By Stephanie Cooke http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Stephanie_Cooke
Do you feel as though you need to make changes in your life, but there’s always something holding you back? Just as you think you are getting ahead, something goes wrong and you are right back to square one? Well, that something is more likely to be someone- you! Most of us self sabotage from time to time. You see a vacancy for a job you’d really love, but somehow you don’t get the application in on time. You decide to concentrate on saving money to clear your credit card, and go on a spending spree on things you don’t even need. You are trying to diet but eat a huge bar of chocolate and a packet of donuts. [Read more...]
Nothing is more appropriate for Valentine’s Day than Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s poem, How Do I Love Thee? which she wrote for her husband. It describes unconditional love at its best. It is here in its entirety for your enjoyment from Songs of the Portugese:
Valentine’s Day is tomorrow. It is a lovely little holiday that’s been around since the Middle Ages or before. But, in my opinion, it’s another holiday run amuck. A day designed to express love has turned in to another commercial frenzy.
Almost twenty years ago I read an article in Reader’s Digest that has stayed with me over the years, and for someone who can’t remember what she had for breakfast, this is remarkable.
