This is so wild, so funny and so true.  My Zen Habits guy that I've been following for a few years now is all about leading a simpler, l...

It's a fact that you never have to have an argument with another person as long as you live!  I can prove the truth of this because I st...

In addition to criticism and being bossed, people really, really, hate being ignored.  I've heard it said that children will disobey, kn...

I have learned that people (including me) hate, hate, hate being told what to do.  For me, at least, I think it relates back to being critic...

I've learned a lot of things about relationships with other human beings the hard way - which means I didn't believe some of the ver...

From what I saw on CNN last night, there are social psychologists that study things like optimism and pessimism.  (I would rather they study...

It's a practice in recovery to "tell your story" so that listeners can see how the program helped you to recover.  I've do...

For a long time I kind of disagreed with the saying in recovery communities, "Act as if..."  It means you can act like a courageou...

For most of my life I had no idea that my problem was my mind.  I thought my mind was me and I believed everything I thought was correct.  N...

I've been noticing for quite awhile now that a lot of people are riddled with shame and have it mixed up with guilt.  Lucky for me, in t...

"Denial is invigorating - like inertia wih attitude.  It allows you to be defiant while doing nothing at all."  (from a short stor...

For the past several weeks I've been gradually going through all my hundreds of books and ditching the ones that I don't need anymor...

I really like living by myself.  There are a lot of advantages, not the least of which is being able to set my own agenda every day and not ...

My youngest children with disabilities both turned 41 this year.  They came to me through the foster care system when they were just babies ...

The day after Christmas I dreamed that I had decided to take my wheelchair to a nearby town to take care of some important business.  It...

I really hate it that any attitude I take that isn't acceptance is self-pity.  I've tried and tried to escape the truth of this.  I ...

One of the benefits of living alone and journaling every day is that the ideas that pop into my head often get recorded - if they seem to be...

Once I leave "stuff" on a surface, the next thing I know, there's a whole lot more "stuff."  This is particularly tr...

I am the queen of clutter working toward being a minimalist.  Ever so often I notice that "stuff" has piled up everywhere again.  ...

I'm really sure about the changes I want to make in my life.  I've never lied to myself about it - not even for one moment.  But som...