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Category: This & That by Ron Ross
14 Very Short Stories That Can Change Your Life
The following stories have wonderful shades of emotions. These are based on true incidences both wonderful and inspirational. My good friend from Zambia, Rasheed Khan, sent me an email I feel compelled to share with you today. He did not write the stories, but he saw the depth of their message and shared them with […]
Six Ways to Make People Like You
What a loser I was at 14-years of age and my wise father knew it. What could he do to turn me from being such a self-absorbed, self-destructive jerk? He came up with a very unusual punishment for something stupid I had done. Dad sat me down and told me this time my punishment would […]
Are YOU a Dreamer of the Day or Dreamer of the Night?
T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) wrote in his introduction to Seven Pillars of Wisdom, “All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act […]
Is Your Life Plagued by Loneliness? Tips to Overcome It
GUEST POST BY Ross A. Rosenberg All too often in my psychotherapy practice, I have heard gut-wrenching stories of profound and deep loneliness. My personal and professional experiences with loneliness have moved me to better understand and treat this multi-dimensional problem. Simply defined, loneliness is a condition of relational disconnection, social awkwardness and prolonged bouts […]
From Scrooge to Saint
By Dr. Ron Ross A tired traveler and his very pregnant wife needed a place to stay after a wearisome day on the road. They came upon a two-bit motel and sought a warm room from the innkeeper. “My wife is pregnant and we are both exhausted,” pleaded the man. “We need a room for […]