Articles in Relationships

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 the …



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 matter …



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 us …



Plateaued? Time to Level Up!

Posted Feb 8th, 2010 and has No Comments »

An old Navajo man was out walking with his young Granddaughter one day teaching her the stories of the deep canyons and flat plateaus of the American Southwest.  His Granddaughter stopped and asked, “Grandfather, what’s a plateau?”  The Grandfather said, “A plateau is where a mountain stopped growing.”
All of us have reached  plateaus, a place where we’ve stopped growing, at …



My Boss is Making Me Sick!

Posted Feb 5th, 2010 and has No Comments »

Do you work for a “toxic” boss?  You know the type I mean.  They’re always yelling and screaming at everybody.  They belittle and degrade people at every opportunity.  They’re convinced that acting otherwise is a sign of weakness.
Working for this type of person can obviously be very stressful but there’s more to it than that.  This stress can eventually manifest …



Making this Valentine’s The Best Ever

Posted Feb 1st, 2010 and has No Comments »

If you’re like most people, Valentine’s Day kind of sneaks up on you.  It’s here before you know it and you’re stuck trying to buy something nice for your sweetheart at the corner Drug Store on the way home.
Not cool.
Whether you’re shopping for a guy or a gal, here are a couple of tips to make this Valentine’s Day special:
1.  …