challenges

When You Yourself Isn’t Enough

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You have them, I have them, everybody has them — times when we feel like excitingly sharing whatever turned out well, need encouragement in facing a challenge, or to be comforted in the wake of bad news.

Our first impulse is to spill it out to close relatives because they know us better than anyone else. The downside, however, is that regardless of how much they contribute to your cause, logic says that intentional or not, they are also more likely to be critical of your thoughts and actions.

The second option is to lean heavily on close friends who … Read the rest “When You Yourself Isn’t Enough”

Logic’s Erroneous Backside

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If you have ever wondered why the word “logic” is regarded as a positive element in our lives, know that the words good, rational, reasonable, sensible, sound, and valid mean the same thing.

In all of these columns, logic is portrayed as being a handy and useful tool in coping with life’s difficulties, a way to clear up confusing elements so a simpler answer can be applied to the question.

The problem lies in our tendency to misinterpret the word when it’s used in a certain situation. One of the best ways to understand that is to look at what … Read the rest “Logic’s Erroneous Backside”