You Too Can Be Victorious In Christ
Author: Carol A Webb
My diagnosis is Major Depression, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder. Having such a diagnosis is overwhelming to say the least. We hear the words of the diagnosis not quite understanding what it really means and how it will impact our lives. I slowly but assuredly felt thoroughly discouraged and beaten. At that point the diagnosis and ramifications on my life weighed on me like a ton of bricks. I fought! With one arm moving again to a psychiatrist to try one more time for the ¡°right¡± anti-depressant. With one leg moving awkwardly I reach out to therapy to get answers. Answers that did not come. For myself it brought on additional pain. This was increasing my feelings of pain, anger and frustration. I felt more alone than I ever had.
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The Hand
Author: Source Unknown
The first grade teacher gave her class a fun assignment -- to draw a picture of something for which they were thankful. Most of the class might be considered economically disadvantaged, but still many would have things that they were thankful for. But Douglas made a different kind of picture.
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She Just Does What is in Her Heart...
Author: Robyn M Speed
People who touch your life, are those who are loving, kind, caring. They lift your day, they make you feel appreciated.
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Real Solutions For Combatting Extreme Shyness
Author: Royane Real
Most people experience some degree of shyness from time to time in certain situations. In fact, only about 7% of the population claims that they never feel shy. For the rest of us, shyness can range from being an occasional, minor inconvenience, to being a major problem.
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Real Friends
Author: Skye Thomas
About a year ago, I was talking to a friend of mine on the telephone. He had just experienced a big success in his career and wanted to brag. We had a great time cheering and laughing over his big moment. Then as we were wrapping up our phone call, he apologized for gloating to me. I blew it off telling him, "Don't apologize! Real friends are people that you can cry with during the bad times and gloat with during the good times. Everyone else expects you to be politically correct in your behaviors." What's the point of having friends if you can't be yourself around them?
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New Choices That Dismiss Dark Conditions
Author: Guy Finley
The only thing most of us know to do when life takes an unwanted turn, bringing us what we don't want, is to take a turn for the negative ourselves. And when the circumstance in question really makes a wreck of things, not only do we summarily reject the event seen "at cause," but for good measure we often will turn our wrath upon our own lives, pronouncing them "not worth living"!
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My friend saved me from doing the unspeakable
Author: Source Unknown
One day, when I was a freshman in high school, I saw a kid from my class was walking home from school. His name was Kyle. It looked like he was carrying all of his books. I thought to myself, "Why would anyone bring home all his books on a Friday? He must really be a nerd."
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Maintaining a Positive Attitude
Author: Kim Snyder
Thinking about it, a positive attitude comes from a life dedicated to self-improvement and service to others. Do you have a personal commitment to do your best today? Your best is just that, your best not what someone thinks is best. By doing your best you cause yourself to become more
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Lonely Won't Leave Me Alone
Author: Dr Tim Ong
The above title is the name of a song, but it reflects a reality of life most of us would rather not face up to - that deep down inside, despite the friends that we have and the possessions we have accumulated, we still have a sense of loneliness that does not seem to go away.
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Letter about Trust
Author: Sam Vaknin
For millions of years nature embedded in us the notion that the past can teach us a lot about the future. This is very useful for survival. And it is also mostly true with inanimate objects. With humans the story is somewhat different: it is reasonable to learn from someone's past behaviour about his future behaviour (even though this proves erroneous most of the time). But it is mistaken to learn from someone's behaviour about other people's. Actually, most psychotherapy is nothing but the effort to disentangle past from present, to teach the patient that the past is gone and has no reign over him anymore, unless the patient lets it to.
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Let Other People See Who You Really Are
Author: Royane Real
Do you know anybody that you feel is particularly engaging and lively? Take a moment to picture that person in your mind. What is it about that person that you find most attractive? He or she may have a charming voice and a great laugh, but it is also very likely that you find their face very expressive. That person is probably quick to smile and laugh and seems to always have a twinkle in their eye.
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Kissing contains no javelchromopntheoremicherbicidic acid
Author: David Leonhardt
Every now and then a quarrel breaks out down at the barber shop, lines are drawn, challenges leveled and, with any luck, somebody walks out with very few blood stains. All over a seemingly innocent discussion: What is the greatest sport ever?
