The Wedding
As an ordained minister I have officiated at many weddings – at least 200 of these special events and the one I officiated last night may be my last. Age has caught up with me a bit – we’ll see.
But if it was my last, it was a wonderful way to retire. It was very, very special.
Online Dating
A romantic senior old couple enjoying togetherThe Internet has changed our lives in many ways. One of those “in your face ways” is on-line dating. We hear commercials for sites like eHarmony and Match.com and if you Google “online dating” or “on line dating sites” you will find pages of listings. There are even sites specifically for different groups such as Seniors. Yes, Seniors want to meet other seniors. Imagine that.
The Joy and Excitement of Living
We’re squeezing the life out of ourselves. A process that was started when we were required to conform as children results in the normal adult living the life of an automaton. We’ve lost our excitement, our sense of fun, our spontaneity and most importantly, our appetite for the excitement and adventure of living life to the full, of taking life’s abundant opportunities by the horns. We’ve got to become childlike again to live our very best life.
How to Have Healthy Relationships
Your relationships can be a very fulfilling part of your life. This is however, only the pure potential. It doesn’t mean that they necessarily will be. I believe the degree to which your relationships are fulfilling depends on the degree to which they are psychologically healthy.
Relationships – What’s Love Got to Do With It?
By Irene Conlan -
Forming relationships has complexities that we rarely stop to think about especially relationships of the romantic kind. We meet someone. We form our first impressions. It may or not be a mutual attraction. Whether it is or is not, the next step is to get better acquainted and we do that with [...]
Inviting in Your Dream Relationship
Some people believe that we have only one soul mate in a lifetime, while others feel that we can have several over a long period of time. Personally, I believe some people come to us to impact our lives with lessons or a new awareness, or to bring love for a brief span of time. Other relationships will endure for a lifetime. We may have many possibilities to create a deep and fulfilling relationship with a partner but miss out because we dwelling on our past grief and resentment, or as the saying goes, we are just too blind to see.
How do you start your day?
By Irene Conlan -
Sometimes the way you start your day determines how it runs its course. If you get up snarling, for instance, you will most likely snarl all day. If you get up fearing what’s ahead of you you will carry that fear into everything you do. If you get up saying “Good God, [...]
Free Your Heart From Hatred – The First Step to Happiness
By Claudia Juarez -
Is hate useful? Is there a good use for hate?
To me, there is. When we hate something or someone, that provokes an array of feelings inside. Those feelings are a sign that something is not good. Big news, huh? I’m not a doctor in medicine but I do know they start an [...]
Happy Mother’s Day
By Irene Conlan -
Happy mother’s day to mothers everywhere.
Mother’s day is one of those Hallmark kind of days and a day that probably creates more emotions – from guilt to joy – than any other day we celebrate. It is a day to call Mom whether you want to or not. Some of you dread [...]
The Five As of Happiness
In our Declaration of Independence it is written that we have the God-given right to pursue happiness (please note that it says we have the right to pursue it but does not guarantee that we will find it). We all seek happiness and we look for it in all kinds of places –– sports, entertainment, sex, food, therapy, relationships – and we are often disappointed when we don’t find it there
