There is a difference between what we believe will make us happy and what we accept as the causes of our suffering and yet depending upon what's there or the place that we are at on our trails, our opinions of each can be changed with just the occurrence of a moment...

On our journey we each have a collection of things that fall into place depending upon what we think they hold. To make sense of what's there, we assess a value for each possession through what is familiar and comfortable in our individual perceptions. Where those...

The things that have already been done in the yesterdays cannot be undone but the power that they continue to hold in our kind of life can be changed. By turning around, we can view those moments, words and behaviors and then find the what and the how we can do them...

It is easy enough to think that someone should not behave in a certain manner, such as using substances or being angry, but it has never been that simple to understand why an individual is or has been doing so. After all, no matter what we desire we can't just stop...

Too often we underestimate the power of our words as well as their ability to imply things other than what we intend for them to do. Take, for instance, the two terms substance abuse versus substance misuse. Those expressions are actually used to define each other and...

As we are presented with choices in our lives, it is simple enough to believe that where each of us decides to step will be or should be in the direction that is in our best interest. What's not there, though, is the view that one can be decisive and still choose a...