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- "People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered; forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish motives; be kind anyway. If you are successful, you will win some false friends and true enemies; succeed anyway. If...
- AffirmationsAffirmations are expressions that have the power to transform your life by influencing the way you think about yourself, others, and the world around you. When you change how you think, you change how you act, and the results can be...
- If you wrote a book on shyness, what would you like other people to know about your shyness?Part of my shyness comes from never having had a place in this world where I have felt safe from abuse, antagonism, bullying, and other forms of...
- Hello to all of my fellow shylings!I would like to share a few positive thoughts with the community, and invite others to share any they might have...just to lighten the mood on our little ball of dirt circling an insignificant burning hunk of...
- Agoraphobia often means a fear of going beyond one's room or home to the world outside.I have this fear quite often, though not 100% of the time, maybe about 95% of the time.I know that other people in the anxiety community also suffer from...
- Hello there!"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around."-Leo BuscagliaIn a previous discussion...
- What do you say when you have run out of things to talk about? I don't want to ask questions that might be too personal, and one can only talk about the weather or other innane topics a limited number of times before that topic loses its appeal....
- If a person lived on a tiny island populated by just a few other people and had never heard of phobias such as a fear of the number 13, that person would have just about zero chances of developing the phobia, right?Only by being around others and...
- Why are members now using "hugs" to send messages back and forth? I thoughts "hugs" were supposed to be for sending well-wishes and other positive messages, and "Send A Message" was meant for messaging back and forth between members?What am I...
- What's synergy? Well, it's kind of like this: you send hug messages to several other people, and they do so in turn; or you put up a bunch of discussion postings, which results in other people doing so as well as they become emboldened and follow...
- Hello, my friends!I hope this discussion posting doesn't offend anyone. It's meant in only the best possible way.The Physical & Emotional Abuse Community seems to be mainly used by those experiencing abuse within marriages, common law marriages, and...
- Hello, my wonderful friends!Does anyone have life experiences about eye contact that they'd like to share?Among friendly outgoing people, eye contact is generally recognized as a good thing. Failure to make appropriate eye contact may be regarded as...
- A shipwrecked sailor spent nearly three years on a desert island. One morning he was overjoyed to see a ship in the bay and a boat pulling into shore. As the boat grounded on the beach, an officer jumped out and threw the sailor a pile of...
- I knew a named Passion,I asked her for a date;I took her out to dinner,And gosh, how passionate!The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.The worm that was eaten by the early bird was the worm who stayed out too...
- I'd like to lighten the mood and share a couple of itty bitty rhymes.Leave-Taking by Author UnknownThe proper way to leave a roomIs not to plunge it into gloom;Just make a joke before you go,And then escape before they know!Sound Advice by Author...