When I was selling books in Oregon and learning about manifestation, I decided I wanted to become rich. So I worked at trying to allow the universe to increase my sales and my income by selling more books. However, I hated the book business, hated packing books, hated listing them, hated the whole thing. Just [...]
I’ve been having trouble getting a decent night’s sleep since moving to PA. My neighbors seem rather whacked to me. Two days ago we had a heavy snowstorm, and my neighbor’s kids across the street cleared the snow with their gas-powered snow blower–at 11:15 p.m.! They worked for about an hour. A couple times I [...]
I (sometimes) enjoy participating in discussion boards related to health and wellness. I love sharing things I’ve learned to help people recover from their diseases. I don’t always go about it the best way. I have my own hangups. I have the temerity to suggest that people are usually responsible for their illnesses. It’s akin [...]
I once played tennis with a man who berated himself after every missed or faulty hit. “You idiot!” “Stupid, stupid, stupid.” “How could you miss that?” “Dummy!” What was supposed to be a game of fun was an exercise in self-condemnation. He wasn’t even aware of it; it was a conditioned response, perhaps taught to [...]
As I lay in bed last night unable to fall asleep, I thought about the things I would have to do today. I have the distasteful task of writing a letter to my book vendors informing them that my corporation is insolvent and is now closed, and that they would receive no more money. I [...]
My friend Polly did a remarkable thing. She saved money and took time off work to educate herself so she could improve her marketability. In five years she earned a Masters degree in communication. Actually, the Bachelors degree took four years and the Masters one. When she first told me she was going back to [...]