One of the most difficult things to deal with is rejection. No matter how confident and secure we are, feeling rejected hurts. How we deal with rejection, both real and perceived, can make all the difference in the world to our ego. … [Read more...]
You Never Know What Someone is Going Through
This is a story that, as with most who read it, will bring a tear to your eye. But, its also a story of resilience and overcoming adversity, so it will also make you think about how our words and actions can be cruel, even if we don’t mean them to be. … [Read more...]
Seven Steps to Becoming a Resilient Person
It's probably safe to say that most people would like to be more resilient. When it comes to dealing with life's difficulties, resiliency can mean the difference between maintaining our sanity and totally losing our cool. … [Read more...]
How to Better Deal with Rejection
Rejection can be an awful experience and it really does hurt. It doesn't matter much who is doing the rejecting, how, or why we're being rejected — it's never pleasant and it can really shake our confidence...if we let it. … [Read more...]
The Wooden Bowl
We reap what we sow. That is a very powerful truth, but one we often forget. If we sow bad seeds, we reap a bitter, unpalatable crop. Knowing this, why do we so often fall into the same old trap of sowing harmful seeds? … [Read more...]
Do You Build a Bridge or a Fence?
So often in life, we build a fence, rather than a bridge. When faced with conflict, sometimes the easiest response is to close ourselves off — to put up a defensive barrier instead of a gesture of peace and reconciliation. When we do this, who does it hurt more? … [Read more...]