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1. Fear of Other's Death - What's the point of it all? (8/4/08)
2. Rate Your Happiness - The Glory that Once Was, Still Is (7/20/08)
3. Gift of Hope - Great hopes make great men and women (7/6/08)
4. Doing the Right Things - Do the right things and the right things will happen (6/22/08)
5. What is Beauty? - Sight makes us blind to beauty (6/7/08)
6. Self Coaching - Eight Steps to Reaching One's Dreams (5/26/08)
7. Your Thinking Brain - I'm not picking my nose; I'm pointing to my brain (5/12/08)

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1. Acceptance and Accountability -  Do you steer by the light of the stars or the lights of each passing ship?
2. Achieve Greatness -  How can we rise to greatness without scaling mountains?
3. Acting Without Thinking - Acting without thinking is shooting without aiming
4. Admiration of Others -  We don't grow up until we look up to others
5. Adventure of Life - The world is a book and every step turns a new page
6. Advice on Feelings - Confused about my feelings
7. Anger and Forgiveness -  To err is human, to forgive, divine
8. Apologizing  -  The two most important words are "I apologize"
9. Appearances Can Be Deceiving -  Appearances often are deceiving (Aesop)
10. Art of Listening -  Wisdom is the reward for a lifetime of listening
11. As Ye Sow -  As ye sow, so shall ye reap
12. Ask and You Shall Receive -  The only way to learn what you can get is by asking for what you want
13. Asking Empowering Questions - A Penny for Your Thoughts
14. Asking Favors - Don't waver, but savor the favor
15. Aspirations for Success - Man partly is and wholly hopes to be (Robert Browning)
16. Authoring Your Life -  Man's mind is not a container to be filled but a fire to be kindled
17. Awakening To God - Fish are unaware of the ocean in which they live
18. Beauty - Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror (Kahlil Gibran)
19. Becoming Better - He who stops being better stops being good
20. Being Open Minded - You Can Rise No Higher Than Your Lowest Opinion of Another
21. Being Right -  Are you dead right?
22. Benefits of Laughter - Angels fly because they take themselves lightly. (G.K. Chesterton)
23. Best of Time - It’s about time!
24. Boundary Setting - Boundaries don't separate us from life; they enrich it
25. Breaking Bad Habits -  We are what we repeatedly do
26. Broken Heart Pain - Brokenhearted?  Take heart; you will not die
27. Building Confidence - Life leaps like a geyser for those who drill through the rock of inertia. --Alexis Carrel (1873 ~ 1944)
28. Building Enthusiasm -  Source of boundless energy
29. Building Resiliency -  That which does not kill us makes us stronger (Friedrich Nietzsche)
30. Building Self-Esteem - A Question of Self-Esteem
31. Building Trust - Without trust all you can be in life is alone
32. Call for Action - You will never win if you never begin (Robert H. Schuller)
33. Capital Punishment - It is not the criminal we should hate but the causes of crime
34. Caring for the Dying - Helping the Dying to Live
35. Cause of Unhappiness - Is something disturbing, bothering, irritating, or annoying you?
36. Causes For Disagreement - You don't have to be disagreeable when you disagree
37. Challenges of Love - Real love stories never have endings (Richard Bach)
38. Change Yourself - If You Don't Change your Mind, Your Mind Will Change You
39. Changing Attitude - If necessity is the mother of invention, discontent is the father of progress (David Rockerfeller)
