Life's Challenges

Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you; they're supposed to help you discover who you are. ~ Bernice Johnson Reagon, Singer/Composer

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Showing posts with label giving. Show all posts

Friday, October 28, 2011

Treasure your relationships

Relationships are often difficult. Whether it's a friendship, a marriage, a partnership, a dating relationship or parenting, they each one require a lot of effort if they are to be healthy and loving. Here is a brief essay to remind us how to make them work well. See it here: Treasure your relationships

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Transcending Ourselves = Meaningful Living

"A sense of life meaning ensues but cannot be deliberately pursued: life meaning is always a derivative phenomenon that materializes when we have transcended ourselves, when we have forgotten ourselves and become absorbed in someone (or something) outside ourselves"   Irvin D. Yalom, Physician/Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, Stanford University School of Medicine
            

Sunday, April 3, 2011

When we love...

When we love, we always strive to become better than we are.  When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too. ~ Paul Coelho, "The Alchemist"

Monday, February 28, 2011

20 Ways to be Encouraged

1.      Pizza and beer
2.     Affectionate kisses
3.     A smile from a passing stranger
4.     Rainy nights
5.     Music
6.     Holding a baby
7.      Watching courage displayed
8.     Displaying courage
9.     Getting a gift
10.  Giving a gift
11.   Seeing a really great movie
12.   Dancing without fear
13.   The greening of the grass and trees
14.   Your pet asleep at your feet
15.   Unexpected praise
16.   Discounts
17.   A project completed
18.  A clean house/apartment
19.   Reading a book you can’t put down
20.  Feeling loved

©2011 Timothy Moody