08 March 2009

Now Everybody Hates Me

March 12, 2009 09:56 AM Filed in: Career Tactics

“I used to have friends at school, lots of friends, or at least I thought they were my friends. But now no one wants to talk to me. They make snide comments, say ugly things—totally untrue things. And it’s not just one person with a problem, it seems like everybody hates me now. And for what?”

Sound familiar? Well, you are not alone, and your problem is not unique. Fact is, it is very common and totally predictable. One day everybody at your school is happy, you have a lot of friends who like you, like being around you, want to do things with you and you with them . . life is good.
And all of a sudden things change, and change fast, and in a bad way. I hate to say it, but it is human nature, it is people wanting something you have that they don’t have. It rarely happens when you’re a tweenager, but by the time you get to be thirteen, look out! And it’s most severe with girls. Read More...

Peace, Baby

March 09, 2009 08:02 AM Filed in: My Garden

As attractive as this little jewel is, it’s her web that fascinates me most.

So often, there’s a whole ‘nuther world outside. We tend to be so enthralled with ourselves and situations we fail to notice the little things around us. Yet the world is bigger than we are, a lot bigger, and there are a lot more of “them” out there than us. Read More...