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By Gene SimmonsRecently published1 topic

"You're an Idiot!"

No, no, I’m not referring to you. I personally don’t feel that anyone on this planet is an “idiot” – although it seems there may be a few of us cruising through life a few French fries short of a Happy Meal. But that’s the way life is. We can only play the cards we’re dealt and that’s OK. The title of this piece is not intended to be a personal slam against anyone. Instead, it is basically a three-word synopsis of several of the comments posted to a blog I recently read. That conce s me. In my opinion, it was a pretty good blog.

Primary topic: General Self Help

General Self Help

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By Gene SimmonsRecently published1 topic

11 Steps Toward a Happier You

First the good news. There’s a really, really good chance that we all can do things – make a few changes in our thinking and in our lives – to help us become a happier person. The realistic side of this though, is that some of us probably have the ability and even the opportunity, to be happier than others. Let’s start with a simple definition of happiness: “A feeling of contentedness, delight, enjoyment or satisfaction”. One more… “a state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy”. Can you see the problem here?

Primary topic: General Self Help

General Self Help

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By Gene SimmonsRecently published1 topic

30 Ways to be a Butt-Head Boss

1. Trust no one. Not your superiors and not your employees. Especially not your employees. They’re probably out to get you anyway. 2. Believe that all of your people are lazy, good-for-nothing slackers. Remind them of that frequently. 3. Get mad and shout a lot. This will reinforce to your “workers” that you mean business. 4. Never grant special favors. Having babies, being sick, taking time off to go to weddings, funerals or 50th anniversaries are just ways to get out of work. Don’t let them get away with it. 5. Try not to make decisions.

Primary topic: General Self Help

General Self Help

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By Gene SimmonsRecently published1 topic

5 Ways to Lose Those Holiday Blues

What a great time of year! It’s a time to be thankful for what we have and enjoy all the festivities that mark a renewal of our hope and faith in the “system” that will carry us toward a bright new year. Right… So if this is such a wonderful season, how come so many of us wind up in Yucksville? It may have something to do with losing our rational map about the time we made the turn at the Grotto of the Great Pumpkin. Let’s see if there isn’t something we can do to help brighten up this holiday season just a bit. 1.

Primary topic: General Self Help

General Self Help

1,306 views

By Gene SimmonsRecently published1 topic

A Quick Checklist for Improving Your Life

1. Learn About You If you don’t know who you are and why you think and act the way you do, it’s gonna be really difficult to make any positive changes in your life. Take a look first at your parents and close family members. Think about how they look and how they deal with life. This is the basis for who you are today. You’ve been instilled with the tendency to think as they think and act as they act. It’s just the way it is. Now think about the big events in your life so far. The ones that stand out in your mind.

Primary topic: General Self Help

General Self Help

1,400 views

By Gene SimmonsRecently published1 topic

Budgeting Made Easy

Well, dang! From what I’ve heard and read, it looks like we’ve reached an all-time world-class new record in the amount of personal debt on the books. Now it’s probably not quite as bad as we’ve been led to believe, however many of us have managed to tromp further than we should have into the financial swamp. How well we’ll be able to find our way back out to dry ground will depend on our knowing just where the heck we are in the first place.

Primary topic: General Self Help

General Self Help

1,475 views

By Gene SimmonsRecently published1 topic

Busy, Busy, Busy…..

…busy, busy, busy, busy, busy…busy, busy, bus… OK, slap me with a wet diaper! Enough of that silliness. Most you know what I’m talking about though, right? That’s us! Busy. Doing what? Stuff. What kinds of stuff? All kinds of stuff. Like what? You name it. Give me an example. Can’t. Why not? Too busy… OK – that’s it! Blow the danged whistle! We need a Time Out! Holy Smokes, Folks! We’re going outta control. No, not all of us of course.

Primary topic: General Self Help

General Self Help

1,528 views

By Gene SimmonsRecently published1 topic

Don’t Give Up!

Don’t let anyone kid you. The road to self improvement and personal growth is not a short, straight, well-marked, paved highway. Looking back on my journey, I see a road meandering over hills and through valleys, around sharp curves and over muddy trails, with occasional boulders blocking my way. I can remember taking detours that took me off the beaten path and on to cow paths that wandered seemingly forever through the puckerbrush.

Primary topic: General Self Help

General Self Help

1,368 views

By Gene SimmonsRecently published1 topic

Eureka! I’ve Found It!

