Tag: Self-Discipline
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A little work won’t hurt
If there is something you want and if you want it bad enough, you will do what it takes to get it. What it takes might take work. How bad do you want it? Determination is relative to your desire for the object of your obsession.
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Change is Scary
I am in the throws of a change here in our home on the great communicator called the internet. We are shifting some publications to make it easier for you, dear reader,to access them. I am excited and scared. The What ifs are huge. I know it will appear smooth and easy for you if…
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Later Becomes Never
If you don’t believe me? Remember when you asked your mom if you could do some fun thing and she said “Later.” Then you wait and wait….then the thing never happens. You ask mom again and she says no. Just saying, “Oh I will do it later” is like saying, when I get to it.…
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Here’s a Thought, Follow Through
When you say you are going to do something, do it. When you don’t follow through you become non trustworthy. At the very least if you change your mind, be adult enough to say, that you changed your mind. Things happen and situations change. Be a responsible human and keep your word.
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As I Lay Sleeping…
As you read this I am sleeping. I am getting my hand fixed. It’s a common thing. People like me who work with their hands wear them out. I have put this off a bit longer than I should have, but that’s normal for me. I have put my health on the bottom of my…
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Don’t Argue over the Small Stuff
Why is it that most of the arguments in a home between family are started over small insignificant things? Things like whose turn to clean something, why did that person do the thing, or why did they not do the other thing. When you feel the tingle of that urge to criticise a family member…
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Worry Worry Worry
What does worry do for you really? Not a thing. It is the menacing What if that causes your head to hurt. Thinking about what might happen and not what is actually happening that creates all sorts of problems in humans. I struggle with worry all the time. My mom says that I was a…
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Don’t take it Personal
Usually a person’s attitude is not because of you. Anger is an emotion that humans use to respond to threat or stress. It can be a real thing or some crazy thing we make up in our mind. Still, we control our own emotions. We react to how people treat us. So, how you respond to…
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I swear…
I want to promise that I will not impulse buy not one thing for the entire month of May. I know I can’t keep that promise, so I won’t swear to it. Like a few of you being out of my normal routine has caused me to buy things on line. I have a propensity…
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Right is Right
Have you heard the saying “It is always the right time to do the right thing?” This truth is easier said than done for some people. What if the right thing causes hurt to someone you love? Would you do the wrong thing to protect your loved human? Just as hearing the truth is sometimes…
Brendan & Lori O'Gara 