Susan and I recently returned from taking our annual one-week-a-year getaway to my brother’s and my fishing camp in Wisconsin. It isn’t really a camp but it is a place where family members often gather. This year it was quite wonderful being...
As I was recently reminded, we really do have control as to how we see things – our perspective. In celebration of a very special event we invited two dear friends of ours stay at our home in Connecticut. Before he retired, Douglas...
I’m at my brother’s and my fishing camp in Mercer, Wisconsin. This is a familiar area to me as my parent’s brought us up here for all our childhood vacations. You don’t come to Mercer for wild partying. It is a place of peace. My...
“At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.” -Albert Schweitzer, physician, philosopher and Nobel Peace laureate ...
“A sure way for one to lift himself up is by helping to lift someone else.” -Booker T. Washington, American educator and author Would you trade your spouse for a job? How about your children, relatives or friends? If the answer...
"By choosing your thoughts, and by selecting which emotional currents you will release and which you will reinforce, you determine the quality of your Light. You determine the effects that you will have upon others, and the nature of the experiences of your life." ~ Gary...
"It's fear of the unknown. The unknown is what it is. And to be frightened of it is what sends everybody scurrying around chasing dreams, illusion, wars, peace, love, hate, all that - it's an illusion. Unknown is what it is. Accept...
"In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends." - John Churton Collins, 1848 -1908 English literary critic During tough economic times there are certain psychological commonalities that hold true - fear, cynicism, pessimism, self-doubt and life-style reversal. As in the past, they are...
"I see every thing I paint in the world, but everybody does not see alike. To the eyes of a miser a guinea is more beautiful than the sun, and a bag worn with the use of money as more beautiful proportions than a vine...
"An individual's self-concept is the core of his personality. It affects every aspect of human behavior: the ability to learn, the capacity to grow and change. A strong, positive Self-image is the best possible preparation for success I life" - Dr. Joyce Brothers, American Psychologist...