optimism, positivity, victim

6 Key Practices to Stop Being a Victim

Life isn’t fair, and most of the time, you find yourself the victim of particular circumstances. Will you allow it to swallow you, or will you learn how to bounce back stronger than you were? Becoming a victim of something is difficult, traumatic, and often unjust. If you don’t want it to take control of ...

Mike West

Victimhood.

What Is a Person’s True Source of Happiness?

Happiness is an emotional state characterized by feelings of joy, satisfaction, contentment, and fulfillment. While happiness has many different definitions, it is often described as involving positive emotions and life satisfaction.  One morning, I took a taxi to a place for on-the-job training. Unfortunately, it was during rush hour, and the taxi was soon stuck ...

Helen London

Two taxi cabs in traffic.

5 Strategies to Cultivate Hope

Life has unexpected ways of unfolding. Often compared to a roller coaster ride, a person has to go through ups and downs. Even then, rarely does anyone understand what life is all about. With all the suffering going around, life does seem to be going downhill for everyone. But many are holding onto hope. Being ...

Raven Montmorency

Yellow flower growing through a crack in the sidewalk, hope concept.

How to Ensure 2021 Turns Out to Be a Better Year

As we move through 2021, there is no denying that 2020 was kind of a nightmarish year for most people, regardless of their financial status and location. Many people would refer to it as Annus Horribilis. Let’s put it behind us as quickly as possible and move onward and upward for the rest of 2021 ...

Raven Montmorency

Young dreamers looking ahead in 2021.