Acceptance and Identity

We all want to be accepted, right? Me too 🙂 So, we try to identify ourselves with events, groups, schools, etc that gets us the acceptance we need from others. Sometimes, we do this even against our will. At this point, we become people pleasers, we lose ourselves trying to belong. Great men and women are people who build their life styles upon rock-solid principles. You find people pleasers always…

How to build lasting friendships

How many friends have you had all your life so far? Like real friends and how many have you lost? In my experience, it’s the simple things that make great friends 1). Truthfulness, don’t lie to me. You absolutely have no reason to lie to your friend. It’s better to say, “you know, I’d have love to tell you about this, but I don’t think the time is right yet”…

If you can not take care of a child, don’t have one

Oh wait, are you serious? So, you mean some people do not deserve to have a family of their own because they are poor? Okay, not to be misconstrued, family is a beautiful thing. Everyone deserves one and should have one at least. But it will be selfish and a terrible idea to have a child you can not take care of. A child you can not send to school…

The Missing Link

When I was 12, I planned my life up to 25 years — modified as I grew because life isn’t a straight line equation. It’s more like a sinusoidal wave equation. Every time I return to that little jotter, it makes me smile. I did accomplish most of the things I wrote down. Interestingly, when I was in college, one of our course work was to write an essay about…