Ultimately, while we do not and cannot control everything in our lives, we can take 100% responsibility for the quality of our lives. While you may not control outside events, other people, or the weather, you do have extraordinary means by which to control your experience of all these things, and that means is [...]

If you want to find out what someone’s priorities are in life, check out what they do, not what they say. See if their walk matches their talk. Actions really do speak louder than words, and people in your life are paying attention, whether you know it, or not.

I was watching a favorite movie the other night (Moonstruck, starring Cher and Nicolas Cage) and a line jumped out at me and made me think. For those of you who’ve seen the movie, it was in the scene when Olympia Dukakis (who plays the Cher’s character’s mother) was being walked home by John Mahoney [...]

It’s spring break this week for my kids, so they’re home and any form of a schedule has gone completely out the window. Last night, my daughter asked if her friend could spend the night, and I agreed, mostly because she’s bored out of her skull and the weather has turned rainy and cold. At [...]

All those years, while I was so busy putting out fires caused by others’ choices, all I wanted was for them to be responsible for themselves. I wanted them to care enough about themselves to make better choices for themselves. But I was the pot calling the kettle black.
Where was their example of setting healthy [...]

And no, I’m not suggesting a trip to McDonald’s (for those of you old enough to remember that commercial.) But seriously, when is the last time you took some time, even only a few minutes, for yourself? Can’t remember? Well, my friend, it’s been too long!
You may have too many things to do, too many [...]

If I’ve made a recurring mistake in relationships over the course of my life, it has been trying to “fix” other people. Interestingly - to “fix” something implies that it was broken before you got hold of it - and who decides what “broken” is?
Of course, I did not consciously enter into these relationships with [...]

Overwhelmingly, we all crave control. Control gives us the illusion of security, quells our fears about what’s around the corner and gives us a sense of purpose. But, control is a myth. We actually have “control” over very little in our lives in the grand scheme of things. And that, my friends, is a fairly [...]

I honestly don’t remember much about the movie carrying this post’s title, other than it was a good movie and somehow an absence of malice meant a crime was not committed. Maybe I’ll rent it and watch it again all these years later, and find even more correlation between it and what I’m feeling today.
But [...]

“When you die, God and the angels will hold you accountable for all the pleasures you were allowed in life that you denied yourself.” — Anonymous
Interesting idea, huh?
We are so used to concentrating on the responsibilities and obligations we have, and typically, a responsibility or obligation to oneself to indulge in available pleasures does not [...]