40. Charitable Support - Don’t give until it hurts; give until it feels good
41. Childhood Self-Esteem -  Why I know I am perfect
42. Children - Setting Limits - What to do when your kid's shoes cost more than yours
43. Clutter Everywhere - Don't smother your life with clutter
44. Common Courtesies - The small courtesies sweeten life, the greater, ennoble it (Christian Nevell Bovee)
45. Conquer the Fear of Death - The Death Of The Fear Of Death
46. Conquering Procrastination - Today's greatest labor-saving device is tomorrow
47. Constructive Criticism - It's okay to pick your friends, but don't pick them to pieces
48. Control Desire - I wish I were rich instead of exceedingly handsome
49. Controlling Anger  -  Anger is the weak person's imitation of strength
50. Controlling Your Thoughts -  You are no greater than your thoughts
51. Conversations - Do you know why I talk to myself?
52. Coping Skill -  Don't mope, cope while there's still hope
53. Coping With Change - Death, taxes, and change
54. Coping With Guilt -  Guilt upon the conscience is like rust upon iron
55. Creation and Transformation -  The best way to predict the future is to create it. (Peter Drucker)
56. Criminal Mind - "I was in prison and you came to visit me."
57. Cure for Boredom - If you’re not drilling for oil, why are you boring
58. Cure For Laziness - If you don't make things happen, things will happen to you
59. Cure for Loneliness - People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges
60. Dealing with Adversity -  A life without difficulties is a classroom without lessons
61. Dealing with Ambiguity -  Life is about not knowing... Delicious ambiguity! (Gilda Radner)
62. Decision and Action - When all is said and done, more is said than done. (Lou Holtz)
63. Dealing with Criticism -  Any fool can criticize, and most fools do
64. Dealing with Disappointment - We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope. (Martin Luther King, Jr.)
65. Dealing with Fear - Pity those who fear what they shouldn't and fear not what they should
66. Dealing with Frustration - Frustration is the negation of elation
67. Dealing with Hypocrisy - Hypocrisy is the homage that vice pays to virtue (Francois De La Rochefoucauld)
68. Dealing With Office Politics - What do we live for, if not to make the world less difficult for each other?
69. Dealing with Rude Behavior - If you can't fight, and you can't flee, flow. (Robert Eliot)
70. Dealing with Suffering - Every path has its puddle; every life, its suffering
71. Dealing with Tragedy - Tsunami of despair followed by tsunami of hope
72. Destiny and Free Will - Destiny is a river; free will, a paddle
73. Develop Courage -  The courageous don't live forever, but the timid don't live at all
74. Develop Willpower  -  He who lives without discipline dies without honor
75. Develop Wisdom - To bear misfortune is to overcome it
76. Developing Good Habits -  As a dog returns to his own vomit, so a fool repeats his folly
77. Developing Passion - A Man without passion is a fire without light
78. Developing Self Discipline -  Will is character in action (William Mcdougall)
79. Does Evil Exit?  -  If we blame God for evil, shall we blame the sun for darkness?
80. Don't Worry -  Don't worry; be happy
81. Drugs and Belief - (Medical) Drugs are not always necessary, but belief in recovery always is
82. Duty and Responsibility - Life's heaviest burden is to have nothing to carry
83. Egotism - Egotism is the glue with which people get stuck on themselves
84. Eliminating Misunderstanding - It is wiser to choose what you say than say what you choose
85. Embrace Life -  Life was a funny thing that happened to me on the way to the grave (Quentin Crisp)
86. Embryonic Stem Cell Research - Embryonic stem cell research: profanity or panacea?
87. Emigration Decision - Problems? Come to God for a faith lift
88. Emotional Blackmail - Stop being manipulated
89. Enjoy Yourself - Enjoy yourself - it's later than you think
90. Envy And Jealously -  Envy is the mud that failures throw at success
91. Evolution and God - The strange case of ETs and the theory of evolution
92. Examples of Integrity - They are like clouds and wind that bring no rain
93. Experiencing Nature - Earth laughs in flowers (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
94. Expressing Your Love - They do not love who do not show their love. (William Shakespeare)
95. Facing Fear  -  Not living your dreams because you're living your fears?
96. False Opinions - The dominion of opinion
97. Fear of Crime - Fear's purpose isn't to defeat reason, but to assist it
98. Fear of Death - We all have to die someday, if we live long enough. (Dave Farber)
99. Feeling Blue - How can I be in the pink when I feel blue?
100. Feeling Lonely -  Loneliness is a feeling
101. Find a Girlfriend - It's never too late to find love
102. Find Meaning - People today have the means to live, but no meaning to live for
103. Finding Forgiveness - Forgiving is for giving
104. Finding Happiness - Searching for happiness is like riding a taxi in search of a taxi
105. Finding Life Purpose - What on earth are you doing for Heaven's sake?
106. Finding Opportunity -  OPPORTUNITYISNOWHERE
107. Feeling Sad - How sad that I'm not sad!
108. Finding Silence - We all have within us a center of stillness surrounded by silence
