Category Archive: Lessons

The Accidental Asshole

Pinpoint How You’re Annoying People and Do Something About It! We all have our pet peeves. But have you ever wondered about the annoying things you do that your friends, family, and strangers… Read More

Happiness Tip

notsalmon via Happiness Tips via Bhutan and Bentham.

Rethinking social networking

Are You Making Someone Else Your Higher Power?

Mastin Kipp writes: A definition of interdependence is: “a reciprocal relation between interdependent entities.” The key word here is: “reciprocal”. Interdependence can be thought of as a relationship where each party gives and… Read More

Be the Hero of Your Own Life

“Many of us look outside of ourselves for our heroes, our inspiration. But what does it look like to look inwards…and discover the hero that’s been there all along.” Be the Hero of Your… Read More

Twenty years from now…

Letting Go of Self Doubt

Melody Beattie writes: A married woman who had recently joined Al-Anon called me one afternoon. She worked part-time as a registered nurse, had assumed all the responsibilities for raising her two children, and… Read More

What you think of you…

notsalmon via What you think of you….

Because life is speedily short…

notsalmon via Because life is speedily short….

Nothing more than phenomenal?

Actually, it’s nothing LESS than phenomenal, but you’ll get the drift if you listen to this special audio post:

One Day at a Time

“One day at a time–this is enough. Do not look back and grieve over the past for it is gone; and do not be troubled about the future, for it has not yet… Read More

How to be happy: Perspective is Everything

Alltop Organic RSS via How to be happy: Perspective is Everything by Rory Sutherland. Click to watch a great TED talk…

Choices

Melody Beattie says: “We have choices, more choices than we let ourselves see. We may feel trapped in our relationships, our jobs, our life. We may feel locked into behaviors — such as… Read More

Happy Is As Happy Does: Make Your Own Joy in Life

“Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.” Benjamin Disraeli I used to get paralyzed with fear in the face of any load of work. Suffering from crippling… Read More

Music and emotion through time

Michael Tilson Thomas: Music and emotion through time | Video on TED.com. This TED talk from Michael Tilson Thomas made me think again about something I think about all the time and that… Read More

We have choices

Melody Beattie says: “We have choices, more choices than we let ourselves see. We may feel trapped in our relationships, our jobs, our life. We may feel locked into behaviors such as caretaking… Read More

Think Like a Lion Tamer About the Hurt in Your Life

“Have you recently been through a challenge, disappointment, break up, or disloyalty with somebody in your life? If so, it’s important after you’ve been hurt, to take some time to think like a… Read More

Discovering intimacy

Intimacy is that warm gift of feeling connected to others and enjoying our connection to them. As we grow in recovery, we find that gift in many, sometimes surprising, places. We may discover… Read More

Full of Doubts

Full of Doubts « Leadership and Management / Turning Adversity to Advantage.

Cat and birds

Life on the farm is full of lessons. One is that nature isn’t always nice. The barn kitty I love — Boo — is a vicious killer sometimes and that’s the nature of… Read More

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