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If you have confidence issues, you are not alone. People can struggle with their confidence for a variety of reasons. Some people didn’t have parents who encouraged them. Some may have suffered failures and can’t seem to rebound back from them. Others may have had their confidence undermined my immature spouses or friends. Unfortunately, the…

I always find it interesting that we have jails and courts. Our laws reflect the bare minimum of what is expected of people in society. How is it that people can’t meet that bare minimum? If you get sent to jail because you can’t meet that lowest of low standard, as they say, “Houston, we…

We have two duties to other people. We have the duty to help other people, whether or not they are related to us. And we have the duty not to harm other people by our words or our actions. Sounds simple, doesn’t it? But it is our inability to understand these duties that results in…

We, as a society, are losing the art of conversation. This is ironic, because we communicate now more than ever. We continually text in half sentences and emojis. We post photos of ourselves with shocking regularity on Facebook and Instagram. We post and tweet our opinions. We are obsessed with sharing our every thought and…

Studies show that once our basis needs are met – food, clothing and shelter – our happiness is not based on how much money we have. Rather, it is based on other aspects of our lives, including the quality of our relationships. Our human relationships can make our lives beautiful, or they can cause us…

It is that time of year again. January 1st is upon us, and most of us will be making our resolutions to do something to improve our lives. We may resolve to lose weight or pay off our debts or take up a meditation practice. All those are admirable resolutions. However, we often can’t seem…

“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.” – Dale Carnegie If you have a goal in life, or a dream that you would like to see come to pass, the best advice I can give…

You cannot fix other people. I wish, as human beings, that we had those kinds of powers, but we don’t. I have family members and friends who are in dire need of “fixing,” and I can assure you that there is nothing that I can do about it. I have tried all kinds of approaches…

“Then Mary said, “Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word.” Then the angel departed from her.” Luke 1:38 (NRSV) How many of us would respond to the Angel Gabriel as Mary does in The Gospel of Luke? In the story, the Angel Gabriel has just…

For many of us, the holidays are disappointing.  They are neither magical nor meaningful time. I find that to be incredibly sad.  In my opinion, regardless of whether you are Christian, Jewish or atheist, this time of year should be special. For me, the disappointment of the holidays started when I was a kid. When…
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