Butterflies Hitting Home Runs Choice vs. Chance__August 26th, 2008____AdsSpy: 314 sites by this AdSense ID ____How does one become a butterfly?____You must want to fly so much that you are____willing to give up being a caterpillar.____~Trina Paulus____I was talking with my good friend Tom Hanson the other day and the topic of “choice vs. chance” came up. Tom is a sports psychology coach (you can see all about him at www.FocusedBaseball.com) who has an extensive history of working with professional baseball players to improve their “mental game”. - [Read more]

There are a number of easy steps to creating the reception you really want for your wedding. At first the task of organising everything seems daunting but when it is broken down it is relatively easy and with careful planning and timing it will be mostly stress free. - [Read more]

Don’t despise the scraps of time or anything else in your life. Instead, use them to help achieve your goals and transform the way you live. - [Read more]

Shortly after the twin towers of Babylon fell, a frightened nation wrung__its hands in frustration. What should we do? The answer given was to shop. That is the duty and purpose of consumers. - [Read more]

Don’t despise the scraps of time or anything else in your life. Instead, use them to help achieve your goals and transform the way you live. - [Read more]

Public relations for fast food franchises and eating establishments of this type are so vitally important to on-going sales and those fast food restaurants, which concentrate on a positive community goodwill image, do best over time. - [Read more]

Why do they need 3 Special Reports. It seems that the Department of Defense, the Congress, and the President are all going to do special reports on what went right and what went wrong with regards to the government response to the Hurricane Katrina Disaster Victims. Before this is over I wouldn’t be surprised if the State Governments also launch Investigations. - [Read more]

Summer has arrived! Woo-Hoo! Do you know what always comes along with summer? Well, besides the bugs! Weddings! Yeap, that’s right, Weddings. But I’ve got an other one for you. Years after all those wedding what else comes in summer? Nooo, not divorce, Anniversaries. All those people who were married are now going to celebrate their Wedding Anniversary. Congrats! - [Read more]

Most people don’t consider how hard their brain works for them every day. We are usually focused on the rest of our body and unfortunately, we do not know how to properly care for our hard working brain. - [Read more]

There are few things in life that are nicer than going for a picnic. You take some food and drink and your friends or family somewhere nice, and then just relax: eat, drink and be merry. - [Read more]

It’s amazing how many people continue to entertain the notion that we Black Americans are all alike. Instead of believing what their eyes see, and what their total life experience clearly has taught them, many believe that we all think and behave the same. Whether this is a reflection of erroneous teaching passed down through generations, ignorance - or both - the phenomenon intrigues me.__So listen up… No, all of us don’t respond well to the accented greeting “What’s happenin’ brutha?” at the corner store - especially when we just heard you say “Hello, how are you today?” to the previous three non-Black customers. And no, we all don’t like chitlins. At least I don’t. I was a chitlin’ hater before I ever saw one. Check this out… - [Read more]

The cause of terrorism is ignorance. The cause of war is__ignorance. The cause of poverty is ignorance. The cause of violence is__fear. The cause of fear is ignorance. The cause of hunger anywhere, is__ignorance. But ignorance is bliss and what you don’t know can’t hurt you.__Cursed be the lips that utter such great lies! - [Read more]

Direct Answers - Column for the week of July 14, 2003____I have a very important question. My wife moved out of the house last year with our young son and daughter. We have done some excellent counseling and made excellent progress. She actually moved back home two weeks ago. You can’t believe the relief. - [Read more]

Direct Answers - Column for the week of July 14, 2003____I have a very important question. My wife moved out of the house last year with our young son and daughter. We have done some excellent counseling and made excellent progress. She actually moved back home two weeks ago. You can’t believe the relief. - [Read more]

There’s a fairly recent story from my life that I’ve come to call the “Angela’s butt story.” It’s a controversial tale, and its main character still doesn’t understand the remarkable significance of the experience as it applies to my life and attitudes. - [Read more]

To begin feeling that first spark of self-confidence within you, try as many of these as you like. It’s important to enjoy yourself along the way. Have fun! - [Read more]

Ever begin doing something that you do for a few days, and then simply stop doing it?____For example, let’s say you promised yourself that you were going to file papers immediately before they got out of hand, but then something else came up, and the next thing you knew, you had another pile of papers that needed to be filed. - [Read more]

Life is about maintaining a balance of all aspects. At times some areas might receive more focus than others, but remember we’re always undergoing constant change. It takes 3 weeks to develop a habit, so develop these habits with balance in your life, you won’t regret it. - [Read more]

Direct Answers - Column for the week of July 14, 2003____I have a very important question. My wife moved out of the house last year with our young son and daughter. We have done some excellent counseling and made excellent progress. She actually moved back home two weeks ago. You can’t believe the relief. - [Read more]

To paraphrase a saying my mother liked to use occasionally, “The whole world is goofy - except you and me. And sometimes I’m not too sure about you!” - [Read more]