Managing Yourself

On Pleasing People

Don’t try to please people, Give them Pleasure, instead. Lucille Malcolm Orr as related to me by Dut Marx 1991

On Hate

Hate is like acid … it can do more damage to the vessel in which it is stored than to the object onto which it is poured. from the “Goodie Collection” of Dut Marx

On Getting Even

I don’t believe in personal Revenge or in “getting even” with someone when they do something “wrong” to me. The Old Testament doesn’t describe how I feel and believe as well as I’d like … but the New Testament says: “Revenge is Mine, saith the Lord.” Note that it does not say that Revenge is […]

On Forgiveness

When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive. The first step is to forgive yourself. Learning to Forgive doesn’t mean you forget what happened to you. You’ve been badly hurt and you need to express your pain and humiliation and that you’ve been wronged. It takes time to forgive, but […]

On Fatigue

Fatigue Makes Cowards of us All. Vincent T Lombardi Coach of the Pittsburg Steelers in the Mid 60’s