Last month when I was having all that fun celebrating my birthday I had a realization brought about by blowing out my candles numerous times.
Each time I did I made three wishes.
I realize this must come from various fairy tales and fables where the main character is given three wishes. Many times this doesn't work out very well for them, I seem to remember.
They wish for something too small or too big or in some way not right. The big tragedy in the stories, at least the way I remember them, is that the three wishes are wasted!
Public speaking can teach us a lot of life lessons.
Are you a life learner? Here's what you can learn about relationships from public speaking.
Be yourself. No matter how much you try to imitate or please others, if you don't bring yourself out, you're giving a wrong message about who you are. And how would you like to be loved: as the real you or a fictitious person that you make up? How long could you play that fictitious role without being caught?
We all make dating blunders in our 20s, but as we get older, we (hopefully) learn some lessons.
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Trials and tribulations of the woman that made us "wanna dance with somebody!"
Mourning Whitney Houston? Here's the reality check about what did and didn’t make her fabulous.
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Going through a tough break up? Allow yourself to move forward & love yourself first!
Move forward with your future by using these 7 important lessons!
The time before, during and after a break is excruciating. Your mind dwells constantly on your ex, keeping you locked into feelings of sadness, despair and anger. Replaying the series of events keeps you in the past and unable to see a bright future. Break the cycle of replay by becoming aware of the moment you start thinking about your ex.
A new film can teach you a thing or two about online, long-distance dating.
Before you take your budding Facebook romance with your coworker's brother's friend from grade school to the next level, YourTango strongly, strongly recommends you watch the new documentary release Catfish—or at least read the following.
Sex and the City 2 is ridiculously over-the-top, but what about its presentation of marriage?
If there's one thing we learned from the Sex and the City 2 movie, it's that we're in the wrong income bracket. If there's a second thing we learned, it's that we're not trying hard enough. (Seriously; do we need to start wearing stilettos around our condo in order to keep the fires burning? Some of us have just been wearing bunny slippers.) If there's a third lesson to be had, it's that when it comes to marriage, you can make your own rules.
10 lessons about life, and herself, that one woman picked up from her mom.
My mom didn’t just help prepare me for school; she prepared me for life — and in a big way. After the jump, the ten best things my mom, the teacher, taught me.
Beyond feats of strength, speed and agility, the Olympics have a lot to teach us about love.
The torch has been passed, and the flame has been lit—the Olympic Games have officially begun. Beyond the usual feats of strength, speed and agility, the Olympics have a lot to teach us. For one thing, the games can show us what love is all about.
Do we learn ANYTHING from past relationships? One women reviews her love life, mistakes and all.
With each man who enters my life, I think I'm making a better choice than the last. Yet even though I'm in my 40s, I keep making the same mistakes again and again. When my current relationship started (temporarily) to nosedive, I began wondering if I'd learned anything from my relationships with men. I decided to take inventory. Starting at 17 and continuing until the age of…don't mention it, here's what I've learned.
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