109. Finding Your Passion - Chase your passion, not your pension (Denis Waitley)
110. Follow Your Dream - All great journeys start with a dream (Ozzie Smith)
111. Following Your Dream - Many live lives too small for their spirits
112. Formula for Success - Those who can bear all can dare all
113. Freedom to Choose - You've got to be free in order to be
114. Friendship Challenges - What happens TO you, happens FOR you
115. Generous People -  To generous souls every task is noble (Euripides)
116. Gentleness - There is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness
117. Getting Along - You can't get ahead without getting along
118. Getting Mad - Do you know what makes me mad?
119. Getting Older - Help me, I'm growing old!
120. Giving Advice -  A helping hand or a slap in the face?
121. Giving To Needy - It is better to be kind to one man than love all of mankind
122. Giving Up Hope -  A misty morning does not mean a cloudy day
123. Goodness and Beauty - Planting flowers in the souls of others
124. Grace - Embrace the Path of Grace
125. Great Leaders - The great leader is he who the people say, We did it ourselves
126. Greatness in Life -  How great thou art
127. Growing Old - The advantage of being old is that I can sing while I brush my teeth
128. Gullible People -  The culpability of gullibility
129. Gullible People - Why? - Open-mindedness versus Gullibility
130. Handling Complaints -  It rains so the dead have something to complain about
131. Heart - Only from the heart can you touch the sky (Rumi)
132. High Ambition - Ambition is a noble tradition
133. Holy Person - When night turns into day and darkness into light
134. How to Be Happy - Make the rest of your life the best of your life
135. How to Become Wise - Some folks are wise and some otherwise
136. How to Develop Character -  Character is to man what carbon is to steel (Napoleon Hill)
137. How to Get Over a Relationship - You must pre-live the future, not re-live the past
138. How to Stop Harassment Pt1 -  What's the matter? Don't you have a sense of humor?
139. How to Stop Harassment Pt2 -  Don't stand up TO others, but stand up FOR yourself
140. How to Stop Harassment Pt3 -  Keep talking. I always yawn when I'm interested
141. How to Write Haiku - Good Things Come In Small Packages
142. How Your Mind Works -  The right train of thought can take you to a better station in life
143. Human Conscience - Conscience is not the voice of God; it is the gift of God
144. Human Curiosity - Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning. (William A. Ward)
145. Human Greed - You can have or be anything you want, but . . .
146. Human Potential - Better than yesterday, worst than tomorrow
147. Identifying Your Purpose - You are not yet what you were meant to be
148. Imagination - The man who has no imagination has no wings (Muhammad Ali)
149. Importance of Decision Making -  I used to be indecisive, but now I'm not so sure
150. Importance of Honesty -  There is no right way to do something wrong
151. Improve Self-Image - Me, Myself, and I
152. Individual Uniqueness -  Xvxry pxrson is important
153. Individuality & Conformity - Follow the crowd and you will never be followed by a crowd
154. Infidelity Advice - Infidelity: It's not whom you lie with. It's whom you lie to
155. Inner Peace -  Peace is not God's gift to his creatures.  It is our gift to each other (Elie Wiesel)
156. It's Up To You - It's all UP to you
157. Jerks -  There are no jerks, only people
158. Job Loss -  Pink slip blues
159. Joy of Giving -  Lessons of Love
160. Keep Learning - Learning is not compulsory but neither is survival (W. Edwards Deming)
161. Keeping a Journal -  Why do writers write? Because it isn’t there. (Thomas Berger)
162. Keeping a Journal 2 -  Journaling both informs and forms us
163. Keeping Motivated -  The cultivation of motivation
164. Labeling People -  Avoiding the consumption of assumption
165. Lack of Energy - Have you lost your drive because you're out of gas?
166. Lack of Patience- Patience carries a lot of WAIT
167. Law of Compensation -  There is no dispensation from the Law of Compensation
168. Laziness at Work - The lazy rest without comfort and sleep without peace of mind
169. Learn From Children -  A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child. (Longfellow)
170. Learning Patience - Lord, grant me patience, and do it NOW!
171. Learning Self-Discipline - Self-discipline is the mother of happiness
172. Learning to Compromise - Don't agonize, compromise
173. Learning to Laugh - I live to laugh and laugh to live
174. Let Go of Spite -  Letting go of spite, in spite of ourselves
175. Letting Go - The less you carry, the farther you go. So let go!
176. Liberty and Freedom - Liberty, license, and liberation
177. Life Balance -  Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance
178. Life Direction - A possibility was born the day you were born
179. Life is full of Surprises - Life is full of surprises, and you’re one of them
180. Life is Unfair - Life is unfair. And it’s not fair that life is unfair. (Edward Abbey, 1927 ~ 1989)
181. Life Planning - Your life can't go according to plan if you have no plan
182. Life's Little Pleasures-  He enjoys much who is thankful for life’s little pleasures
183. Little Things - Little and big, what's the difference? Little!
