Always wear a mask – Your mantra should be to never let anyone know who you really are or how you truly feel. That way you’ll appear to have it all together and no one will be able to relate to you. Never show your softer emotions – This means that you should never cry [...]
Have you ever had an infestation of ants or roaches or . . . what about those dreaded bed bugs? Yuck! I hope not! But if you have, then you know that those little buggers can find the smallest places to hide or invade. And you wouldn’t try to get rid of them by locking [...]
Have you ever heard or said those words? I know I’ve felt like venting at times, but I’m not sure I always describe it in such graphic terms. I’d rather say it in a more palatable way like, “I really need to talk” or “I need to let off some steam.” I’ve been thinking about [...]
Do you have a control freak in your life? Or perhaps you are one! Sometimes I am, especially when my anxiety is running high. The Control Freak lives by this motto – If a situation is spinning out of control, the way to stop it is by controlling the situation! On the surface that makes [...]
Recently, the world has turned its attention to the “Take-this-job-and-shove-it” fiasco with Steven Slater, the JetBlue flight attendant. If you don’t already know (and I don’t know how you could not), a JetBlue customer was rude and confrontational with Steven, who decided he’d had enough. So he grabbed a beer and exited the plane and [...]
A very long time ago, (especially for those of you who weren’t born before the Saturday afternoon show, “Wide World of Sports”), there was this incredible opening line, “The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat!” Recently I came across a winner’s story who experienced both of those extremes in the example of the [...]
Here in the Midwest, we are experiencing a heat wave. In nearby St. Louis, yesterday’s temperature rose to 102 degrees and today it is 101—never mind the heat index (I’m not even going to go there)! So it seems appropriate to write about being on the “Hot Seat.” Many times we find ourselves on the [...]