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Kissing contains no javelchromopntheoremicherbicidic acid
Author: David Leonhardt
Every now and then a quarrel breaks out down at the barber shop, lines are drawn, challenges leveled and, with any luck, somebody walks out with very few blood stains. All over a seemingly innocent discussion: What is the greatest sport ever?
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It’s Never Too Late
Author: Sigrid Macdonald
Many of us make mistakes in our lives. We hurt other people and disappoint them. That doesn't make us bad people. We're all works in progress. We're bound to let each other down from time to time. That’s why it’s so important to learn how to say “I’m sorry,” and to accept other people’s apologies when they are brave enough to offer them.
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Improving Interpersonal Relationships
Author: Burt Goldman
When you come to the realization that interpersonal relationships are based on needs then the steps following become simple and effective
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If You Want Others to Like You, Like Yourself First!
Author: Royane Real
Many of us mistakenly believe that it’s wrong or conceited, to think we have any good qualities. We may spend a lot of time berating ourselves for our negative qualities, thinking that self criticism is the key to improving our performance. However, a constant focus on our supposed shortcomings can hinder our efforts to make friends with other people.
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Identifying Loneliness & Rising Above It
Author: Dr. Liara M. Covert
Loneliness describes a sense of incompleteness within us. This emptiness is separate from physically being alone. We can experience it even when surrounded by friends if we fail to connect with them, ourselves, or to strengthen our relationships. Most people normally know intermittent loneliness, such as when temporarily separated from a loved one. It’s not a problem unless it becomes frequent and all-consuming.
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FINDING A BEST FRIEND
Author: William N Hodges
Have you ever looked for a best friend? Probably not. Best friends generally just seem to appear. But if you did look for a best friend, what criteria would you use? Here are a few that I think might be important.
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Eight Ways to be a Better Friend
Author: Susie Cortright
Being a good friend is a skill we can learn and improve upon. Here, eight ways to be a better friend.
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Disappearing Act
Author: Michael Rawls
Civilization is a stream with banks. The stream is sometimes filled with blood from people killing, stealing, shouting and doing the things historians usually record, while on the banks, unnoticed, people build homes, make love, raise children, sing songs, write poetry and even whittle statues. The story of civilization is what happened on the banks.
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Build your social support network
Author: Linda Dessau, the Self-Care Coach
A social support network is a group of people who you can count on to support you. They may be the first people you call when something upsetting has happened, when you have a difficult decision to make, or when you have fantastic news to share. Some of the people in your social support network might be professionals and support you in very specific ways (i.e. your family doctor or your life coach), and other people in your network you might live with or be in contact with every day.
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Being Single
Author: Gary Caine
These collages are not about art. They are not meant to be framed for a gallery. They are about me - my likes, my fears, my regrets, and my dreams. I spent my life focusing on others ?trying to please them. I was interested in their opinions, likes, dislikes and desires. I never spent any time on looking at me. When I realized I didn’t know myself, I found it very difficult to see inside myself with the accuracy I could see in others. I found myself leery of looking inside. I was afraid of what I might find, and even more scared that I’d find nothing there. The practice of collage has given me a means to bypass the conscience and tap deeper in. Tap into that place where the real me lives.
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Being a Gentleman
Author: George J. Stewart
A GENTLEMAN
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Are We So Blessed?
Author: Judee Regan
The man I write about, has had a serious mental illness for years. I had not asked about him for a long time and when I did, what I heard was a story that warmed my heart deeply.
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An Exponential Idea In Giving
Author: Dalene Entenmann
Here's an exponential idea for our time. What if, each time someone did a good deed for someone else, the good deed was paid back by paying it forward to three additional people? In turn, each day, each person, having received a good deed, did a good deed for three more people.
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Alone for the Holidays?
Author: Margaret Paul, Ph.D.
Being alone is a challenge for many people. This challenge may loom especially large during the holidays if you are single or newly divorced and without family around you. Holidays are a time to share love, and many people end up feeling depressed when they do not have people around with whom to share love. If you are in this situation, what can you do to make the holidays joyous rather than depressing?
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A MONK IN THE WORLD
Author: Wayne Teasdale
The Nature of Friendship
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A Bright Side of Darkness
Author: Audrina Jones Bunton
As I sat in my dim bedroom on a September evening, surrounded by candles and oil lamps, I sat not alone, but in the presence of my husband and two children.
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