I woke up early after a miraculously solid night’s sleep and decided to enjoy an “ohm” moment. I’m trying to relieve stress by meditating and I don’t really know what I’m doing. When I have time I’ll buy a book. Meantime, I was trying to focus on something peaceful when my son’s voice rolled into my mind with a powerful thunder. He was awake. When he wakes, he talks or sings or mumbles. But he’s always making noise. And he continues talking until evening, when sleep finally overcomes him.
Truman walked at the ridiculously young age of 9 months. He would …read more

 “He ended up in prison because he was conditioned for it from childhood,” a motivational speaker said, when talking about the importance of the words we say.  He explained that parents who tell their children they’re no good, they’re a failure, they’ll end up in jail, etc. are conditioning them for these goals.
 The words we say to our children and the way we say them have a great effect.  That’s not to say that we’re to ignore discipline and sugar coat everything.  But if youngsters hear repeated emphasis on their failures and where these will lead, they’re encouraged to plan …read more

I made the decision, last month, to consider meeting someone new online.  I haven’t been able to speak to Steve for almost two months now – I’d say that his silence is a pretty good indication of where we stand and my patience has finally been exhausted.
I put an ad up at Match.com and not much happened there. I was viewed a lot and got a few winks from some men in their fifties - not that I have a problem with men in their fifties, but I’m looking for someone who is near the same point in life that I …read more

 
Nine year-old Alec Greven, wrote a relationship book called “How To Talk To Girls,” when he was eight. He said that he observed the behavior of fellow students, while on the playground, and by doing so, he was able to recognize what did and what did not work.
I work part time at an elementary school – I work the 3 lunch recesses. From what I’ve read of Alec Greven, the kid knows his stuff. Another interesting thing to note, recess is a microcosm of the rest of the World. The people who are beautiful on the outside are not always …read more

I live my life in a certain way, a way that I can feel comfortable about, proud of, even.  And that’s fine for me, but I run into problems when the other people in my life do not live their lives the same way.  I am only in charge of me, what I do, how I treat people, how I do my jobs.  The other guy, that’s on them and I need to let go and let them deal with it in their own way. It is really very difficult for me. 
I had a talk with my boyfriend this morning. I …read more