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Say Yes to Saying No

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Abusive Anger

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Anxiety in Children: What's a Parent to Do?

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Guidelines for Learning to Deal with Anger

Rules of Considerate Conduct: Praise

Mistaken Beliefs

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Gratitude Project: Day 7: Gatherings

June 30th 2008 04:10

I love gatherings of friends and family. There is comfort food., rich with flavor (like my company) and so many fat grams and calories but for a couple of hours it just doesn't matter. Plates of fried chicken, mashed potatoes, collard greens, red beans, fried okra, fried corn, homemade lemonade and iced tea with lemon cream, coconut cream, and sweet potato pies for dessert. Gatherings like these are complete with lively conversation, music, and sure there are different ingredients every time but in the end I hope to conjour up a concoction of love and camaraderie. My son's favorite feasting prayer was always, "God we are grateful for family, fellowshop, and fun." Amen to that!

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The Gratitude Project: Day 6: Hitting the Parent Lottery

June 20th 2008 02:48

I am thankful that in fifty two years of marriage, running errands, bill paying, car repairs, dirty dishes, and running the parent taxi service, my parents created a model of lifelong commitment for my sister and I.

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The Gratitude Project: Day 5: I Get by With a Little Help

June 18th 2008 05:22

I realized early on that nothing I have done —not one single thing—did I truly do all by myself. My friends have taught me so many life lessons.. like tolerance, and kindness ,and the value of temperance, and that anything was possible, given two people with the right attitudes and enough time.

My friends give me what is beautiful, what is hard to give., do what is hard to do and endure what is hard to endure. They reveal their secrets to me and trust that I will keep them. When misfortune strikes, they do not abandon me. When I feel down, they do not look down on me.

I am so grateful that I have friends who love love love me and let me know every day. I love love love them and I remind them of that fact every chance I get

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The Gratitude Project: Day 4: Rock 'em Sock "em Middle Age

June 11th 2008 04:41

I am grateful for middle age. I am to the point in my life where the young part of me is cherished, the old me is unimaginable, and the "me" in the here and fits just right. I am not young anymore except to the 4:30 dinner crowd at Lubys. I am not old yet, except to the sixteen year old at the drive throughs who calls me "ma'am" (which I hate with a passion but it is a "Southern thing").

Maybe as I age I will become cantankerous and "hard to handle" or take on the appearance of an elder model type with the lithe body of someone who has taken yoga for twenty years, or maybe I will become a tree hugging, Birkenstock wearing, dangly earring sporting, boob sagging, hippie. I haven't decided yet.. I will live life to the fullest....'fo sho

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Gratitude Project: Day 3: Chaos

June 10th 2008 02:02

I am grateful for chaos. I realized in my middle age thanks to friends and family that kid me mercilessly that I am an "order freak". (Those who know me in real time are laughing that I actually admitted it). I know that sometimes order can be suffocating. My thinking was too rigid and what hit me like a ton of bricks was that the order I desired for so many years might have actually been a reaction against the threat of chaos. I had been imposing order nervously from the outside, pushing away the notion that chaos in all it's forms was a bad thing. That kind of order isn’t real. It can be harsh and heartless.

The "New and Improved" me is cautiously accepting chaos so every day I have to rediscover and reevaluate what my heart really wants before my sense of chaos eases. I find reason for hope in my confusion and I tolerate the push pull of head (reason and order)and heart (chaos personified). I recently decided to trust the universe to know what the hell it was doing

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Gratitude Project: Day 2: TGIF

June 9th 2008 03:22

I am grateful for Friday! Growing up it was my favorite day. It was the end of the school week, homework could be postponed, the prospect of friends, sleepovers, pancakes on Saturday morning, riding bikes, running carefree in the neighborhood. As an adult, Friday is a date night leading to Saturday spent with friends, followed by Sunday spent with family. Fridays are magic, like a normal day, but with special powers. It is the Superhero of days.

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The Gratitude Project: Day 1: Loving them is like a Stampede of Horses

June 5th 2008 03:23

I came across this:

In recent years, many scientists have begun examining the links between religion and good health, both physical and mental. Now two psychologists are working to unlock the puzzle of how faith might promote happiness. Dr. Michael McCollough, of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, and Dr. Robert Emmons, of the University of California at Davis, say their initial scientific study indicates that gratitude plays a significant role in a person's sense of well-being.

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