I am focused, organized, and easily able to honor the priorities that need my attention.

Schedule a sacred date with yourself. You deserve time for your life.

Chronic pain or other challenges are invitations; gifts that challenge us to learn how to manage the mind.

I am patient with my needs, kind with my words, and respectful of my soft places.

No matter where you work or how you feel about the place, bless it with love.

So let's say you realize that you are never going to be a 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. person. You're not cut out for that sort of typical work environment. The benefit might be that if you embrace that and say I need to be self-employed or I need to be doing more project-oriented work. Identify the benefits - I'd be more productive. I'd be happier. The people around me would be happier because my mood would be better. When you identify the benefits of accepting the behavior or habit, you actually give leverage to it and give yourself a better chance of sticking with it.

By teaching our children to stay in line we create well-behaved followers. While this may make parenting a bit easier, it has enormous costs later in life. These same children grow up to be unhappy adults who desperately want to lead their own lives, yet lack the necessary skills to do so.