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March 2009

Self Esteem: What Is It?

March 9, 2009

Low self-esteem is a common issue. If you think about it, it’s really no wonder. We spend most of our formative years learning not to think or speak too highly of ourselves.   Then we are continually tested throughout school to make sure we are good enough.   Many people I have come across sabotage [...]

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Secrets Of Happiness

March 9, 2009

The secrets of happiness all lie in your Operating System.    The trouble is that we get blinded by our Operating System.   This is because our Operating System attempts to fit what’s happening around us into our Operating System’s expectations.   This is really important to understand.   The purpose of the Human Operating [...]

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Relationships: How Do They Relate To Our Happiness

March 9, 2009

Good relationships do not guarantee happiness… but not getting along with people, whether it is with your Partner, your Family or your Colleagues… can make your life a misery.   The fact that most of our relationships do not last as long as we expect… or want them to, is due to a basic misunderstanding [...]

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The Pursuit of Happiness

March 9, 2009

Seeking happiness is not a luxury or a privilege. It is your attempt to give to the world.   It is not self-indulgent or selfish. It is the noblest choice you can make.   However it is a mistake.   Here’s why.   The very phrase, the pursuit of happiness is based on a misunderstanding [...]

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Praying Hands

March 9, 2009

Back in the fifteenth century, in a tiny village near Nuremberg, lived a family with eighteen children. Eighteen! In order merely to keep food on the table for this mob, the father and head of the household, a goldsmith by profession, worked almost eighteen hours a day at his trade and any other paying chore [...]

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The Power Of Perspective

March 9, 2009

One day a father and his rich family took his young son on a trip to the country with the firm purpose to show him how poor people can be. They spent a day and a night in the farm of a very poor family. When they got back from their trip the father asked [...]

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The Power Of A Friend

March 9, 2009

One day, when I was a freshman in high school, I saw a kid from my class was walking home from school. His name was Kyle. It looked like he was carrying all of his books. I thought to myself, “Why would anyone bring home all his books on a Friday? He must really be [...]

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A Picture of Peace

March 9, 2009

There once was a King who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace. Many artists tried. The King looked at all the pictures, but there were only two he really liked and he had to choose between them.   One picture was of a calm lake. The lake [...]

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On Parenting By Kahlil Gilbran

March 9, 2009

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.   They come through you but not from you,   And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you.   You may give them your love but not your thoughts.   For they have their [...]

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On the Subject of Money

March 9, 2009

Money will buy a bed, but not sleep;   Books, but not brains;   Food, but not appetite;   Finery, but not beauty;   A house, but not a home;   Medicine, but not health;   Luxuries, but not culture;   Amusement, but not happiness;   Religion, but not salvation;   A passport to everywhere [...]

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