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Relationships & Family > Communication (Other) Thoughts and ideas that influence your life: 4 of 61
Just Keep PedalingWhen I was five and learning to ride my very first bike, my mother had very long, dark hair that was down to her waist. She always wore it in a bun during the day to keep it out of her way, but as she ran along side me telling me that when I got the most scared I should just keep pedaling, a few strands came... More..
Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenting Tips Parent survival guide: 1 of 13
Mommy Emergency LogicRest assured and fear not, good mothers, for that you are. The day your precious bundle was born you were programmed with a secret failsafe. Allow me to elaborate...On the way home from school the other day, the Veggie Tales interlude was interrupted by a piercing cry from the back seat, "Mommy! My apple ... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Lifestyles Living a simple life: 10 of 96
"Our life is frittered away by detail. An honest man has hardly need to count more than his ten fingers, or in extreme cases he may add his ten toes, and lump the rest. Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!" - Henry David Thoreau, Walden.For as many times as I've tried to simplify, simplify, I do believe I might just get it rig... More..
Relationships & Family > Acquaintances & Co-Workers How to deal with rude people: 12 of 80
The Care and Feeding of Bullies and AssholesI've always been fascinated with identity development, and attributed no small part of my graduate studies to it as a result. The draw for me has always been the lengths to which we all go in the name of becoming, the behaviors we display often unknowingly, those good and bad and ki... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Setting Life Goals Being happy in your life: 18 of 83
There's a rock on my desk. I got it my first year of teaching from one of those teacher stores with the puzzles and pencils and grammar art for your first year teacher walls. In this rock there's an etching:"Live fully. Live well. Embrace the world with the understanding that it is as narrow or as wide as you will let it be."... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Presidential Elections 2008 US Elections 2008: Deciding your vote: 7 of 30
Communication - good and real communication, in which we seek to understand, and to ourselves be understood - is hard. It requires a certain transcendence of self, an objective awareness of another's potential perception, and a courageous willingness to enter what is the yet unknown in the name of progress and the greater goo... More..
Relationships & Family > Relationships & Family (Other) How does a person get rid of past baggage: 6 of 23
I'm all about compassion, trust me. I, of all people, completely understand trauma and issues and baggage and ALLLL that. What I don't understand is how some people choose to wallow in self-loathing and/or pity instead of pursuing solutions to known problems. What I don't understand is how anyone over 18 and not still living ... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Self-Awareness & Realization Finding your life's purpose: 32 of 112
I have a friend whom we'll call Sally. Sally is ...stuck. She wants to lose weight, get a better job, find the perfect guy, move to her dream home, quit smoking, quit biting her nails, travel the world, tell off the loser pervert at the coffee shop, find her long lost fashion sense, be happy.......... blah.I sat down to refle... More..
Relationships & Family > Dealing with Problem People How to recover from a toxic relationship: 5 of 16
When I was a kid we had this little black dog, maybe a type of Cocker Spaniel or a Poodle of sorts, whose name was Spunky. He was always playful, and pretty much just your average canine buddy... loyal, barky, a sloppy kisser; the typical stuff that qualifies a family pet. He used to love to lick the back of our hands for som... More..
Jobs & Careers > Education Jobs Surviving your first year as a teacher: 7 of 20
There are some days when I don't want to do this. There are some days when I think it's hopeless, that no matter what I say or do it won't matter because they've had a lifetime of this stupid programming and are just hardwire wrecked. There are some days when I think they're so deep into their own drama that it's become their... More..