If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all. We have all heard this statement while growing up. You haven’t seen a friend for some time. You think she might be pregnant, but you are not sure. Don’t…
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People have been searching for the truth since the dawn of time. It is the ultimate destination, the treasured “pot of gold at the end of the rainbow”, so to speak. Is it wise to always, without question, speak the…
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If I were to write say five articles and they all joined hands and jumped to their demise to the bottom percentile I would probably be pretty disappointed. If I was told by a confidant not to sweat it because…
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What not to do in an argument: There’s a difference between arguing and discussing an issue. When we argue, we argue, “against,” and when we discuss, we discuss, “with,” so discussing is always the best way to resolve any issue….
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For me the most burning questions are those that have been with me all my life. Do we enter this world for a reason? Is there a motive behind when and where we appear in the earth? What is our…
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Getting punched in the face left a huge bruise on your cheek bone. The bruise went away with time. After it was long gone and forgotten, the memory of words exchanged forever burns inside. Words challenge a person’s thinking, beliefs,…
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Are you feeling a communications gap between you and your kids? If so, you can see it as a growing, distressing trend, or you can see it as a wonderful opportunity to discover new levels of intimacy with those you…
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Communicating is challenging because we don’t all share one mind. Everyone builds ideas based on personal experience and the society they are raised in. If everyone were of the same mind, life would be dull and there would be no…
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Today’s generation is living in a world powered by technology. For the most part, new technology is a good thing. It spurs the economy and provides new forms of communication. There is also a downside to it. Text messaging. It…
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See, my parents, well my mother, she is always telling me, “you always want want want”, but it always seems like I am never satisfied and she also tells me that too. I sometimes feel as if I need these…
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Debate is always going to lead to tension. Debate is about proving you are right and the other side is wrong. Whether in politics and or in a relationship, debate should be replaced with discussion, and the key to discussion…
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“And the Truth shall set you free.” Who on planet earth does not desire to be free? Thus it goes without saying it is indeed, “wiser to always tell the truth.” Let’s analyze the question by beginning with a definition…
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I like to talk. I’m known among friends as a good communicator. But I think of all the things I’ve learned in adulthood (and I’m in my 50s), one important lesson is that I don’t always have to be the…
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Do you want your life to be filled with peace? Do you prefer to live in a happy home? You can become happier, build peace with others and make your home sweet by using smart methods. You will learn how…
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Who likes to be told they are fat, even if it is the truth? How about that they are rude, dressed poorly, or stink? If you want to always tell the truth be prepared to face these situations as well…
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For some of us, the when to shut up is before anything at all gets said. The moment before you… Promise to pay back that fifty dollars, KNOWING that your check is gone already. Tell the end of a movie,…
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To be truly happy, one must be fully self aware. Through identifying how we “speak” to the self, one might see reason to revaluate their “self talk” and therefore improve their prospects at happiness. The mind is unfortunately a fickle…
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I like to call arguments – discussion sessions. We are all different and we all have our differences but we need to discuss our differences and work through them. Confrontation is some times necessary to express a need or desire…
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It is important that you know that every relationship has problems and thus every relationship will, at one point or another, be involved in an argument. Differences in opinion are going to happen, after all, there are no two people…
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To describe a scenery or colors to someone that has always been blind and has never seen, I would start with the naming of colors, and describe how there are so many that are very similar. Each and everyone is…
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People lie because they don’t believe they are good enough. It’s an insecurity that dogs many peoples’ lives, and it starts in childhood. When a child is looking for attention from his parent, and doesn’t receive it, he then resorts…
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It’s a ‘discussion’ not an ‘argument’… Whenever you see someone that claims to have been “Married 40 years, and never had an argument…” You can be sure that they don’t consider their ‘discussions’ to be in the same league as…
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I have always felt that the words we issue can be extremely harmful. They truly do cut like a weapon and they leave scars on any relationship. Scars that never go away. A prime example of that is a husband…
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What do you say to your ex when there are no words left? For me that would be, “Thanks for giving me the experience.” Note the word, “forgiving,” in that sentence? When all is said and done, forgiveness is the…
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Use Your Disillusion Emily talks about how I plainly saw this all coming. It is more than possible that I did not let myself see the truth, though she did not help. A potent warning sign, one friends and family…
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Recently, I was sitting in a small examining room at Children’s Hospital in Boston waiting for my young son to be prepped for his MRI. He had seizures after he was born and it has been test after test since…
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This is my answer to tough love or cruelty. Tough love is getting grounded for a month for getting caught sneaking out of your parents house. Tough love is getting a spanking for misbehaving or lieing to your parents or…
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The Truth Do We Really Want To Hear It? Truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.it’s one of the most potent and potentially dangerous abstractions in the human experience. Truth is an orphan child; it must feel bruised…
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Words can kill. Earlier this year a bright young man, just fifteen years-old, left his home after an argument with his dad. Two weeks later police finally found the boy, dead, in a dense wooded area less than a quarter…
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Lying always hurts because we tend to see it as an act of deception. When someone has said something to us that we find to be a non-truth we immediately find motive behind it. Our minds wander, and we end…
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