"No matter what, I will leave everything that I touch and every person I meet a little better than I how I found them. " I recently read an article about how the world has become such a negative, "me-oriented" place. People freely criticize others...

Funny how events happen to prove the adage "walk the walk and talk the talk". Today I wrote a post about how we can individually, through small action steps, make this world a more positive place and leave every person better off after meeting us....

Ruminating, or obsessive thoughts, aren't necessarily a sign of some kind of psychological illness. Many of us have them. For example, when someone is trying to lose weight, their mind will automatically think about that piece of cake day and night. But, for some people...

Jealously is a damaging emotion. It makes us feel like someone else has won and we lost if we perceive that they have something we do not. It's all about changing our mindset. I, for one, love to be around people who I look up...

We can read books and search the internet, but the key to peace and happiness lies within each of us. Each morning, decide to "smell the roses". Life is precious. Don't waste it wishing things were different. Choose to look consciously at your blessings. Individual,...

Columbus sailed around the world to prove to everyone that the world was round. The Wright Bros. tried time after time to get a mechanical bird to fly. They were told time and again that they couldn't do it. They achieved the impossible because they...

We all know the expression, "go with the flow". Think about how hard it is to "resist" a riptide in the ocean. That's when it becomes dangerous. If you swim WITH the tide instead of AGAINST it, that is when your chances of survival increase....

Have you ever noticed when traffic slows down for miles that it is usually because there is either an accident on the other side of the highway or it's because someone is getting a ticket and everyone slows down to see what's happening? Do you...

If you are reading this and you're not happy, I would like to ask you this: If you're not happy now, when will you be happy? Perhaps it will be when you can afford that huge house and fancy car? Perhaps when your health is...

Since this is Father's Day, I must repost this article I wrote shortly after his death in 2009. If you are the father of a daughter, just remember that you have an enormous power to shape her self-esteem for the rest of her life. Here...