Monthly Archives: August 2013
Many Americans share our lives with household pets. We spend billions of dollars each year in the care of our beloved furry animals—our dogs and cats. They clearly have us wrapped around their sweet little “paws.” We absolutely adore them and consider them to be our best friends and even like family members who give up unconditional love in return. However, besides their great companionship, research also indicates all of the wonderful health benefits that they can…..
We all have things around us in this world that annoy us or frustrate us or even drive us crazy at times. These irritating things are commonly called PET PEEVES.
I thought I would share some of my pet peeves. You may actually feel the same way about some of them……
First is my list of pet peeves involving unconscious or inconsiderate people who drive automobiles. This group tends to include many things that can really get me angry…..
None of you are always happy or always sad. Your moods can change frequently depending upon many factors. Your diet, fatigue due to too much work, not enough exercise, lack of sleep, and happy and sad events that occur in your lives are just a few examples of things that can affect your moods. Research has also shown that Mother Nature can affect you greatly as well. The weather is one particularly large indicator of how your…..
We all have our daydreams—our fantasies—and of course, the dreams or goals we hope to achieve in our lives. However, we have another kind of dream we often do not have control over…. Those are the ones we experience when we are sleeping. 
Dreams are a collection of thoughts and sensations that play in our mind as we sleep. They can be bizarre, amusing, or completely without…..
Propaganda is a form of communication aimed towards influencing the attitude of the community toward some cause or position by presenting only one side of an argument. Propaganda statements may be partly false and partly true. Propaganda is usually repeated and dispersed over a wide variety of media in order to create the chosen result in audience attitudes. 
As opposed…..
So many of us now spend a large part of our days and our lives on the internet. Our jobs require us to use business programs, email addresses, and online business conference sites. Our schools use various sites on the internet as sources for learning new information and teaching new skills. You would think we would be tired of being online at the end of a busy work day or school day. However, Facebook, Twitter,…..
My life has not always been filled with happiness, of course. Some difficult obstacles had to be faced, and sad memories enter my mind at times. However, for the most part, I consider myself to be a very happy person and extremely blessed. Thus, today I thought it would be fun and interesting to sit down and make a list of what happiness means to me. Hopefully, you will share some of my happy moments as well.
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My blog on August 2, 2013, discussed the definition of boredom and some of its possible causes. Today’s blog will concentrate on some positive things we can do to find our own remedies and solutions that can begin to end boredom and return us back to our normal selves.
Here are some general steps to get us started on the right track to a happier life. First, we must decide what it is we really want to do. If…..
Do you sometimes feel bored? Many of us feel this way during some times in our lives. Boredom is defined as an emotional state of being disinterested. It is a situation in which we feel this uncomfortable resistance to doing nothing. It can actually be a very painful process we go through when we have nothing better to do with ourselves. This horrible feeling often makes us feel stressed out, anxious, and frustrated. 