Entries Tagged as 'Relationships'

Monday, July 20th, 2009

A Love That Is Free Will Forever Be

Ten years later, they’re still together…
The Girl in the Mirror
She looks at herself in the full length mirror that hangs from her bedroom wall.  Completely naked and exposed, yet confident.  She’s older than she was five years ago, but feels much younger.  And she thinks momentarily about the different men who held her in front […]

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

How Love Begins

The greatest thing you’ll ever learn
Is to love and be loved in return.
- Natalie Cole
On a chilly October night nine years ago…
I would have preferred not to write to you.  In fact, about a week ago, I put a post-it note on my computer monitor that said, “What would Skyman do?” (Skyman is my cat).  […]

Sunday, May 17th, 2009

Who Will Save Your Life?

In the summer of 1997, at the age of fifteen, I learned a valuable life lesson.
And I learned it the hard way.
Leave It There For Now
“Go deep!” Roger shouts.  I sprint as fast as I can, but not fast enough.  The football flies over my head, bounces off the ground, and takes a massive leap […]

Monday, March 30th, 2009

The Blissful Art of Being and Breathing

We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact
that each moment of life is a miracle and a mystery.
- H. G. Wells
One warm evening nine years ago…
After spending nearly every waking minute with Angel for eight straight days, I knew that I had to tell her just one thing.  […]

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

An Idle Truth About Our Idols

I met a self-made, multi-millionaire for drinks and dinner last night.  Chris is the owner, CEO and principal engineer for a private software company that nets 20 million dollars a year in profit.  He’s an elite businessman with a big heart.  The compassion and chivalry he shows his employees and clients is unmistakable.  He has […]

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

8 Ways to Inspire Others

This guest post was written by Mike King, the author of Learn This.
Have you ever looked up to someone or admired something about another person that really inspired you?  Well, there are certain qualities about a person’s character that enable them to inspire others, and there are steps you can take to awaken these same […]

Thursday, February 12th, 2009

The Unwritten Love Poem

Almost ten years ago, I wrote an unsigned love poem to a girl I hardly knew.  I told Brianna, among other things, that life was a blaze of magnificence, that she made it even brighter, and that someday I would spend everyday with the prettiest girl in the world.
When she read the poem she got […]

Monday, July 7th, 2008

25 Acts of Body Language to Avoid

Our body language exhibits far more information about how we feel than it is possible to articulate verbally.  All of the physical gestures we make are subconsciously interpreted by others.  This can work for or against us depending on the kind of body language we use.  Some gestures project a very positive message, while others do […]

Monday, June 30th, 2008

21 Keys to Magnetic Likeability

 
Your true potential is enhanced by the sum of all the people who like you, and thus would go out of their way to assist you in a time of need.  Unfortunately, there is no quick-fix guide for becoming extremely likeable.  Likeability is tied deeply into some of your most stubborn, long-standing habits and behaviors.  As […]

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

How To Write the Perfect Love Letter in 3 Short Paragraphs

Writing the perfect love letter can be quite a challenge. After all, love is an emotion, and it can be extremely difficult to accurately transcribe your emotions into a meaningful set of words. It’s easy to spell out the phrase “I love you”, but those words are relatively hollow without a little contextual substantiation.
3 Simple […]