I was raised to pray and have faith, but something feels wrong. — I curse like a sailor but never say, “Goddamn it.” No book in my home is ever allowed to be on top of the Bible, and I can recite The Apostle’s Creed word for word. Still, I doubt my faith. Even writing these words is difficult because I feel like…

Their words on fearing it, facing it, and making your life more of what you want it to be — Ronald Reagan says: “There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect.” And while his words are inspirational, I’m not quite sure they’re accurate. For example, our outer world has impacted our inner world since…

Guilt goes a long way in making us better people. — Every now and again, I need to be reminded of my stupidity, shallowness, and vanity. Today, this story was my reminder. I came across a Fox 2020 article about World War Two veteran Bill Maxwell. The article reported the celebration of Maxwell’s one-hundredth birthday. Residing in an assisted living facility…

You’ll never reap the rewards of beauty science by only agreeing to once-a-month visits. — You know nothing looks better on you than beautiful skin. So, you do your research. Then you head to purchase your “beauty-boosting” eye creams, serums, and retinol-based wrinkle removers. You read the labels carefully. “Use once in the morning and once at night. Full results may take six to twelve…

“The little things? The little moments? They aren’t little.” — Do you have a Walking Dead membership card? I do, and you do too. You probably just don’t know it. The truth is most of us are “zombified.” For example, we don’t sleep. Our shoulders hang uselessly by our sides. Our backs are hopelessly hunched over. And the reason for…

I don’t know how so many of you do. — Truth? I’m writing this to get an extra tally mark on my publishing frequency. Because you and I both know you must push out the product to succeed. However, I’m failing miserably (I’m not even sure I’ll finish this article I’m writing right now), and I’m learning to be okay…

I’ve only worn it for fifteen hours, and I’m already hooked. — Kourtney Kardashian states: “I make sure anyone doing my makeup uses this foundation.” Former supermodel Cindy Crawford says: “Even though I use other foundations at times, this is my go-to because I don’t really have to powder over it, and it still stays in place. …

My midlife crisis is killing me. — In five days, I’ll be fifty. Want to give me the perfect gift? Make me feel the same way I felt ten years ago. Up until around forty-three, I was happy. Optistimisc. Self-confident. Then, at what seemed to be the speed of light, my vision of the world grew darker. …

To say it’s “life-changing” is not an exaggeration. It’s the truth. — You’re babies of the digital age, so I’m not sure you want to listen to the advice of a person who’ll turn fifty in a week. But you need to. Yes, yes, it’s about the “phone thing.” Your selfies. Your filters. Your chatting. Your texting. You see, I worry about…