Since we love ourselves, we have a long list of mitigating circumstances to justify everything we do wrong in life. But when someone else makes the same exact mistake, we're quick to judge and condemn. So many of us have an itchy trigger finger that's all too ready to put a bullet between the other… [Read more...]

Here's a brief but especially important lesson in marital peace, designed predominantly for the man of the family. A couple came to me for marital counseling. She was starving for attention but he complained that he had to work overtime for his spendthrift wife, who "happens" to own 350 pairs of… [Read more...]

The miser was all alone, for he shuddered of feeding a wife and family, so he bought a beautiful Bolivian macaw that could talk, sing and give him companionship. A parable about… [Read more...]

Appreciation is life's most important character trait. Those who appreciate open their eyes to the world around them. They readily express gratitude, for gratitude is the fruit of appreciation. Spiritually-open eyes and expressing gratitude enable an individual to… [Read more...]

True friendship has a price-tag – it's called empathy, the ability to feel the other person, to know when to give a pat on the back or a word of encouragement. True friendship means that you feel when the other person needs you and you're there for them. You're not too tired or too… [Read more...]

The more society modernizes and becomes sophisticated, the more it renders things disposable. Manufacturers build products for limited use only. Even worse, people treat each other like throw-away utensils intended to be temporary at best. Folks with a disposable mindset get married without… [Read more...]

Two things cause extreme anguish to a person. The first is coercion, when a person is forced to do something against his or her own free will. The second is the loss of free choice. A person who loses free choice loses joy in life. A continued loss of free choice causes emotional damage such… [Read more...]

Remember that we must be happy before we can help make others happy. That is much easier than most people think. Don't take simple truths of life and complicate them. Just follow the 3 keys to happiness, which you can readily… [Read more...]