Ok, its the first of the Year, your sitting home in your easy chair pondering, "what am I going to do with my life?" I hate my life, I hate my job, I hate where I live, nothing is working out for me. At one time or another we have had these thoughts and felt hopeless. Are you in this stage of your life? If you are, then there is hope for you! Nothing is so bad that you can't get control over it and have some plans to help you through the process of regaining your life back. You just have to know...

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Have you ever watched any episodes of Leave It to Beaver? Remember Eddie Haskel, the kid that June Cleaver had no respect for. Some of Eddie's remarks about her appearances, how lovely she looked, with her hair and clothes, how Eddie offered to help Beaver with his homework while waiting for Wally to come home. Eddie was the kind of friend that would get you into trouble, and when you needed him most he would bail on you. He talked tough, but would run away from any fight. Wally, seemed to keep ...

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Part two Random Acts of Kindness I have received several phone calls and e-mails about last weeks column on Random Acts of Kindness. Several folks have expressed that they liked the idea and wanted to try it, many asked if there idea would work. Like the woman from Black Hawk, she wanted to know if going over and visiting a sick neighbor would be an inconvenience. I said give it a try and let the neighbor know that she wouldn't stay to long, but to check in on her and see if she needed anyt...

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How acts of kindness can change lives With the economy tanking, jobs being hard to find, tempers are on a short fuse. I watched an older lady at Kings yesterday slowly pushing her shopping cart across the parking lot. There was a Lexus following behind her, and I'm sure she didn't know she was holding up the lady in the car. Then out of the blue, the lady laid on her car horn and startled the old woman pushing the cart. As the older lady with the shopping cart moved out of the way, the lady wit...

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When a brother betrays you! I had a great friend of mine betray me. I was hurt beyond measure. I lost sleep over the matter, and lost a wonderful friendship as well. I shared great confidences with this guy. I poured out my heart to him, as he did with me. I was in my 30's and enjoying my life. Things were good and life never seemed better, until...... I was dating one woman who I wasn't sure about. We hit it off, she enjoyed just about everything I did. We hiked, rode bikes, enjoy photography...

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