Tag Archives: Holidays

Reflections on “THE” Holidays (What We Can Learn From Year-End Celebrations)

I love the holidays at the end of the year.  And in my opinion, these are THE holidays!  Our year-end celebrations give us an opportunity to reflect on a number of universally significant and worthwhile values. Now this is not to say that there are no other times of the year when values can be […]

H.A.P.P.Y. N.E.W. Y.E.A.R. (An Acrostic Greeting)

Happy New Year!!!  Wouldn’t it be nice to share that greeting everyday?  Of course, there are only a few official New Year’s Days, and barring some serendipitous coincidence, this is probably not one of them.  Nevertheless, I’d like to wish you a happy new year.  After all, today is the first day of the rest […]

Self-Affirmations (Writing Resolutions That Make A Difference)

Whether it’s the New Year or not, if you want to make resolutions that really have some teeth in them, you could try writing self-affirmations instead of resolutions.  Most people don’t do that, you know.  Resolutions are simply statements that show your determination to do something.  Self-affirmations allow you to assertively state something for yourself […]