Recovering Shopaholic Says 'Less Is More'

By Free Spirit on August 17, 2015 / 5,593 views

I'm a recovering shopaholic and this is my story: When I was growing up, we didn't have much. We lived in a house, but we were always money poor. Sometimes I would sell things in order to have money to go out with friends. My friends never knew. I went to university and took on student loans. It was the first time I had money and it felt good. At university campuses, we were given free gifts...

Don't Rely On Motivation For Anything

By Dr Drangle on August 17, 2015 / 4,944 views

Don't rely on motivation for anything. It is fleeting and unreliable. Discipline, however, is unyielding. Force yourself to follow through. Things are going to come up in life that get in the way of your goals but that's no reason to let them stop you completely. Can't do a whole run? Do half of one. Don't have time to go to the gym to lift? Do pushups. Any action is better than...

How Heavy Is This Glass Of Water?

By Chris on August 17, 2015 / 1,885 views

A psychologist walked around a room while teaching stress management to an audience. As she raised a glass of water, everyone expected they'd be asked the "half empty or half full" question. Instead, with a smile on her face, she inquired: "How heavy is this glass of water?" Answers called out ranged from 8 oz. to 20 oz. She replied, "The absolute weight...

My Window

By Suditi Srivastava on August 15, 2015 / 4,899 views

Being back home brings me so many memories, especially when I sit by my room's window. The sunlight still falls exactly the way it used to, forming the identical patterns on the wall adjacent to my window. I feel the same birds have stayed here for all these years, as the chirping still sounds familiar and the street children around have never grown up because their endless noise and rattles...

My Rules

By Prachi on August 14, 2015 / 5,071 views

"People think that they can judge anyone." How foolish they are! We always copy others' life because we think they are much better than us. It's not true. Just think about ourselves, what you are??? What is your skill ??? What makes u different from others? When you think this you will get success. When any successful person gives his speech, we try to copy him. Because...

A Year Ago Today - Some Thoughts On Perspective

By Anon on August 13, 2015 / 4,969 views

Almost exactly a year ago, I thought my previous relationship was over. After months of crippling anxiety and depression, my partner of 3.5 years finally let me know he'd had enough. I was devastated, I was broken. After about 48 hours, we reconciled, each vowing to do better for each other in the future. In the months that followed, I was stagnant in a constant state of fear and uncertainty...

Fishing

By Joseph J. Mazzella on August 11, 2015 / 6,960 views

I was a young boy sitting on a big rock by a river with a pole in my hands. My Dad was next to me trying to show me the fine art of fishing. Being an impatient boy I wasn't a very good student. I hated just sitting there and longed to be playing ball or riding my bike. After a few more attempts my Dad finally gave up and let me go play so he could fish in peace. It wasn't until I was older...

Nobody Can Hurt Me

By C M Reddy on August 10, 2015 / 5,976 views

'Nobody can hurt me' as long as I accept people as they are, I perceive things around me as in their original form and I rejoice the beauty of Mother Nature in its pure form. We interact with people from our own perception and make all the impressions what our mind manifest from its past learning and experiences. Everyone has equal good & bad emotions. We judge people and things according to our...

Story Of Ego

By Chandramouli Reddy on August 06, 2015 / 6,947 views

"Ego", the natural Human psychological trait that changes everything in its way and makes everyone fall prey to undesirable consequences in their life. The pride & self esteem if they are overrated in our mind it manifest in the form of Ego. We forget to remember the only truth in the Universe is all the living and non living objects and their existence is under the control of the Supreme Power...

A Reputation To Call Mine

By Nana Yaw Otwey on August 06, 2015 / 4,949 views

I was present at a friend’s birthday party last weekend and in the course of the party friends and family were asked to say anything about the friend ever since she came into our lives. It could be good or bad. Everyone spoke giving individual accounts of how we knew her. In as much as we all tried not repeat what someone had already said, two words were inexorable; discipline and hardworking. She earned...

Mother's Day

By LindaRNnLA on August 06, 2015 / 1,756 views

On Mother's Day of 2012, I was getting my nails done early. My grown children were planning to be at the house later in the afternoon. I was thinking of how far I had come from a Mother's Day long ago and feeling grateful. Fifteen years earlier, life was moving very fast. I was a single mom with two children, a demanding job and a long commute. This meant, that the time to shop for groceries, wash...

Create Your Life

By Sonia Kaur on August 06, 2015 / 5,650 views

It is up to you, you want to accept your life as it comes or create your life according to your wish. What you want in your life, then first learn to give then you will get back it in abundance. If we are thankful to god for what we have then we are attracting more blessings and if we are ungrateful for everything we have, then we are loosing our blessings. If you think of illness then...

My Daily Quest

By You Are Loved on August 06, 2015 / 3,491 views

Every single day my daughter and I have a "daily quest" where we do something good for someone else. Usually, I will just pay for someone's coffee behind me in the Tim Hortons drive thru. I don't have much money but I work hard at two and a half jobs and my daughter and I are okay. She donates her allowance to a local animal shelter and we often help out elderly at the retirement home across...

I Just Made Someone's Day And It Feels Great

By Badge on August 04, 2015 / 1,955 views

I was walking to work and a woman drove slowly past me with a blown out tire. It was on a small street about to feed into a much larger street. I pointed at her tire to see if she knew it was blown (sometimes people don't notice these things and they wreck their rims). She made motions as though she knew but didn't know what to do about it. Normally at this point I'd wave, say have a...

The Bright Side Of The Moon

By Coach Muller on August 03, 2015 / 6,517 views

I have always found it interesting that in most things in life, there is a bright, positive side and there is the polar opposite, the dark, sometimes unknowing side. I like to think of the moon as an example…when you look at it at night, you always see the bright side. You can see the light (do you see a rabbit or a face?), you can see the craters of the moon and with a telescope, you can see the true...

Walk Your Own Path

By Chandramouli Reddy on August 03, 2015 / 7,281 views

Many people simply follow the others in every manner by comparing their lifestyles. The inference is that,they are not living their true life for what it is meant. "Every person has a reason to live on this Earth". Every life has some purpose to be filled. Take any activity, be it profession, business, job, career etc it is individual specific. We could not follow others blindly. We have to leave...

Your Power Of Influence

By Skip Myers on August 03, 2015 / 4,032 views

I have been led to share a wonderful story with you. However, this journey came with new challenges and self-reflection as I considered the "bigger picture" this story represents. Just prior to Mother's Day this year, I began writing this story in memory of my Mom. As I progressed through the composition of this story, I felt the familiar presence of a heavy heart as I reflected upon...