Grateful to who

Research has shown that individuals who practice daily gratitude experience more positive emotions, magnified positive experiences, improved health, more ease in addressing challenges and building strong, healthy relationships.  One can be grateful for any...

Delayed gratification

Can you recall the days of sending letters to someone you cared for?  Or even taking photographs? And then we wait for a letter to come back and the photos to be developed.  And sometimes we do not receive a letter back, or the photo reveals our inept...

Entitlement

Life is not easy. It never was and never will be. If we expect that, we may find that life is filled with ongoing disappointments. If we appreciate that life is effort and we do not place a focus on our own expectations of entitlement, we may find treasure in the...

Saying thank you

Say thank you out aloud.  How long did that take? A second. How do you feel when someone says thank you to you? Are you compelled to do whatever it was that earned the credit again? Similarly, think of the reverse when someone does a good deed for you. For...