Archive for March, 2009

The Internet is crowded with self-help books and guides that promise happiness. Some of them are good, some not quite so good.

A guide to happiness, in my opinion, has to offer two things: it has to be to the point and very near to the absolute truth, (whatever that might be).

Would you believe that someone wrote such a guide in only 23 sentences a very long time ago?

A lawyer called Max Ehrmann wrote a concise prose poem following an urge he wrote about in his diary:

“I should like, if I could, to leave a humble gift — a bit of chaste prose that had caught up some noble moods.”

The outcome of this “urge” was a timeless and inspirational prose, which offers a simple positive credo for life.

Desiderata (Latin for “desired things”) was written by Ehrmann around 1920.

A common myth ads a touch of mystery to it: some people believe that the Desiderata poem was found in a Baltimore church in 1692 and is centuries old, of unknown origin.

Be it as it were, the Desiderata is the ultimate guide to a happier life, and should be read and put into practice on a daily basis.

Here it is (I bolted the passages that are important for me/us): Click to continue »

“Are you real?”

This is a surprising question that I received via e-mail.

That got me thinking.

I thought that I revealed plenty of myself in the blog: my suffering, my recovery, my mission to help people who were in the same position as I have been.

Throughout all of my articles, I have revealed more and more about my past. Hence, why would someone ask the question of whether or not I was a real person?

I refuse to think that my whole story looks like a marketing invention. And yet, maybe I haven’t revealed as much about the PERSON Eddie Corbano as I have thought?

This is when I decided to write some more about my personal story and my life. Click to continue »

This is a guest post by Rick Ortiz from Dads Divorce.

It’s happened. Game over.

The relationship is ending (supposedly) in divorce. But, it is necessary to tie up the loose ends during the divorce process and, if there are children involved, certain parts of the relationship are never really over.

The following guidelines assume that you and your partner are moving forward with the divorce process, or that you must remain in contact with your ex afterwards for reasons pertaining to the children.

According to attorney Erik Carter of Cordell & Cordell, PC, a firm dealing exclusively with divorce, there are a set of points you should consider when you must negotiate with your ex or soon-to-be-ex.

Of course there is much to be said for basing a relationship upon trust, but let’s face it, if the relationship is in the throws of a divorce or post divorce, trust is probably a factor that is on some level questionable. During the divorce process the stakes are high regarding what each party will walk away with and care must be taken not to cross into territory that could put either party in a position to lose what is most important to them. If this advice suggests materialism, consider the “non-material” elements that are potentially up for grabs such as access to your children, your finances, and your freedom to make unhindered decisions for the rest of your life.

The rules that follow are a method for navigating the perilous waters of the divorce process, a process governed by the letter of the law and attention to detail. Click to continue »