closely at why we have so much difficulty in the area of loving and accepting ourselves. We will start by looking at two very basic questions.
Most people are so busy running around trying to arrange their lives to be somewhere else; anywhere but here would do. But learning to be grateful can free you from the hypnosis of a culture that's constantly looking for easy ways to make themselves feel better.