Forgiveness is to “grant free pardon and to give up all claim on account of an offense or debt”, Wikipedia, 2009. Forgiveness can also be refusing to hurt the person who has hurt you; it’s not denying that something bad has happened. Forgiveness prevents the deed from doing any further damage than it already has [...]

Change is inevitable. It happens around us and even as this article is being written.
When a person is in control of change, it feels good, exciting, a little nervous and maybe even a little sad. When change is out of a person’s control, it hurts even more because the change was not expected.
There are many [...]

Marriage is a wonderful relationship; some may see it as an institution and maybe so, but it does not have to have a negative meaning attached to it.
Marriage takes work. It took work to get the person you chose to fall in love with, and it continues to take work after the vows to stay [...]

Speaking to teenagers can be very difficult. It is really difficult when the only responses are: “yeah”; “no”; “shoulder shrug”; “whateva”; or the famous one, “I don’t know”. Other difficulties with communicating with teens can be: the ipod in their ears, a sign on their door says not to enter, on Facebook or Myspace, out [...]

How do you and your spouse fight? Is it fair? Do you want to win? Do you fight in front of your children? Do you bring up things that were in the past, that have been resolved? Is the way you are fighting help or hurt your relationship?
How you answer these questions will give you [...]

While a couple dates, it is so easy to show love. The relationship blossoms, sex is good and often, each person goes out of their way to do something nice for each other, without any question and everything is “great!”
It seems like after marriage, the romance, passion and doing things out of kindness fades. Why [...]

Each person defines happiness differently. Some believe happiness is: money, family, sex, success, friends. Maybe it is all of these things? What about when there is a trial in your life that causes you pain, are there still things that a person can be happy about? I think so.
What if happiness is a state [...]

Life has it’s ups and downs and there are many things that we can do with an experience in our life. What do you choose to do with it? Do you learn from the experience or regret it?
We don’t always make the best choices and yes, hindsight is 20/20. We can also learn how [...]

There are a lot of things that a person experiences and those experiences can shape a person’s life. Through those experiences, a person can become stronger or more of a victim.
For the person who has self-pity, their view of the world is very dim, negative and in some ways, blaming others for their own feelings. [...]

Responsibility seems like a big deal and in it is. A person needs to be responsible for: paying the bills, taking care of things, taking care of themselves, help others, and the list can go on. But what don’t you take responsibility for?
What I mean is, do you take responsibility for your feelings, your [...]