Ring the bells that still can ring.
Forget your perfect offering.
There is a crack, a crack in everything.
That’s how the light gets in.
--Leonard Cohen
Tucked away in the deepest heart of Japan, somewhere beyond city life, probably beyond country life, resting in a humble shack on a simple shelf in a nearly bare room, you can find [...]
Writing your dreams down can seem like too much of a chore and this is the part where most people fall short in the interpretation process.
In choosing not to write your dreams down, remembered dreams become passing thoughts, or even casual topics of conversation and then forgotten. This is one of the reasons for recurring [...]
I must start our by stating that I believe there is good stress and bad stress. As in most things in life, there are opposites: good and bad, yin and yang, light and dark...(you get the idea). Let’s start with the good kind and then work our way along the continuum.
When you are put in [...]
There are many learning language software available online today. But what you should consider before jumping on what you think is the best learning software program is the way or method you can use and whether you’ll be able to deal with it as you progress in learning the language.
In learning new languages, memorization always [...]
I recently had the privilege of traveling to a third world country. I realize that using the word "privilege" when talking about an underdeveloped country may seem incongruous; however, it proved otherwise.
I was part of a group of nineteen, along with my husband and 16-year old son, who traveled to Ghana, West Africa. Although [...]
So many of the worlds most wonderful creations started as a brilliant idea.
Now, many of these brilliant ideas were ridiculed at first.
Can you imagine what the bank said to Walt Disney when he went in for funding on a magical wonderland theme park that had never been heard of before?
You have the power to come [...]
Picture this: You just rolled out of bed. You have about half an hour to leave the house, but you're no good without caffeine, so you run to the refrigerator, looking for the coffee that you moved to the pantry six months before. Then, once you've managed to get the coffee going, you go into [...]
"All that man achieves, and all that he fails to achieve is a direct result of his own thoughts." -James Allen
John Lennon, at the height of his popularity, had his heart captured by one simple word: yes. He was rich, talented, desired and loved by people all over the world and had the option of [...]
Complimentary English lesson of the day! What is an oxymoron?
oxymoron- as defined at dictionary.com. Noun : conjoining contradictory terms (as in "deafening silence")
Can silence be deafening??? Can time be managed???
I can't think of a program that I have ever done that didn't include the oxymoron "time management" as a common problem identified by the participants [...]
You may not believe it, but the most powerful change you can make to your life is by getting rid of all the clutter.
If you are anything like me, when you look around at all the clutter in your home, you feel drained and can’t find the energy to clear it away. It keeps piling [...]