Why do some people seem to be forever defending, explaining or justifying themselves? Do you enjoy being around this person? Are you one yourself?

How often have your sacrificed your own self-approval in favor of that short-lived approval from another to whom you have assigned power over you?

Choosing to whine and blame is a choice just as much as choosing to do something about your circumstances, but one is more likely to produce a meaningful result than the other.

There are some things none of us will ever do, like flying by flapping our arms. These truly do belong to the "I can't" realm. But what about those things that we declare outside our capability simply because we declare that we can't?