OK, so it wasn’t quite that big of a deal. But I did find the “T” that mysteriously escaped from the word “not” in one of my articles a few months ago. Yep, I found it all right. Right at the end of what was intended to be the word “though”. Of course, that misplacement resulted in a stupid sentence completely void of logic – unless by chance you missed the “t” and read the sentence the way I intended instead of the way I wrote it. So why am I harping about a stupid “t”. Well because it shows once again that most of the time we see only what we expect to see.

Primary topic: General Self Help

General Self Help

1,215 views

By Gene SimmonsRecently published1 topic

Feudin’ and Fussin’ and A-Fightin’

There are probably at least 17 gazillion reasons why folks get into arguments. Unfortunately none of them are very valid. Here’s what I mean. Let’s take a look at the base word first. My super-duper dictionary defines “argue” as: “To present reasons for or against a thing”. OK, so the word “thing” leaves a little to be desired but I can translate that to mean an opinion or concept. No problem.

Primary topic: General Self Help

General Self Help

1,536 views

By Gene SimmonsRecently published1 topic

Go Ahead – Waste Some Time!

As I peruse various articles from the “self-help experts”, I am amazed at how often I run into the admonition to stop wasting time. Create a daily “To Do” list, prioritize, and do, do, do. Get stuff done. Don’t get sidetracked. Remember your goals. Try to keep on schedule. Go, go, go! Keep moving. Stick with the plan. Do you want to succeed or not? Keep going – and for cryin’ out loud, STOP WASTING TIME! Yeah, I know.

Primary topic: General Self Help

General Self Help

1,320 views

By Gene SimmonsRecently published1 topic

He is…

He is… she is…, they are… Go ahead. Complete the sentence. Fill in the blank. About anyone you know. What words would you use? Mean, grouchy, controlling, sneaky, nosey, conniving, kind, caring, funny, loving, giving, sexy…? It’s not difficult to do, is it? We can think about anyone we know and almost instantly assign at least one descriptive word – and usually several – to that individual. We can categorize them.

Primary topic: General Self Help

General Self Help

1,349 views

By Gene SimmonsRecently published1 topic

How Stupid Can People Be?

“I can’t believe she did that!” “What the hell is he thinking?” “Any idiot would have better sense than that!” “Are they all taking dumb pills?” “What’s the matter with these people?” “Why am I working with a bunch of morons?” “He doesn’t have the sense God gave a goose!” Do any of these phrases sound familiar? Of course they do. They’re words we hear – or even use – almost every day. At times it looks like the world is being overtaken by idiots and to top it off, they’re all reproducing!

Primary topic: General Self Help

General Self Help

1,578 views

By Gene SimmonsRecently published1 topic

I Am…

…you are, he is, she is, they are… But you knew that already, didn’t you? Or have you really stopped to think about it recently – or ever for that matter? Huh? I guess we need a little clarification on this. So…do this. Touch yourself. That’s right, go ahead and touch yourself. So, what did you feel? Skin? Of course. Maybe some hair? OK. How about warmth? Sure, unless you’re standing naked in your back yard in Minnesota in the middle of January.

Primary topic: General Self Help

General Self Help

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By Gene SimmonsRecently published1 topic

I Have a Headache!

Really. Not a great big skull-splitting headache. Just one of those little low-pressure guys. And I know why. It’s because I’ve been thinking too much. I really need to try to cut back on that. Actually, my headache is not the result of just thinking – it’s due more to what I’ve been thinking about. I can normally go for months and months and months without any perceptible twinge of intracranial discomfort. No problems at all. Well unless I decide to chance it and watch more than one reality show in a week. Then I’ll notice a bit of distress.

Primary topic: General Self Help

General Self Help

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By Gene SimmonsRecently published1 topic

I’m Gettin’ Really Torqued!

For those of you who have been living in a cave for most of your lives, you can translate the “torqued” in the title of this article to “mad” or “angry”. For today’s discussion of anger, let’s quantify the intensity of our focus with the words “downright, PO’d!” I think that’s quite clear. Let’s proceed. The first question is “What makes you really angry (as in PO’d)?” Inconsiderate, rude people? Bad drivers? Lousy service? Brainless bosses? Dumb subordinates? Idiot lawyers? Answering machines? The government? Waiting in line? Foreigners?