184. Looking for Opportunity - The Opportunity Detector
185. Losing Faith - An absence of faith is like a bird without wings
186. Lost Friendships - What color is an apple?
187. Loving Relationships -  A life without love is a jeweled cup without wine
188. Magic Eye Images - Looking at the world with a "Magic Eye"
189. Make The Right Choices -  Life's greatest gift
190. Making a Commitment -  A good start isn’t good enough
191. Making Excuses - He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else (Benjamin Franklin)
192. Making Good Choices - Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice
193. Manipulating People - When we GIVE IN to others, we GIVE UP on ourselves
194. Many Religions -  To find what you search for, seek without seeking
195. Meaning of Apathy - It’s nothing to die; it’s frightful not to live. (Victor Hugo)
196. Meaning of Perseverance -  You are never a loser until you quit trying
197. Meanness - The end never justifies the meanness
198. Mental Flexibility - Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not get bent out of shape
199. Mental Retreat - Only eight steps away
200. Most Important - What is most important in life?
201. Most Important Goals - Slight not what's near while aiming at what's far
202. Mourning Process - The Morning After Mourning
203. Nasty People - How should we deal with nasty people?
204. Nature of Life - Is life an adventure or misadventure?
205. Negative Thinking - ‘Negativitis’ cripples the human spirit
206. Never Too Late -  It is never too late to be what you might have been
207. New Age Christian - "My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness."
208. New Awakening - Awakening from our slumber because of a shock
209. New Ideas - I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it (Samuel Goldwyn)
210. New Year's Resolutions -  May your troubles be as short-lived as my New Year’s resolutions
211. New Year's Resolutions 2 -  Broken promises and shattered dreams
212. New Year's Resolutions 3 - Solutions for New Year's Resolutions
213. No Time to Delay - Awakening from our slumber because of a shock
214. Overcoming Adversity -  Here to make or break us?
215. Overcoming Bad Habits - Feeding crocodiles is dangerous
216. Overcome Childhood Programming - What happens TO you, happens BECAUSE OF you
217. Overcoming Envy - Envy Shoots at Others, But Wounds Herself
218. Overcoming Failure -  Failure is nothing to fear
219. Overcoming Fear of Death - The Fear of Death is Worse than Death
220. Overcoming Laziness - Am I going to hell because I'm lazy?
221. Overcoming Loneliness -  We are all sentenced to solitary confinement
222. Overcoming Problems - Every problem leads to one of two choices
223. Overcoming Procrastination -  Procrastination is the grave in which opportunity is buried
224. Overcoming Temptation - Lead me not into temptation, for I know the way
225. Overcoming Your Past - "I can never forgive him for that."
226. Past/Present/Future - Where do you choose to live?
227. Peace of Mind - Lovely, lasting peace of mind. Sweet delight of human kind
228. Personal Excellence-  Good enough never is (Debbi Field)
229. Personal Happiness - The four thieves and three pillars of happiness
230. Personal Power -  Behold what lies within you!
231. Personal Responsibility -  Responsibility is not a burden, it's a blessing
232. Personal Standards - Become a standard-bearer by raising your standards!
233. Personal Values - Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing
234. Pessimists and Optimists -  Pessimists complain about the noise when opportunity knocks
235. Positive Thinkers -  If you're not exposed film, why are you so negative?
236. Possibility Thinking -  How far is far; how high is high? We'll never know until we try
237. Personal Transformation -  Begin to be now what you will be hereafter (St. Jerome, 340 ~ 420)
238. Positive Affirmations - Help with Affirmations
239. Potency & Power -  The symbol of surging potency and power in man
240. Power Nap - The Three R's: Rest, Relaxation, and Recovery
241. Power of Choice -  Catalyst for change
242. Power of Prayer -  An act of goodness surpasses a thousand prayers (Sa'di)
243. Power of Questions - People ask stupid questions for a reason
244. Power of Thoughts - Few people think what they think they think
245. Power of Words - In the beginning was the Word
246. Practicing Humility - We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility (Tagore)
247. Preparing for Death -  To think of and prepare for death is not surrender, but victory over fear
248. Preparing for Retirement - Retire from your job, but not from life
249. Present Moment -  Life is a present
250. Presuppositions - The assumptions we make, make us
251. Problem Solving -  A problem is your chance to do your best (Duke Ellington)
252. Public Speaking - Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age (Aristotle)
253. Purpose of Life - The purpose of life is a life of purpose (Robert Byrne)
254. Rapt in Awe -  He who can no longer wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead (Einstein)
255. Rational Living - Are you rational or rationalizing?
256. Reason for Pain -  You mean there is a reason for pain?
257. Reasons for Behavior - People have a reason for their behaviour
258. Relationship Problem Help - Do you want to get ahead or get even?
