Archive for March, 2008
What constitutes a full life?
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Do you confuse activity with purpose?
You may not have noticed, but it could be that every minute of your time is filled with appointments, there are [...]
The Zen of Survival
Voluntary simplicity may be the best way to survive difficult times
However much you want to be able to have that perfect wedding, give your kids the best vacation ever, treat your nearest and dearest to a slap-up meal, now may not be the time to do it. With the uncertainty in the financial markets, higher [...]
Enough With The Worrying!
Start taking responsibility for your own problems
Have you noticed the most typical sound in our society? It’s not muzak, or TV commercials, or the latest pop blockbuster. It’s people talking about their problems.
“Oh…my life is so difficult (I’m scared I’m going to lose my job, won’t be able to keep up my mortgage payments, won’t [...]
Are your standards too high for normal mortals?
Have you ever been with a group where things didn’t go quite as you expected. You turn up at a luncheon with your best pal, only to find you’ve been assigned seating miles apart; and when you complain, and sit with your friend, you’re treated like a pariah because you’ve messed up the arrangements? Or [...]
Beware of an obsession with over-achievement
Sometimes, enough is enough, if you want to enjoy your life
Are you running yourself into the ground, always looking for that elusive something that will make you happy? Is whatever you have — money, possessions, power, fame — only the basis for getting more? Are you feeling trapped by life, rather than liberated
Do you take [...]
How busy lives ruin family relationships
When your child says, “I want to tell you something . . . ,” do you have time to listen?
We parents are caught in a bind. Trying to do the best for our children is often difficult and frustrating. We are busy running around on tight schedules. There are people who expect us to be [...]
Why now is the best time for a New Year’s resolution
Spring is the natural time for renewal
New Year’s Day is not the time to start planning for the future. You need time to go into full recovery mode from the ‘Holiday Season’. You’re too worried about all those bills which are coming in as a result of your holiday spending, too tired from trying to [...]
Everyday fiction: thoughts on the stories we tell ourselves
When it comes to telling others what happened, do you prefer dull truth or exciting fiction?
Do you like to hear other people’s views of what’s happening in the news — or would you prefer to find out for yourself? Do you want the ‘truth’; or do you want a good story? How much of what [...]
