There is an old camp song you may remember. It goes something like this, “Make new friends but keep the old, some are silver and the others gold….”
There is nothing quite as awesome as contacting an old friend. Years may have passed, but shared memories remain. Sitting around discussing the “good [...]
I’m transferring the old posts from 365 ways to boost your self esteem on the main Life Focus Center site over to this blog as it happens I recently wrote a similar article on:
Gardening for health and fun
And then I got to the following short post:
The principle here is similar to that of yesterday’s article [...]
As I’m rewriting this (it is an old post being transferred from the main Life Focus Center Site to the blog) one of our three cats looked up at me at I automatically smiled and felt good…
When you feel good for any reason, your self-worth and self-esteem goes up:
Pet’s have a wonderful effect of lowering [...]
I recently wrote about the need for solitude and this post continues that and takes it to the next level:
Take time off for spirituality
Today is a Sunday and I noticed that I started the day doing various chores – including: watching various Sunday morning news TV shows, shopping; cooking; looking after the cats and so [...]
Loneliness is such a drag!
Jimmy Hendrix
Loneliness is enforced, solitude is being alone by intention.
Solitude is wonderful, cleansing to the soul and refreshing to the spirit, while loneliness is abysmal, hurtful to the soul and damaging to the spirit.
Objectively what is the difference between these two?
Think about it: we are spending some time [...]
In the last post I mentioned the Hawthorn effect and what it may mean to your self-esteem.
So here is an old post which is based on the Hawthorn effect:
There are so many little things you can do for yourself which can do your self-esteem so much good. One of these is to sleep in.
We [...]
Self esteem is a measure of how worthy one feels and how deserving of love, joy, happiness, success, and similar positive things.
The Hawthorn effect is named after the Hawthorn Works a General Electric plant near Chicago. Between 1924-1932 a group of industrial psychologists studied the effects of lighting levels in the factory on worker productivity.
They [...]
This complements the previous post on thanking those who complement you:
The next step after managing to accept complements gracefully, and after learning to give others complements is to give yourself complements. That is a harder step to take for many people. However, understanding that “humility is [...]
Many people find it difficult to accept compliments gracefully. They think that they have to be humble and bring themselves down. In a retreat many years ago a Jesuit priest defined humility in one word. He said, “Humility is…… truth.”
If someone gives you a sincere compliment, you can simply say, “thank [...]
A life worth living is an examined life…
Review your day
When you are in bed and you are about to go to sleep go over the past day in your mind’s eye. Remember all your successes large and small. Ask yourself the questions, “What did I do today to take me nearer to my short term [...]