Primary topic: General Self Help

General Self Help

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By Gene SimmonsRecently published1 topic

I’m My Own Grandpa!

OK, maybe not but I’m a lot like him in many respects. Yeah and the same goes for my Grandma and my Mom and Dad, too! I’m a lot like all of ‘em. Naturally, genetics does play a substantial role in all of this but I’m talking about all of the other stuff that goes deeper than that. Like my outlook on life, whether I have a tendency to get mad easily, if I talk louder than most people, how I treat my family members, whether I’d rather veg out on the sofa or read or build something or work out in the yard or… Well, you get the idea. It’s funny how life works.

Primary topic: General Self Help

General Self Help

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By Gene SimmonsRecently published1 topic

In My Opinion…

We all have ‘em, don’t we? Thoughts and opinions on our government, climate warming, drug companies, religion, the latest fashions, the best TV programs, diets, raising children, hair styles, house colors and whether or not the gal in the next cube is sleeping with the boss. When you get right down to it, we have an opinion on just about anything you can think of… except for the 4 percent of the population who tend to lose this ability during polls or surveys. Hopefully this is only a temporary affliction. Ask seven people if they think Bush was a good… no, wait… bad example.

Primary topic: General Self Help

General Self Help

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By Gene SimmonsRecently published1 topic

It’s Good to be Goofy

To paraphrase a saying my mother liked to use occasionally, “The whole world is goofy – except you and me. And sometimes I’m not too sure about you!” Rest assured that no matter who we are or what we do, there is at least a handful of people somewhere in this world who are convinced that we’re not rowing with both oars in the water. If you’ve been following along with some of the other blogs, you know that this is absolutely normal.

Primary topic: General Self Help

General Self Help

1,431 views

By Gene SimmonsRecently published1 topic

It’s Only Hamburgers

A new employee was working the grill at a fast-food restaurant. He had only been on the job a couple of days and of course, was still learning how to prepare the various sandwiches on the menu. He was a good worker and extremely conscientious. He was a good addition to the crew. As the volume of business began to increase on this particular day, you could see his discomfort also increasing. He was under pressure to work a little faster now while at the same time, making sure the food was prepared exactly as expected.

Primary topic: General Self Help

General Self Help

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By Gene SimmonsRecently published1 topic

Just Let ‘Em Go!

I remember when I was just a little guy probably about 4 or 5 years old, I was fascinated by snakes. Not any particular type of snake – just snakes in general. I remember being really curious about how they could move around so easily without any legs or feet. I remember liking the colors on the garter snakes that slithered through our Nebraska summer garden. And – I remember one day picking up one of those fascinating garter snakes and holding it right in front of my face so I could get a little better look at the colorful markings on its head.

Primary topic: General Self Help

General Self Help

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By Gene SimmonsRecently published1 topic

Kill those Buggies!

Hack, hack, cough, gasp, wheeze, snort… where’s the tissue? Wheeze, snork, gasp… I really hate to be the bearer of sad tidings however, guess what season is just around the corner? Correctamundo! ‘Tis almost that time of year to welcome our frequent visitors, Carol Cold and Freddy Flu. How special… So after the initial sniffing and blowing, what’s the next thing we invariably do? Correct again! We reach for the nearest bottle of Handy Dandy Dry Up and Anti-Drip elixir.

Primary topic: General Self Help

General Self Help

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By Gene SimmonsRecently published1 topic

Life Gets Teejus, Don’t It?

Those five words are from a song that I remember hearing a long time ago. It may even be the song’s title. I dunno. For those of you who don’t speak casual English, the word “teejus” can be translated to “tedious”. Somehow it just doesn’t have the same impact though. I think I’ll just stick with teejus… Life does have a tendency to get teejus, doesn’t it?

Primary topic: General Self Help

General Self Help

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By Gene SimmonsRecently published1 topic

Life’s an Illusion…

I’ll get right to the point. Life is not necessarily what we think it is. And no, I’m not going to extrapolate this to the extreme to try to convince you that we really exist on some obscure planet in a distant spiral galaxy and that all of this we’re experiencing as “Life” is only a dream. Of course, it is kind of cool to think that we could waking up any time now, wandering out to the kptfrun to put on the cuggy and then stepping out on the prafo to watch the bos rise and enjoy the sounds of the bilbs as they greet the morning.

