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Surviving Riptides

So I'm floating peacefully and playing in the waves just off the beach in the great...


Pain is inevitable, misery is optional.

Your girlfriend leaves. You get hit by a car. Your boss treats you unfairly. Pain...


Sometimes my Higher Power calms the storm, other times my Higher Power calms me until the storm passes.

When troubles come, we are never alone. We may not be able to control the storm but...


Oak tree breaks, willow tree bends

Be like the willow tree not the oak tree. The willow tree adapts to life and bounces...


Change "I WANTS" to "DON'T NEEDS"

I used to get drunk because I was frustrated from not getting what I WANTED. It's...


Life is not a T.V. show

Problems usually don't resolve in a half hour. Life doesn't always give us a satisfying...


Get Grounded

Everything seems out of control. You forgot to save your ten page letter, then the...


You add as much harm to the world when you take offense as when you give offense. - Ken Keyes

The point of this saying is that when we take offense, we may become angry and resentful...


You don't always have to hit the tennis ball back over the net

Sometimes you don't have to argue. Sometimes silence is the best answer. Letting...


Don't sweat the big stuff

You know how they say, "Don't sweat the small stuff?" Well, it's even more important,...