Is your focus on winning or losing? Is your mind, heart and soul on the “thrill of victory” or the “agony of defeat”? When a person has a goal but has doubts or worries, it can be a tug of war between going forward versus staying stuck. The mental image…

Friendly Story — 13 “You’re easy to talk to,” I said. “You’re easy to talk to too. And because of you, I feel less lonely being in the city at night,” he responded. “Really? I usually don’t hit it off with people,” I revealed. “I felt connected to you from…

Friendly Story — 12 I told him I wouldn’t mind working at a call center myself, but I’m not confident on the phone. But I’m working on overcoming my timidity. “I guess that’s why I decided to call rather than text you this time,” I said. “Hmm. Can you wait…

I notice some people here write deeply personal stories, like mental illness or emotional relationships. I haven’t written anything really personal, although some of my fiction stories have part of me in it. For example, “Pumpkin Story” is about a misfit pumpkin who feels it has no personality until it…

Once you decide what your goals are, it’s time to get your ducks in a row. A crucial matter is being in mental alignment. Using affirmations is a good way to get the mind to make a shift into the right or helpful pattern. A good way to fully focus…

Learning from failures takes you to success. If steering went wrong in the past, causing collision or not getting to destination, can always learn and correct course. First, must understand what one did wrong. Requires honesty. Second, do the opposite of mistake/s on the new venture. From personal experience, watching…

I was going to shorten the long sleeves of my black coat just a bit, a coat I bought years back but haven’t yet worn. Do you have garments in your closet you haven’t touched? (It seems humans do things sometimes that don’t make sense.) Besides buying things and not…

Writing prompt inspired story Fat Cat wanted to lose weight. He wanted energy to do all the things he wanted to do… Climb to the top of the cat tree. Jump in and out of cardboard boxes. Chase laser pointer. And even play fetch. His weight was dragging him down…