To Tell a Friend or Not?

You have a friend. You have observed something that your friend should change that will really help them if it is received. Though you are not sure of several things:

How will the friend react to the information?
Are they aware of what is going on?
Will they ignore the information?
Will they resent you for telling them?
Does this

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Resolution Tips for the New Year

We will soon be moving into the next decade of this century. I was thinking about one of the traditions I grew up with that took place at this time of year. I am speaking about making New Year’s resolutions. That is the practice of making a decision to commit to a positive change in

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Impacting Your Self Esteem Part 2

ca. December 1985, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA --- Pushing Car Stuck in the Snow --- Image by © Annie Griffiths Belt/CORBIS

I hope you enjoyed the first part of Impacting Your Self Esteem! I want to talk about how positive firmness raises our self esteem. Raising the self esteem of persons has been a goal of educators, positive mental attitude gurus, religions, and self help professionals. It is believed that when the self esteem of someone

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Impacting Your Self-Esteem

Self-esteem is a term we hear often and a subject spoken and written about. I recently heard a minister talk about self esteem and I believe he brought some points out that just are not applicable to what he sees in the church but in society in general. So that we are talking about the

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How You Fit in the Whole

I get fired up when someone is helped by something I share with them. To add to their life; not taking something away from them. Of course, taking away ignorance, poverty, shame, and despair is always a good thing. I want to share with you some of my conversation that helped to change a friend’s

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