HomeLibraryMusicFeelingsWisdomGalleryDeb’s BlogSkyline CounselingLook on the Bright Side…September 7, 2014  Attention to positive outcomes has the additional effect of reducing negative outcomes.→Fear, Addiction, FreedomAugust 21, 2014  Fear is the memory of pain. Addiction is the memory of pleasure. Freedom is beyond both.→Words of WisdomWorth PonderingAugust 12, 2014  We know what we think, we think we know what we do, but do we know what we do does? (Foucault, in Dreyfus & Rabinow, 1983, p. 187)→Belief SystemJuly 8, 2014  My religion is kindness, my church is nature, my god is a feeling that lives deep inside. My job is to be conscious, my path is forgiveness. I believe in kindness and I practice it everyday,everyone has a story everyone has pain, when we strip away our masks we find that we’re really all the same.→Words of WisdomConfusing & Difficult but Worth ItJanuary 4, 2014  When I consider all of the times I’ve thought “Gee, must be nice” or “Sure, if I had your luck I could succeed too” I am reminded of the times these thoughts have come from others when considering my own good fortunes. Without a doubt, my good fortunes have come from hard work, at times […]→Parable of the SpoonsDecember 25, 2013  There is an old Hasidic story of a rabbi who had a conversation with the Lord about Heaven and Hell. “I will show you Hell,” said the Lord, and led the rabbi into a room containing a group of famished, desperate people sitting around a large, circular table.  In the center of the table rested an […]→Words of WisdomAn Old Farmer’s AdviceDecember 21, 2013  Advice from an old farmer Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong. Keep skunks and bankers at a distance. Life is simpler when you plowaround the stump. A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor. Words that soak into your ears are whispered… not yelled. Meanness don’t jes’ happen overnight. […]→Words of WisdomNow MattersOctober 27, 2013  It is more about this moment than any other time.  Yesterday happened already.  Tomorrow isn’t here yet.  But what you do right now influences how you feel about yesterday and helps to dictate what will happen tomorrow.  Do something right now that will improve your life in all areas, yesterday, today, and tomorrow!→Take Out the TrashOctober 27, 2013  The first step to getting what you want is having the courage to get rid of what you don’t.→Good, Better, Best…October 27, 2013  Good, better, best; never let it rest. Get your good better and your better best.→Words of WisdomContinue Moving ForwardOctober 27, 2013  Consider where you are and where you want to be.  Think about the steps required to get from here to there.  Every step you take helps to reduce the size of the gap between where you are now and where you want to be.  However, not taking these steps, regardless how small, leave