August 25, 2017 WALK AWAY FROM WORRY Are you a worrier? Sometimes? Most of the time? Never? Worry is interesting. Even though it is a “negative” emotion or condition, it can also cause positive action if handled properly. If there is a specific worry, like “did I remember to turn off the oven?” then a simple confirmation will either allay all worry, or settle that you were right to worry and then take steps to correct the issue. So, some worry can be fine, or even beneficial. What about “unspecific” worry, a nagging, negative feeling about nothing in particular? Personally, I don’t’ see any reason to get…
August 6, 2009 Be Like Mickey D’s…You Deserve a Break Today! If any of you readers are old enough to remember McDonald’s slogan from the early 1980’s, then you know to what I am referring. GIVE YOURSELF A BREAK! The doldrums of the current economic situation seem to be lasting a long time so far. It seems like everything around us is permeated with a gray, cloudy sense of gloom and foreboding. Keeping up a cheerful demeanor against the wilting and pessimistic attitudes of those around you sometimes must feel like a Herculean task. So, here’s my advice… DON’T BE SO HARD ON YOURSELF! For those of you who tend to…
