Room For The Future At the age of forty－five，my usually well－ordered life became fraught with changes． After twenty－two years of working for a major financial institution，a downsizing initiative and a major bank merger resulted in the eli...
Think of What You Have Instead of What You Want In over a dozen years as a stress consultant1)，one of the most pervasive2) and destructive3) mental tendencies4) I've seen is that of focusing on what we want instead of what we have．It doesn't seem...
A Special Occasion My brother－in－law opened the bottom drawer of my sister's bureau and lifted out a tissue－wrapped package．This，he said，is not a slip．This is lingerie1)．He discarded the tissue and handed me the slip． It was exquisi...
Thanks, Before amp; After I never intended to tell you anything about this，but since I became an adult I discovered that the meaning of Thanksgiving sure isn't what it used to be． When I was younger，I remember receiving the inevitable homework...
A Mother's Letter to the World Dear World： My son starts school today．Its going to be strange and new to him for a while．And I wish you would sort of1) treat him gently． You see，up to now，hes been king of the roost．Hes been boss of the...
Random1) Thoughts-Party Last night,pressured by well－intentioned friends,for the first time in months,I came out of writers seclusion and attended a cocktail party which is another word for a social gathering.So there I was,trapped in a crowded roo...
World Player Gala 2004 This year's FIFA World Player of the Year award on 20 December in Zurich will be a little bit special. For the very first time, the captain of every national team will have a sa...
English Wonder Boy -- Wayne Rooney Wonder boy Wayne Rooney is the name on everybody's lips. At the tender age of 16, Rooney announced himself to the Premiership as a top prospect -- scoring a splendid...
All I Want for Christmas I really like the Christmas season. It is the one time of the year when I tend to put aside all the important things which are really not so important. Yesterday,Judy asked me...
Christopher Reeve: A True Superman Christopher Reeve, the cinematic 1 Superman who became a real-life inspiration for people with spinal 2 injuries through his painstaking struggle to overcome total p...
