Articles in Mind & Spirit

Rolling With the Punches

Posted Jun 14th, 2010 and has No Comments »

Ever seem like your life has just hit a dead-end?  You know what I mean.  When no matter how hard you try, things just don’t seem to go your way and every time you “roll with the punches” and begin to get back up on your feet there seems to be another punch coming right at you. How do you …



How to Break Any Habit in 30 Days

Posted Mar 18th, 2010 and has 1 Comment »

As many of you know, I’ve battled trying to quit drinking soft drinks for years. No matter how often I’ve quit (and it’s been often), I always found myself sneaking a soda here and there and before I knew it, I was back to 2-3 per day.

I finally hit upon a method that enabled me to finally break the habit for good. You can use this method for any “bad” habit you want to get rid of (like reducing your caffeine or sugar intake) or for any “good” habit you want to make permanent (like exercising).



The Purpose of Dogs

Posted Mar 2nd, 2010 and has No Comments »

A friend of mine sent me one of those office emails that have been forwarded so many times, you have to scroll all the way down to the bottom to find the original message.  At first I thought it was another of those joke emails that he thinks are so funny.  But this one was different. This one was about …



Too Soon Gone

Posted Feb 22nd, 2010 and has No Comments »

I got word of two deaths this weekend.  One was a Great-Grandmother that had lived a long and full life and the other was a young father just starting to live his.  One lost a long battle with cancer, the other died in a hunting accident. In both cases, the message that was brought home to me is that no …



Expressing Gratitude

Posted Feb 16th, 2010 and has 1 Comment »

I was browsing some photos looking for something different to put on my iPhone wallpaper when I came across one with an interesting quote by William Arthur Ward.  It was a picture of someone wrapping a gift and it said, “Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a gift and not giving it.” How true.  How many of …



How Fast You Gonna Get Up?

Posted Feb 15th, 2010 and has No Comments »

Is it just me or has anyone else who’s been watching the Olympics been hit with this sudden urge to hit the gym and workout all day?  Doesn’t watching all these athletes who are the best in the world at what they do just make you even more conscious of that extra flab around your midsection? Add to the mix …