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GUIDELINES: Treat Everyone as a Treasure
Treat everyone as a treasure. Every person is in fact a unique work of art, with more in them than they imagine, let alone us.
Hal Green, Ph.D., Community Contributor
- Davenport, IA
Hal Green, Ph.D., is a former professor, pastor, counselor and columnist. He has deep faith in God and humanity, and is a long-term optimist. He believes that all will be well in the end, and that we will learn and grow from adversity. Hal seeks to inspire, assist, and guide us in our daily life.
His education includes a Ph.D. in World Religions from Northwestern University, a M.Div. in Bible and Theology from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, a M.A. in Psychology from Drake University, and a B.A. in Philosophy, also from Drake University.
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GUIDELINES: Take Quietness with You
If you have not yet discovered the quiet within you, I assure you it is there waiting to be discerned.
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GUIDELINES: Don't Listen to the Naysayer
There is a naysayer in most all of us. When the uninvited inner voice of negativity makes its presence known, how are we to handle it?
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GUIDELINES: Do Not Be Ungrateful
Many are focused on what is wrong rather than what is right with their lives, on what they want but don’t have, or have but don't want.
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GUIDELINES: Practice Gratitude
Much good would come if you began and ended each day focusing on that for which you are grateful. Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.
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GUIDELINES: Say "I am Sorry"
The most important words after “I love you” to be willing to say to a loved one are, “I am sorry.” At least be sorry for the pain it caused.
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GUIDELINES: Where There is Purpose, There is Passion
When you have a purpose, you have a passion. You could not have passion without an overriding purpose, because purpose generates passion.
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GUIDELINES: Take Time for Silence
Not only do we need time alone; we also need time for silence. We sense ourselves better in silence than in noise.
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Guidelines: Some Rules of Conduct
These rules of conduct bespeak an earlier time, a more civilized and polite period of our history, a time of gentlemen and gentlewomen.
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GUIDELINES FOR LIVING WELL: Do Not Give Up
You can back up without giving up. You may have to persevere, and find out through your continuing efforts what your true values are.
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Guidelines for Living Well: Intimacy Requires Privacy
Intimacy typically occurs between two people as they share details of their personal lives, which are not intended to be aired in public.
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GREENER PASTURES: Only Love Can Heal the Wounds of Love
It takes love to heal the wounds of love. We have all been hurt in loving. Sometimes we may be tempted to give up on love itself.
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GREENER PASTURES: Give Compliments
It is important to give compliments. Take that extra minute to stop and tell another what you are honestly feeling.
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GREENER PASTURES: How to Handle Guilt
We would rather avoid than accept guilt. It is much easier to talk about the faults and foibles of another than our own.
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GREENER PASTURES: Love is not Enough.
Just loving another is not enough to secure the relationship, to assure the relationship’s well-being, even its continuing survival.
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GREENER PASTURES: Men, Women, and Stress
Where men react to stress with the “fight or flight” response, women react with a “tend and befriend” response.
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GREENER PASTURES: Relationships can be Toxic
A toxic relationship depletes your energy, judges and criticizes to the point of damaging your self-esteem. It is abusive and controlling.
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GREENER PASTURES: Hindsight can seem to Curse as well as Bless.
Hindsight can seem to curse as well as to bless us. It can demoralize as well as instruct us. Neutrality toward our past is an illusion.
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How to Age Well
We are all growing up and growing old. Which is more difficult? It is as important to age well as to mature fully. Here are some guidelines.
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GREENER PASTURES: Do Something Supremely Well
It is good to have a personal vision statement. Here is one: do something supremely well. Do that and you will gain confidence in yourself.
