Laughter is very healthy. Laughter also reduces stress. As a matter of fact, there are a lot of physical benefits to laughter. Medical professionals agree that laughter is very therapeutic. Yes it's true, "A merry heart does good like a medicine." He...

What we think about, dwell on and focus on will always set the course for our lives, whether it is positive or negative, success or failure, victory or defeat. But amazingly, few people know and understand this and even fewer believe it. Believe it or d...

A number of years ago I read somewhere that 80-90% of the people that start a self-help program or course never finish it. That is a very high percentage of people who quit something they thought was going to help them! Now I haven't seen the recent s...

Have you ever heard the expression, "I'm waiting for my ship to come in?" People say this hoping that someday and somehow, something really wonderful is going to happen that will forever change their life. Perhaps they will receive a large sum of money....

Some people don't see change in their life as an option. They say things like, "This is just how I am," or, "This is just the kind of person I am," or, "Hey, nobody's perfect." First of all, when it comes to change, the fact of the matter is that we a...

Have you ever noticed that positive people attract positive things into their lives? Perhaps you've also observed that negative people attract negative things into their lives. What you focus your mind on, you will bring into your life. That's why I don...

Sometimes with all the things that you need to do right now, it's easy to feel overwhelmed and stressed. Add to that the list of things that you want to accomplish someday in the future. This may include projects you've been putting off, books you've be...

Are you getting the results that you desire in your life? If not, then why not? Where are the results that you were expecting? A number of years ago we received an Amaryllis plant for a holiday gift. It was all self-contained in a beautiful pot, and...

The cause of poverty is not a lack of money. Does that statement shock you? It's true. A lack of money may be an effect of poverty, but it is not the cause of poverty. The cause of poverty is poverty thinking. Poverty comes from poverty beliefs and ...

One thing that keeps a lot of people from changing courses in their lives is thinking that they don't have enough time. With all the demands of their present schedule, they just don't see how they could possibly learn something new or further develop the...

What do you want? Can you name five things off the top of your head that you want? Do you want to have a better marriage, more income, a better job, better health or more time? When you want something, you are actually admitting to yourself that you ...

The dictionary defines fantasy as, "an imagined event or sequence of mental images, such as a daydream, usually fulfilling a wish or psychological need; an unrealistic or improbable supposition." That is fantasy. However, the vision that you have for ...

Some explanations are regarded as "good excuses," while others are looked upon as "poor excuses." Either way, they both give explanations, or reasons why. "I forgot" is perhaps the most popular and even thought by some to be the worst excuse of all ti...

Have you ever decided that it was time for a change? At first, there is recognition of the need to change. Either you realize it, or someone else indicates it to you. But, just recognizing that a change is needed does not change anything. Like everyt...

How many times do you have to hit the "delete" key on your computer when you check your email? Sometimes there are a number of those annoying advertisements all in a row, so it's, delete, delete, delete. And what about those annoying little "pop-ups" wh...