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Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude….to choose one’s own way.

 —Viktor Frankl

You knew Senator John McCain ...

“The only thing that holds you back from having what you want is the size of your but.” ~Sean Stephenson

Messages from both  physical and mental health experts are giving us similar advice. Psychologists like Sean Stephenson are saying ...

In his 1964 book Games People Play, psychiatrist Eric Berne describes what he calls the “Yes, but” communication pattern: First, one person states a problem. Next, another person responds by offering suggestions on how to solve it. The first then says, “Yes, ...

The only real failure is the failure to try, and the measure of success is how we cope with disappointment. ~Deborah Moggach, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

When Judi Dench delivered that line at the end of the movie based on the Moggach book, she had a broad audience. Disappointment ranks as the third most commonly ...

Be kind—everyone is fighting a tough battle. ~Plato

This quote reminds me of a story about a man going through his day irritated by everyone he meets. As his bitterness peaks, someone gives him magic glasses that reveal the inner lives of the people he so harshly judged. Gazing behind one person’s appearance he saw, Her ...