Primary topic: General Self Help

General Self Help

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By Gene SimmonsRecently published1 topic

LOOK FOR THE POSITIVES

Our lives are overflowing with negative information from the newspapers, magazines, television and radio. Nations are at war, thousands are dying of starvation and hundreds are killed by natural disasters. There is no avoiding or ignoring the facts. We even receive negativity from our own families and friends every single day. How we deal with this information is up to us. One, we can absorb it all and allow it to negatively dominate our thoughts, emotions, attitudes and our day-to-day lives.

Primary topic: General Self Help

General Self Help

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By Gene SimmonsRecently published1 topic

Love

To a society and civilization that has grown accustomed to having, pursuing and often worshipping the material things in life such as money, houses, cars and physical appearance, it’s not easy to think about dropping any of these from our list of priorities. Many of us have been programmed to believe that these possessions are a measure of our success. They are assumed to be so necessary to our existence that without them we feel worthless - failures in the eyes of our fellow man. Look around you, then look closely at yourself.

Primary topic: General Self Help

General Self Help

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By Gene SimmonsRecently published1 topic

Mirrors

Mirrors, mirrors all around Why don’t I hear the joyful soundr Of myself clapping as I stroll by? Is it you or is it I? Aarghhh! My sincere apologies to the real poets of the world! The things I do to amuse myself… Mirrors lie. All those pieces of glass with the reflective coating on the back – lie. You know they do. They never, never give us a true picture of ourselves. First of all of course, everything we see in them is backwards. We don’t see “us”. We see a skewed, backwards “us”. It’s not at all what other people see.

Primary topic: General Self Help

General Self Help

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By Gene SimmonsRecently published1 topic

Our Life – Our Choice…

OK, maybe that’s a bit of an overgeneralization but it applies most of the time. Basically, what I am saying is that we are what we are because that’s what we’ve decided to be. We live where we live, do what we do and think what we think because that’s we’ve decided to do. Yes, I understand that there are some illnesses and other stuff that happens that tends to force us into a particular mode of operation.

Primary topic: General Self Help

General Self Help

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By Gene SimmonsRecently published1 topic

Positive Affirmations

Never used ‘em. Not likely to start now. OK, so I just lied a little bit. (Is that anything like being a little bit pregnant?) I really didn’t mean to. (Hmmm, that comment could be applicable to the pregnant thing too but actually I was referring to my lying.) I guess the one positive affirmation that I commonly use is not so much a phrase that I repeat or think about periodically throughout the day – it’s more like an answer to a question. The question? “How ya doin’?” My answer will likely be “Super!

Primary topic: General Self Help

General Self Help

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By Gene SimmonsRecently published1 topic

Really Scary Stuff…

With the probable exception of some basic instincts – or motivation toward self-preservation – we’ve just flat learned to be afraid of about all the rest of the stuff we’re afraid of. I know, the word “about” is a cop-out but I’m using it because I’m not really sure where this next mega-fear comes from. Maybe it’s an instinct thing, too. I dunno… The one fear that trips most of us up is – the FEAR of the UNKNOWN!!

Primary topic: General Self Help

General Self Help

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By Gene SimmonsRecently published1 topic

Scary Stuff

Life can be downright scary - sometimes more than others. Probably all of us are wandering through life afraid of something – maybe a situation, an event or other people. Because we’re individuals with differing backgrounds and experiences, our fears vary from person to person. Some people have no problem parachuting from an airplane while others of us think that’s a really dumb idea and our insides get all stirred up even thinking about it.

Primary topic: General Self Help

General Self Help

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By Gene SimmonsRecently published1 topic

Searching for the Truth

It’s confusing isn’t it? Anyone who has been traveling the road toward their own personal self improvement or spiritual enlightenment can quickly attest to the fact that it’s not a particularly easy journey. We quickly find that our projected well-defined path is suddenly obscured by the glare of thousands of spotlights – all sweeping our pitiful little road and beckoning to us.

Primary topic: General Self Help

General Self Help

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By Gene SimmonsRecently published1 topic

Self-Help Basics

In an attempt to simplify some of the self-help (or self improvement, personal growth, whatever you want to call it…) concepts that I – and a whole gob of other people and organizations – have been bombarding you with, here are five basic principles that have worked well for me. 1. Learn to think differently: We are who we are and do what we do because of how we think about stuff. Because of our experiences and life influences so far, our minds have learned to respond – or react – to situations and events in a set way.

