We can make ourselves miserable by sitting up late trying to figure out why others are mistreating us, or are disrespectful.  Why others are jealous, or envious.  Why others are spiteful, or just plain mean-spirited.

Or, we make ourselves strong by holding fast to who we know we are; make ourselves strong by knowing who we can become;…

Relationships come and go.  As we know.  But have you ever noticed that some part of that relationship stays with you forever?  You see, that’s the beauty of having relationships.

Whether we view our relationships as good or bad, they are still beautiful relationships, and some part of them will remain with us forever.

Today, grab onto as many relationships as you can find.  Cherish every single one of them as if they are each your last. …

When we are in pain, that pain will cause us to do and say a lot of things that we do not mean.  Pain will also keep us trapped in fear, shame and humiliation.

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When you are down, people love you.  They want to be your friend, they want to help you, they want to comfort you.  But, as soon as you are up, the rules change.  They then want to back stab you, gossip about you, willfully try to hold you back, and gang up against you.…

A lot of times we enter relationships based on our own self-interest, don’t we?  Don’t we always enter with the ideas of getting something out of them, instead of giving to someone else?

By nature, we are selfish beings.  That’s what we do.  But, in order to change our natures, we must learn that a real relationship is about give and take, a 2-way street.

Today, ask yourself, “why should this person give of them-self to me,…

When we are in pain, we tend to lash out at others.  We say nasty, rude things, and do hateful stuff.  Only because we are in pain.

But, lashing out only causes us more pain, more anger, more disappointments, more animosities, and a viscous merry-go-round circle of complete unhappiness.

Get it?

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You are always so hard on yourself.  You are always pushing yourself to do better.  You are always wishing to become more.  You are always hoping to finally “get there” so that you can give yourself a break.

The thing is you are already there.  Well, at least on the way to becoming “there”.  But, first, you have to give yourself a break sometimes in order to really, really rise to the next level.

Today, give yourself…