There are no coincidences in life.  Every person we meet, every situation (good or bad) we have, every place we go is all planned.  We are all under scheduled contracts to play out certain timed events in our lives.

Contracts- alot of the times- are about getting to know our shadow.  Just because we cannot see what we’re looking for doesn’t mean that what we’re looking at isn’t what we’re supposed to see.

We’re all scheduled to…

Ah, the holidays. Time for family, food, and … fights? If the tension of the season interfere with your good cheer, arm yourself with these simple phrases from family mediator Laurie Puhn. They’ll help you avoid arguments now- and all year long.

So many big arguments begin with small comments. How many times have you started a conversation on friendly terms, then wound up in some kind of dispute that you didn’t anticipate?

In my work as…

“In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds. –Aristotle

Do you know who your true friends are?  Many of us, by the time we are out of college- and into our professions- have long forgotten who those special people were that…

Why do we like to hold on to the things that we don’t use?  Those things are just taking up the space that we could use for the things that we do love and use.

Today, part with your unused possessions by adopting a charity or giving them to your friends.  It is much easier to let go of those things if you find a wonderful place for them to go.  Also, it creates more room for…

Finding the right words to express oneself is difficult at times.  The true meaning of what we really want to say is often times misinterpreted; misunderstood.

All of us have beautiful words of poetry hidden inside.  It’s just a matter of digging deep enough to find the right iambs.

Today, use your iambics to express the beauty of what you have been waiting to say to that special someone.  Write a poem of love and a song…

What is the difference between believing and knowing?

Belief is faith. Faith you can gain and lose. But, when you know, you possess profound insight that is never lost. Knowing is absolute certainty.

Today, put into practice your knowingness system. Turn your beliefs into certainty by not just believing, but by having absolute knowingness.

—Penna

If you are willing to change your life, you have to be willing to accept and change every aspect of yourself. Just changing the things about you that are most comfortable to change isn’t really doing the whole job. The traits that are the most difficult to change are the ones that need the most healing.

Today, do your heavy lifting. Just lifting a small 3 pound dumbbell doesn’t do as much work as lifting a 20…