Do You Want to Be Set Free?

Now you are probably thinking either, “Yes, I want to be set free,” or “I am Free, so what are you talking about?”  Author Lewis Smeades writes, “To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.” How often have you held on to resentment, carried a grudge, or harbored…

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Do You Want Attention?

Now my wife would say “No.” She does not like to be the center of attention. However, she likes to have my attention just as I like to have hers. A 2017 study on relationship experiences was published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. The research found that on days that a person’s…

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Do You Want a Puppy?

At one time or another I think that most of us have wanted a puppy.  When we were kids we may have seen one in a pet store window or some lost stray followed us home.  Our hearts were melted by those big brown eyes and that cute little face.  We asked (probably begged) our…

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Do You Use Habits to Your Advantage?

That may seem like a strange question. I mean habits are just what we do over and over – aren’t they? Well, sort of. Things that we do repetitively can certainly become habits. And we all have certain bad habits that we would like to break; things like biting our fingernails, eating pop tarts for…

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Do You Use Backward Induction?

Now you may be thinking, “What’s that?” Great question. It is in essence a way to plan your future by going backwards. An example of this can be found in the sitcom “Friends.” On Rachel’s 30th birthday, she began to wonder how she would achieve her goal of being married and becoming a mother of…

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