Primary topic: General Self Help

General Self Help

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By Gene SimmonsRecently published1 topic

Setting Goals – Things to Think About

We hear a lot about the steps we should take to achieve our goals, however unless we take the first steps to realistically consider who and what we are right now – our capabilities and interests – and think logically about what we’d like to accomplish, our chances of achieving our “goal” are slim to none. Here are a few things to think about when you’re trying to decide what you’d like to do. 1. Your goals need to be your goals Not your spouse’s or significant other’s, not your friends’, parents’, children’s, etc. - YOURS! 2.

Primary topic: General Self Help

General Self Help

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By Gene SimmonsRecently published1 topic

Slower May Actually Be Faster

We humans are so silly – and on top of that we’re fun to watch! Here’s one thing that immediately comes to mind. For some strange reason, when we’re running behind schedule we have a tendency to try to “make up time” by moving faster – or even driving faster. Well, it only makes sense you say? Faster means we’ll be able to accomplish more or cover ground more quickly and therefore of course, we’ll be more likely to accomplish our goals on our pre-established mental schedule. Oh, really? Let’s look at our personal, physical movements. Here’s an example.

Primary topic: General Self Help

General Self Help

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By Gene SimmonsRecently published1 topic

Sneaky, Sneaky, Sneaky…

I don’t know what else you’d call it. “Sneaky” is the only word I can think of that best describes the actions of the frequently devious little part of our mind that is commonly referred to as our “subconscious”. “Sneaky”. Just plain, out and out sneaky. Oh, that’s not to say that our subconscious always operates in the brat mode. Far from it. With the right kind of conditioning – programming, if you will – it can serve us quite nicely. It can help create a life of happiness and productivity.

Primary topic: General Self Help

General Self Help

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By Gene SimmonsRecently published1 topic

So What is Success Anyway?

Well I’ll tell you what it’s not. Even though many of us like to periodically visit our own personal Fantasyland complete with its mansions, servants, fancy cars and trips to exotic places (check under the heading of “What I Would Do if I Won the Lottery”) most of us over the age of twelve with any experience under our belts are realistic enough to recognize our Fantasyland for what it is. A fun place to visit but one sorely lacking in personal fulfillment. Unfortunately, there are many in our society who have bought into the concept that equates “success” with big money.

Primary topic: General Self Help

General Self Help

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By Gene SimmonsRecently published1 topic

Stuff I’ll Try Not To Do As I Get Older

As I begin my transition into the second half-century of my life, there are some things that… huh? Whaddya mean, I shouldn’t lie about stuff like that? Yeah, I know I’m supposed to tell the truth in these articles but that doesn’t mea I can’t fudge just a little once in a while, does it? Not even just a little bit? Once in a while? Well crap!

Primary topic: General Self Help

General Self Help

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By Gene SimmonsRecently published1 topic

The “G” Word

OK – so there are lots of “G” words, however for today we’ll focus on one particular word that has created (I would have used the word “wreaked”, but I personally think it’s a silly word that always seems to have an umbilical connection to the word “havoc”) a bunch of havoc and confusion in our lives – and has been responsible for severely damping our ability to really enjoy life.

Primary topic: General Self Help

General Self Help

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By Gene SimmonsRecently published1 topic

The Sky is Falling…

Yuck! It’s all yuck! The sky is falling, the earth is splitting apart, a giant asteroid is headed our way and we’re all going to hell! Don’t believe me? Just check today’s headlines or catch the six o’clock news. We’re slogging our way through the cesspool of existence. We’re all just residue tumbling our way through life’s sewer to the Great Disposal Plant in the Sky. Yuck and double yuck! Now we all know that life is honestly not all that bad.

Primary topic: General Self Help

General Self Help

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By Gene SimmonsRecently published1 topic

The Village Idiot

That would be me! From what I can see, I’m just beginning the second year of a minimum four year sentence as a Village Idiot. I say minimum because the sentence may be extended at any time and without advance notice – written or verbal. Actually, I’m not treading on unfamiliar turf. I received a similar sentence earlier in my life. If I remember correctly, that one lasted about 14 or 15 years give or take a half dozen years or so. These things tend to get blurry after a while. My first sentence began when my oldest child was about 13 years old.

Primary topic: General Self Help

General Self Help

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By Gene SimmonsRecently published1 topic

This Just Ain’t Good!

