When someone attacks your integrity, questions your motives, or tries to set a trap for you, how do you feel? When someone tells you a groundless rumor or is hoping you will be part of the gossip chain, how do you respond? Has anyone ever falsely accused you of saying or doing something you did…… Continue Reading
Author Archives: Marilyn
REAL or FAKE? – Intro Lesson 9 – Feb. 26 -March 5
How would you define the word hypocrisy? Is it simply the divergence between what you do and what you feel? The dictionary says that “it is the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one’s own behavior does not conform; pretense.” Perhaps you could say one is a hypocrite when what…… Continue Reading
WHY GIVE PERSONAL ATTENTION? – Introduction Lesson 7 – Feb. 19 – 26
Have you ever been at a program of some kind, when suddenly the focus turns to someone who happens to be sitting in one of the front rows? Maybe it is at the Ice Follies or the circus when one of the performers invites a spectator to join in the event in some way. It…… Continue Reading
WHOSE APPRENTICE ARE YOU? – Intro Lesson 6 – Feb. 12 – 19
Have you ever been an apprentice to someone? It means you choose to “work for another person for a specific amount of time so you can receive instruction and experience in a particular trade, art, or business.” Very often it means an older craftsman or skilled worker is willing to spend specified hours with you…… Continue Reading
IT’S STORY TIME . . . Intro Lesson 5 – Feb. 5 – 10
Everyone loves to hear a story, don’t they? In fact, a well told story captures the attention of people of all ages and stages. Throughout the centuries, stories have been a means of communicating information, of passing on traditions and cultural values, and to simply entertain others through both factual and imaginative ideas. Stories can…… Continue Reading
WHY DO YOU ASK? – Intro Lesson 4 – Jan. 29 – Feb. 5
People ask questions for many different reasons, don’t they? Would you agree that most of the time you can assume questions are legitimate, honest and sincere? It has been said that “brilliant thinkers and innovators never stop asking questions because they know that it is one of the best ways to gain insights and increase…… Continue Reading
DO ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS? – Intro Lesson 5 – Jan. 22 – 29
When you listen to someone over the telephone or on the radio, you can hear their words and listen to the tone of his or her voice, but you cannot “read” their body language. What you communicate through the sound of your voice and the gestures of your face and body can either confirm the…… Continue Reading
A NEW WAY OF LIVING – Intro Lesson 2 – Jan. 15 – 22
Do you like crowds? Why is it that some people find it exhilarating and even energizing to be with large groups of people? Some people do not want to miss out on any of the thrill and enthusiasm of being where the action is actually happening. In contrast there are many folks who do their…… Continue Reading
WHO IS IN YOUR FAMILY TREE? – Intro Lesson 1
How much do you know about your family tree? Have you invested in the websites that offer you all kinds of information about your identity and ethnicity? In our American culture this kind of information can be interesting, sometimes helpful, and certainly informative, but very little of your future depends on who your great-grandfather or…… Continue Reading
LET’S GET STARTED –
Have you ever noticed that getting started is sometimes the most arduous part of a task? Just getting the sponge or hammer or vacuum out of the closet can be the excuse to delay doing the work. At other times it is simply getting out of the chair and making the decision that “now is…… Continue Reading