When you find yourself in a dark place in life, your worst fears realized, your options seemingly gone - there is hope if you can realize that you are also in the best position - finally - to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

“She was becoming herself and daily casting aside that fictitious self which we assume like a garment with which to appear before the world.”
— Kate Chopin
In more than one conversation this week, I found myself saying, “You’re just becoming yourself, that’s all. And change, of any kind, tends to make us nervous, makes us question [...]

When it comes to choosing how you feel, no matter what is staring you in the face, I have the privilege of introducing you to Maureen McCarthy, thanks to my good friend Tuck, The Rebel Belle.
Watch this video. Listen to Maureen. If ever there was a woman who knows what it truly means to get [...]

Barrie made me gasp this morning by emailing me this. Read the caption under the first picture, then look at the second picture.

Look at the picture above and you can see where this guy broke through the guardrail (right side where the people are standing on the road pointing.) The pick-up was traveling from right [...]

In the Law of Attraction, being grateful is vital to attaining what you want out of life. Take the gratitude quiz to see if you are stirring up enough grateful feelings to obtain what you desire. (Really, this isn’t a quiz in the technical sense of the word because the answer to each question is [...]

From The Dispatch Online
Check out this article on gratitude, written by a junior in high school! I was impressed when I found it, because I had no idea a “kid” wrote it until I got to the bottom of the page. It’s well worth the few minutes it will take you to read it, and [...]

From the Sun Chronicle Online.
Tuesday, December 4, 2007 12:53 AM EST
Heroic passersby earn local family’s gratitude
To the editor:
This letter is to publicly thank the two gentlemen who saved my brother Domin Bernier from a burning car on Thanksgiving day.
It will be a long road to full recovery but because of you we are fortunate to [...]

From BlackAnthem.com
ENCINO, CA - On December 1, 2007, Operation Gratitude presented the first annual NATIONAL FREEDOM AWARD as a tribute to American troops around the world who have freely sacrificed their own comfort and safety in order to serve our nation. The organization has chosen a true hero, retired United States Army Lieutenant General Hal [...]

From the Wausau Daily Herald website.
Elvira Saeger, 79, of the town of Maine had back surgery in January. Her son and daughter-in-law from Minnesota helped her for a few days, but then needed to go back to their homes.

That’s when Saeger’s friends and neighbors took over.

“They watched over my house, picked up the mail, watered [...]

By OWEN McNEILL, Staff Writer
The Ledger Independent
Maysville, Kentucky
This time of year, so many get caught up in the stress of the season and forget to reflect on how fortunate they really are.
We stress over who we need to buy what for and where we need to be to make everyone in the family happy. We [...]