CHANGE YOURSELF

How many times have we attempt the impossible and tried to change other people - but attempting this is a waste of time!  I can't tell you how many times I have tried to change other people and I have failed. There was one person in particular with whom I am very...

POSITIVE THINKING: Stop negative self-talk to reduce stress

Positive thinking helps with stress management and can even improve your health. Practice overcoming negative self-talk with examples provided. Is your glass-half-empty or half-full? How you answer this age-old question about positive thinking may reflect your outlook on life, your attitude...

KEEP YOUR DREAMS

I have a friend named Monty Roberts who owns a horse ranch in San Ysidro. He has let me use his house to put on fund-raising events to raise money for youth at risk programs. The last time I was there he introduced me by saying: p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Helvetica} “I...

BELIEVE IN YOURSELF

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Helvetica} There may be days when you get up in the morning and things aren’t the way you had hoped they would be. That’s when you have to tell yourself that things will get better. There are times when people disappoint you and...

OUR PERSPECTIVE.

When I was in elementary school, I got into a major argument with a boy in my class. I have forgotten what the argument was about, but I have never forgotten the lesson I learned that day. I was convinced that “I” was right and “he” was wrong – and he was just as convinced that “I” was...

HELEN KELLER

American educator Helen Keller overcame the adversity of being blind and deaf to become one of the 20th century's leading humanitarians, as well as co-founder of the ACLU. Helen Adams Keller was born on June 27, 1880 in Tuscumbia, Alabama. In 1882, she was stricken by an illness that left her...