Every Christmas the Yuletide card portrays a silver star in a navy blue sky and every year the same heavenly object sparkles from the top of the decorated evergreen. At season's end the three wise men and their fellow shepherds gather at a hastily set up manger for the familiar nativity scene. Though it shimmers on the greeting card and its brilliance lights up the tannebaum, it wasn't a star that erupted into a supernova on that dark Judean night. The star that shone so brightly two thousand years ago was wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger.

No one comes to this world without a gift or special talent that is not unique to him/her alone. The gifts that we bring are the tools we will use to experience physical life in our own special way. For some it is obvious, for others one may have to look a little deeper. The use of such gifts or talents are also subject to interpretation and are often used for purposes other than what we wanted to experience before birth. Most of us spend a lifetime searching for the connection to them.

Liam says to Joe; “where is your God now, when life can be made in a laboratory”? Joe says to Liam; “it couldn’t have happened, but for the presence of God”. It was a short debate involving two non-s...

Even Pandora and her box come in two versions. In one, the hideous woes of the world are let loose while locking hope inside. In another, life’s joys are allowed to overflow their container, leaving the dark behind. In both versions, the light and dark of all metaphor clearly exists in perpetuity.

We humans are a funny, funny breed. We spend our entire lives working and working and working to acquire ‘stuff’. We buy and surround ourselves with the biggest, fanciest this or that when all the while what we really need and want is something you can’t buy anywhere. The thing we all spend our time doing is looking to experience a feeling of significance

There's no getting around it, stress is a fact of life. We can use chose to stress to our advantage (if we know HOW to do it) or we can react negatively to the gush of energy that stress provides. Don't think stress gives you energy? It really does! Find out how.

Stress management among students in universities is a hit-or-miss matter. Some universities schedule optional stress management classes, but students often lack the time to attend. If they have the time, they lack interest.

Human evolution is conflict-driven to provide the crises from which each person can generate better beliefs and attitudes. If we never have crises there would be little change to challenge our existence and develop us gradually to realise our potential.

Stress is now a part of all our lives whether we like it or not. In the West it seems we have the predisposition to get stressed at even the slightest small and insignificant problem. Can you imagine what the biggest causes of stress today would seem like to a Victorian person struggling to find enough to eat and living in complete destitution?

Isn't there an old friend out there that you think of every now and then? When you think of him or her a does a BIG smile come to your face? You think of how much fun you had or how mischievous you were? If you haven't called that friend lately, just do it! I find, that in the most hectic times in my life, an old friend is the best medicine. You could reminisce about the past and just laugh and smile. I have those friends in my life and I'm sure somewhere out there, you do too!!! If not, make a new friend; they will become your old friend. As a Life Coach I tell you to think about the present and the future and not dwell on the past. In this article, I'm telling you to dwell on those good parts. It's good for you!!!

Because of the link between your body and mind, if one suffers, they both suffer. That is why you feel tried and run down when you get stressed out, and it feels like your mind cannot escape the things that are causing your stress.

When a crisis hits - the end of a marriage, the loss of a job, or the death of a loved one - it throws you into a complete tailspin. Suddenly your world is no longer safe and secure. When prospects seem bleak, these 5 tips can stimulate you toward achieving a positive direction in your life.

Many things in life are aggravating. In fact, one could argue that life itself is aggravating. However, for the purposes of this discussion, let's deal with aggravation as a cost of doing something. We'll measure it via AI = Aggravation Index.

Stress in part of all our lives and can have both a positive and a negative effect on us. The secret lies in either avoiding or reducing the effects of negative stress and here we look at ten simple tips for doing just that.

Here are five stress relief techniques to help you.