I must give credit to the creator of REBT, Albert Ellis. Mr. Ellis put together a system of cognitive therapy that has literally revolutionized my life.
When painting, or life, gets overwhelming, map out chunks at a time to finish. Don’t get overwhelmed. Before you know it, you’ll be victorious.
I am wrong about 70% of the time in my marriage and I can still wear a smile on my face. I am wrong at work quite a bit too, sometimes it is my 8 year old students who point it out to me. These are strengths to my character, not weaknesses.
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It’s been said that life is a series of lines you wait in until the end and even there you have the funeral procession. I guess you lead that line … anyway, I think the notion is true. We wait to get into kindergarten then middle school, high school, college, marriage, parenthood, middle [...]
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This is a guest blog post by Marcia from Tumbled Words.
We have been preparing for one thing or another most of our lives, haven’t we? Let’s take a trip back into our past in preparation for my one question quiz in honor of Damien and Sarah both being teachers. (No cheating!)
Flash back to elementary school. [...]
January 17, 2008 – 7:08 am
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Online dating helped me find and marry my soul mate Sarah. I even found her during the “free trial” period so the service was free! I thought I’d write a blurb about Yahoo! Personals because I feature them as an advertiser. It isn’t just demographics that makes me do so (most my [...]
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January 15, 2008 – 12:54 pm
The scenario: My brown-bag lunch was as meager as you can think of, p and j and goldfish crackers. One hour after lunch I am teaching and as Winnie the Pooh says: “Tummy Rumbling.” Called wife dreaming of a burger and 40 minutes later here she is in my work parking lot with: [...]
January 6, 2008 – 7:18 pm
No, I won’t be needing more than one slice since I have no teeth. I just gum it.
Our family is a democracy when it comes to most decisions: especially where to eat. I won’t list them, but each one in my family (5) has her/his preference and they seldom mesh. Tonight I [...]