259. Relieving Suffering -  If the world is such a great place, why am I suffering?
260. Religous Openmindedness -  Do we see the truth in diversity  or only the differences?
261. Religious Tolerance -  The blind man and the lantern
262. Risk Taking -  Fortune sides with those who dare
263. Saddest Words -  The saddest words of all
264. Season of Giving - Priceless gifts
265. Secret of Abundance -  Abundance isn't something we gain. It is something we awaken to
266. Seeds of Greatness - Nurture your dreams and they will nurture you
267. Seeking Love -  Seek not to be loved; but seek to be love
268. Self-Acceptance -  Balancing self-improvement with self-acceptance
269. Self-Creation Pt I - It's time to think about what you're thinking about
270. Self-Creation Pt II - Meditation is not what you think
271. Self Defeating Behavior - Why We Engage in Self-Defeating Behavior
272. Self-Esteem - Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-brake on (Maxwell Maltz)
273. Self Help Hypnosis - The evolution of medicine and psychotherapy
274. Self-Improvement -  Why is self-improvement so hard to do?
275. Self Improvement Advice - Diamonds in the rough
276. Self Interests - If you're unwilling to cater to my selfishness, you're selfish
277. Self-Pity -  Do you rise and shine or rise and whine?
278. Self-Reliance - The best place to find a helping hand is at the end of your own arm
279. Self Respect - Respect is love in plain clothes (Frankie Byrne)
280. Self Sacrifice - The path to greatness is called SACRIFICE
281. Sense of Humor -  When you lose your sense of humor, you lose your footing
282. Sense of Security -  Are we more afraid of life than death?
283. Sense of Shame - A sense of shame is not a bad moral compass. (Colin Powell)
284. Serving God - Life is fragile -- handle with prayer
285. Setting Expectations - If you expect nothing, you’ll get nothing
286. Sexual Abstinence -  Abstinence makes the heart grow fonder
287. Showing Gratitude - Gratitude is a blessing we give to one another (Robert Raynolds)
288. Showing Kindness -  The language of love
289. Sincere Apology -  An apology is the rainbow after the storm
290. Six Gifts to Offer -  A Bearer of Gifts
291. Something To Be Proud Of - Would the boy you were be proud of the man you are?
292. Spanking Children -  What is done to children, they will do to society (Karl A. Menninger)
293. Spiritual Consciousness - You don't have to be a missionary to have a mission
294. Stop and Think - What am I thinking?
295. Stopping Bad Habits - Seven Steps to Victory over Bad Habits
296. Strengthen Willpower - Work will win when wishy-washy wishing won't. (Thomas S. Monson)
297. Stress Relief Tips - Distressed by stress?
298. Struggle with Oneself - Life is not a struggle, but understanding that, is
299. Stuck in a Rut - Are you stuck in a rut... stuck in a rut... stuck in a rut…?
300. Success and Attitude -  Attitude: your key to success
301. Surrender -  'Surrender' isn't a dirty word
302. Teaching Respect -Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts? (Confucius)
303. Teaching Tolerance -  Dogs bark at people they do not know
304. Ten Day Program -  God helps those who help themselves. God help those who don't!
305. That's Life -  That's terrible! That's wonderful! That's Life
306. The Little Things We Do - SMALL differences can make BIG differences
307. The Power of Words - The smart know what to say, the wise know whether to say it
308. The Secret Movie - Celebrated Secret Cinematized
309. Things Change - You cannot step twice into the same river
310. Think Positive - I thought life sucks, so I studied positive thinking. Now I’m positive
311. Thought Power - No brain is stronger than its weakest think
312. Time Management - I'll study time management, if I can find the time
313. Tips on Happiness -  Hard to hold on to?
314. Transform Yourself - Changing our mood or behavior in the blink of an eye
315. True Intimacy - Two trees growing close together, but not in each other's shadow
316. True Self -  Discovering your true self
317. Understanding Fear - Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back
318. Unhappiness -  You must give up the way it is to have it the way you want it
319. Unleashing Power - We may be weak, but never powerless
320. Unlimited Potential -  What is the greatest waste in the world?
321. Using the Law of Attraction - The secret to The Secret
322. Using Time Wisely - Finding time to live
323. Watching Television - TV or not TV, that is the question . . .
324. What is Life? - Life is Boundless Joy
325. What is Prudence? -  Caution is a good risk to take
326. What Makes You Happy - The Magnitude Of Gratitude
327. What's the Point of Life? - Take life as you find it, but don't leave it that way
328. What to do in Old Age - Don't just count your years, make your years count (Ernest Meyers)
329. Why Do We Exist?  -  We exist not for ourselves, but for one another
330. Wise Words - The difference between a mean word and a kind word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug
331. Worth The Wait - Life is 10% what you make it, 90% how you take it
332. Writing Affirmations -  Thought is the sculptor who can create the person you want to be (Henry David Thoreau)
333. Writing Poetry - Pulsating Poetry Permeates Passionate People

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