Stress is fast becoming the biggest health problem in modern societies. Financial pressures, work pressures, family pressures – so much to do so little time to do it all! Here’s five quick ways to ease the pressure and relieve stress: 1. Make time to switch off from the daily trials and tribulations and relax …
During World War Two, a strange phenomenon called “Battle Fatigue” affected many veterans after they returned home from combat zones in Europe and the Pacific. Today, we know this condition to be “post traumatic stress disorder.” Back then, returning veterans didn’t talk about it, because discussing these worrisome symptoms suggested weakness or cowardice. Post …
Have you ever been in a position where you wanted to help someone out so bad that you were frustrated because everything you have tried doesn’t work? Or the person doesn’t seem to hear what you’re saying? Often times we feel that there is something more that we either should have done, could be …
Everyone hates to fail but what most people don’t realize is that failing is part of success. Anyone who has ever succeeded has failed many times. So, how do you overcome failure? Here are 5 keys to overcoming failure. 1. Learn from your mistakes and failures. How did you learn to ride a bike? …
“I don’t get it!… I’ve a nice car. I’m accomplished. My A-List Corvette makes the next guy look funky! I even wear the latest Armani! Why doesn’t she flip for me? Why am I always alone?” STOP! How many times did you pound the dashboard of your Corvette bewailing this persistent question? The avenue …
Changing our day-to-day behaviors may be easier than previously imagined. By meditating on and repeating motivational and inspirational quotes, we are better prepared to change our thought patterns, behaviors and in turn, change our lives. Here’s how it’s done. If we believe something to be easy, we find little, if any struggle in accomplishing …
Who can forget the famous line of Peter Parker (Spiderman’s grandfather)? He said, “With great power comes great responsibility.” Society expects Spiderman — a comic book, TV and movie superhero with extraordinary powers — to be responsible for saving his town and the world from the forces of Evil. And he never let us …
What is wisdom? But first, what are the conditions that render it desirable, if not necessary, and what is its essential purpose? Life is a desire to live, and better still a desire to live happily. As we strive to satisfy this desire, we encounter obstacles that complicate or frustrate our efforts. This complication …
Flashes of memory stream into my consciousness. They take me back thirty years plus. I was a boy then, a newcomer to a poor and tough neighborhood. My parents, of moderate means and daring to a fault, had decided to move there after my father had accepted an editing job in the federal government. …
U2 was founded in 1976 and features Bono (Paul David Hewson) on vocals, The Edge (David Howell Evans) on lead guitar, keyboards, and background vocals, Adam Clayton on bass guitar, and Larry Mullen, Jr. on drums and background vocals. The band found popularity in the mid 1980’s and is still wildly popular today. They …