“Nope, this just ain’t good!” How many times in our lives have we had those or similar words bouncing around inside our skulls? Yeah, I’ve lost count, too! There are usually only a few reasons these annoying words show up. Occasionally, it’ll be when we just run smack-dab into an “Oh Sh--!” situation. You know what I mean.

Primary topic: General Self Help

General Self Help

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By Gene SimmonsRecently published1 topic

What Are YOU Talking About?

I went to lunch with my number one daughter (chronologically speaking from a reference of arrival time on earth) not too long ago. We went to one of those neat little mom and pop restaurants to grab a burger and listen to some tunes provided by a local vocalist. And yes, it is great to live in a small town in Mid-America where they still do that kind of thing. As we munched on our burgers and fries, we naturally engaged in the usual father-daughter small talk.

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General Self Help

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By Gene SimmonsRecently published1 topic

What Are Your Triggers?

I frequently like to think about where I am in my life and the things I’ve done – and the things I would still like to accomplish in whatever time I have left here on this old planet. A few mornings ago (I like to do this kind of thing in the morning with a big, hot cup of coffee) the question popped into my head, “What should I focus on next?” Now I’ve been at this personal growth stuff long enough to know that it’s not particularly easy to conduct an honest self-evaluation.

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General Self Help

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By Gene SimmonsRecently published1 topic

What if We’re Not Getting It “Our Way”?

That’s it! I’ve had it! Here I am bustin’ my hump and all I get is busted in the chops! Enough awready! I’m sick and tired of trying to get anything to go my way. From now on, I’m just going to get up, do my thing and whatever happens – happens! To hell with it! Yep, it does happen, doesn’t it? To just about everybody I would imagine. We reach a point where nothing seems to be going the way we’d like it to no matter how hard we try. It’s like banging our head against a brick wall.

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General Self Help

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By Gene SimmonsRecently published1 topic

What Once Was - Ain’t No More

Rather than beat around the bush and try to lead into this in a semi-logical manner, I’ll get right to the point. The past is gone – vanished, disappeared in a cloud of dust and a hearty “Hi, Ho Silver!” It is history, not real, mental vapor, and gone, gone, gone! “Yabutt…” “Yabutt” nothing. The past is gone! OK, I do understand that a bunch of stuff has happened before now to influence what “now” is. And sometimes it’s good to take a look at the past to see just how the heck we got to our “now”.

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General Self Help

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By Gene SimmonsRecently published1 topic

Where You Can Find Sympathy

Ask any of my kids and they’ll tell you immediately that you’ll find it in the dictionary between “sh—“ and “syphilis”. Wasn’t that absolutely cruel and unkind of me to instill in them a nearly total distain for the concept of “sympathy”? With so many individuals in the world suffering in so many ways, how could I possibly be so heartless? I am without a doubt, an uncaring, evil SOB! Well, maybe not. Here are a couple of things to think about. First, I’ll give you my definition of sympathy: “A sharing or agreement of feelings with another person”.

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General Self Help

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By Gene SimmonsRecently published1 topic

Where’d It Go?

Time. I’m talking about Time! Where’d it go? Not just yesterday, or the week before, but last year – and the one before that – and the one before that… Wow! It seems like not all that long ago I was running through the alfalfa field on our central Nebraska farm chasing grasshoppers and butterflies and whatever other little flyie (yes, this is a brand new word that you may pencil in on the border of your dictionary if you wish) guys that happened to be hanging around that day.

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General Self Help

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By Gene SimmonsRecently published1 topic

Which Way is Up?

I remember one of the things Mom used to say when someone had done something that didn’t completely make sense to her was “I’m not sure he (or she) even knows which way is up!” Well Mom, guess what? Ain’t nobody knows which way is up! Yeah, yeah, I know. Most of us if we were ever to be asked that question would point “up” in a direction above our heads and away from the ground we’re standing on.

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General Self Help

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By Gene SimmonsRecently published1 topic

Who me? Change? No way!

At this point in my education at the University of Earth, I’m pretty well convinced that our ability to experience and enjoy life hinges on the type of mental programming that we’ve each managed to accomplish over the past several years. The kinds of information that we’ve crammed into our subconscious and now perceive as “facts”. The information that leads us to think and believe – and act - as we do today. Yeah, I know. There’s that danged “programming” thing again.

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General Self Help

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