Personal and Self Improvement August, 2006
By: Teow Aun Chew The eight trigrams formed the foundation of the earliest holy scripture of China, "I Ching". Five thousand years ago, Emperor Fu Shi obtained the true Tao after seeking twenty-four masters. When he was ...
By: James Rick Trust is the glue that binds us. It is the purest bond between two human beings; the guiding light of all interaction.The world takes no mercy on those still living with the innocent gullibility ...
By: Barbara Hemphill Parenting is always a challenge, but particularly so if your work requires that you travel. Don’t be too hard on yourself or on them when you find it difficult. Here are some tips ...
By: Joseph Plazo It was a drab Friday and I was in a black mood that day. My shoulders were hunched. I dragged with a shuffle. I avoided eye contact. My normal "life-of-the-party" spirit was dead.... ...
By: Zoe Routh Many goal setting programs and ideas focus on writing down your goals, creating an action plan, and taking action. This is good advice. It also sounds like a lot of hard work.
There are ...
By: Virginia Bola, PsyD Every time something doesn't go quite right (rather frequently for some of us), we start berating ourselves. We can be the soul of courtesy and forgiveness to those we care about and then ...
By: Joseph Ghabi We have to go through some unfortunate experiences sometimes in our life. When you speak with other people you will always find out how easy your experience is in comparison to what they have ...
By: Mark Tyrrell Shy people instinctively know that they are missing out. Shyness equals lost opportunities, less pleasure and fewer social connections. Shyness can be crippling but there are tried and tested ways to make it a ...
By: John Watson Critics can destroy or inspire you. Your own self critic is often the most deadly critic of all. I was thrown out of the school choir at the age of 8. The teacher said ...
By: Douglas Eby "I only know that summer sang in me a little while, that in me sings no more."That excerpt from one of her sonnets expresses how much poet Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950) probably knew ...
