In a commencement speech he gave during his son’s graduation ceremony last month, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. wished his audience bad luck, betrayal, loneliness, failure, pain and unfair treatment, among other misfortunes. He explained that he would want … Continue reading
So many people are in search of “Utopia”, even if they don’t always know it. You don’t have to be religious. And you don’t have to be political, either. Utopianism is associated with both of those areas, but it’s ultimately … Continue reading
Does suffering strengthen character? Not really. What suffering sometimes does is focus your perspective. In a crisis, it’s make-or-break, and you’re forced to bring all your intelligence and character into play. In such a case, it’s not suffering that creates … Continue reading
A lot of people do not understand what therapy is. They think it’s only for the mentally ill. It’s not. It’s for anyone and everyone. Once you understand what therapy is, you’ll know why. The point of therapy is to … Continue reading
Drug overdose is now the leading cause of death for Americans under the age of 50, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said Tuesday morning. Rosenstein, along with acting head of the Drug Enforcement Agency, Chuck Rosenberg, and other prominent officials … Continue reading
Breitbart reports: Kathy Griffin posed with the severed head of President Donald Trump in a bloody photo shoot for artist and photographer Tyler Shields this week. In one image, obtained by TMZ, the 56-year-old My Life on the D-List comedian … Continue reading
Why do people break their promises? It’s a question worth asking, because promises are so often broken. Read the news. Find a politician who does NOT break his or her promises, and you’ve found a politician rarer than a dinosaur. … Continue reading
Many otherwise healthy and admirable people, when they become aware of “feeling sorry” for themselves, squelch it right there. In some ways that’s a good thing, of course. But here’s the problem: You ought to have empathy and compassion for … Continue reading
In an article entitled, “What the Self-Esteem Movement Got Disastrously Wrong,” Dan Sanchez, of the Foundation for Economic Education, writes: The self-esteem movement is … widely blamed for its influence on American schools and families. In the name of building … Continue reading
One of the least likable types of people is the “gotcha” personality. A “gotcha” personality seeks to catch you in a mistake. The motive of such a person isn’t to help you, but to make him- or herself look and … Continue reading
A motivational speaker candidly writes, I often bring a magic wand to my face-to-face seminars and university classes. The audience usually emits a loud chuckle when I ask for a volunteer and proceed to wave my magic wand over their … Continue reading
Abandonment is awful. Nobody likes it. When therapists speak of “abandonment issues”, they’re generally talking about childhood. Real or perceived abandonments by one’s parents, when one is a child, can have lasting effects. As Italian athlete Mario Balotelli put it, … Continue reading