Few things get under my skin more than learning that a parent or parents are being abused by their child. The abuse I hear of most often is not physical but attitudinal-talking back or noncompliance with reasonable parental requests. Let me state at the outset that parenting is…

Are you a procrastinator with big written goals? Are you a procrastinator with small written goals? Are you a procrastinator with no written goals? Procrastination is one…

At this time of year when so many are enjoying commencement exercises as they graduate college and move to the next phase of their lives, here are a few thoughts about setting goals. First of all, let’s be clear about what a goals are. Goals are…

There’s an old saying that talk is cheap. I tend to disagree with that saying. I think there’s a high cost for talking; that it is not cheap. Even when taken at its usual meaning, that anybody can just talk, I still say, rather than cheap…

You and I have a job to do. It’s an inside job, but it’s your job. No, it’s not self improvement. No, it’s not working on your self-esteem. The job I am speaking of is bigger than both of those. In fact, if you do…

The art of meeting people easily is certainly tied to how much interest we take in others. Beyond that, there is something else at play that is equally if not more important. How we see…

Would you like to be a more interesting person than you are today? Do you enjoy talking with interesting people? There are several different ways you might…

We’ve all seen or heard children exchanging heated words with their parents, that say loud and clear that “I don’t respect you.” When parents who don’t allow that kind of disrespect from their children, hear those types of exchanges, they feel…

Where have all the independent thinkers gone? This may just be the musing of an old man, thinking that in the past, people were not as quick to jump on a bandwagon as they are today. I do remember a time when…

There are many highways we can take with our lives. There are super highways, there are freeways and boulevards. There are streets. There are drives. There are alleys. There are dirt roads with potholes. Which ones have…

There are many highways we can take with our lives. There are super highways, there are freeways and boulevards. There are streets. There are drives. There are alleys. There are dirt roads with potholes. Which ones have…

Attempting to run the lives of grown children can lead to ruining their lives. If you are the type of parent that has micromanaged your child's life in a vain attempt to prevent them making any mistakes or suffering any harm, there comes a time when…

Knowledge for the sake of knowledge is a worthwhile pursuit. I'm sure some of us know people whose heads are full of knowledge. They know lots of stuff about lots of stuff, and that's…

There are a lot of lonely people of all ages and genders! Why?
I have been on planet Earth for over eight decades! I have seen many things. I have experienced many things. I've thought deeply about many, many things pertaining to the world and and its inhabitants. For most of those 80+ years I have been an observer and student of human behavior and human nature. In today's muse, I will share a few of my thoughts on…

Romantic relationships are delicate matters. Two people, most likely from vastly different backgrounds, attempt to find enough common ground upon which to build …

Here are 4 Key Qualities of Good Parents.

Let's start with Patience.
Patience is an acknowledgment that our children will be works in progress for years, and that in their quest for understanding and knowledge, they will…

The above quote by Reverend Edgar Guest provides a gentle reminder about a very important aspect of good parenting: in addition to telling or instructing our children, it is crucially important that they also…

Are you a victim of stinkin thinkin? Does it often seem like the world is against you? Are your children driving you to the brink? Are you unhappy with your present job or partner? Do your relationships start off fine and then…

I may have an exaggerated sense of fairness. Being treated fairly, and treating others fairly has always been a high priority for me, even as a very young man. Seeing someone being mistreated has never…

I think most of us if asked, would want to have a winning life, a successful life. I wonder if enough of us have thought seriously about what success, what winning means to us. There's an old saying that goes something like "If you think it's hard to…