Articles filed under Potts, Ken
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Potts: Make peace with the past to live more happily in the present
Sep 30, 2021 1:31 PM - Ken Potts: Making peace with our past is difficult, and even painful at times. Yet, such peace is the best (and perhaps only) foundation for a fulfilling present and future.
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Love the one you're with
Aug 5, 2021 11:00 AM - Adam and Eve are walking in the garden. Eve to Adam: "Do you love me and only me?" Adam to Eve: "Who else?" Bad joke. Good point.
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Two suggestions on dealing with so-called 'conceited' people
Jul 8, 2021 12:34 PM - Sure, there are a lot of people who act conceited, but that is just what it is -- an act. Their conceited behavior is a front for what they really think about themselves.
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Sensitive care from others makes pain easier to bear
Jun 17, 2021 9:44 AM - There is good clinical research that suggests that emotional "medicine" plays a large part in our recovering from any wounds -- physical, emotional, spiritual. We feel less pain when someone is there to speak a caring word, hold our hand, and wipe away our tears.
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Best way to make new friends is to be a friend
May 6, 2021 11:33 AM - Making new friends is a task that is part of every stage of our lives. No matter how big or close our families are, no matter how many friends we already have, over the course of a lifetime we will always need new friends.
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Is there such a thing as love at first sight in real life?
Feb 18, 2021 11:44 AM - What do you say when your teenager asks you if you believe in "love at first sight?" I found myself in such a situation a few years ago, and, I must admit, fumbled a bit for an answer.
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Love is a word often overused, but seldom understood
Feb 4, 2021 9:19 AM - Ken Potts says that the word love is one we use frequently, and is often overused.
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Change your attitude about what 'love your neighbor' means
Jan 21, 2021 12:13 PM - Ken Potts on how to "love your neighbor" despite the fact that all of us are, now and then, pretty unlovable.
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Kids' emotional, physical maturation don't grow at same rate
Nov 12, 2020 12:52 PM - Our Ken Potts: As both a counselor and a parent, I've known kids who matured physically much more quickly than they matured cognitively, emotionally, socially, or spiritually. It often can be as much a disadvantage as an advantage.
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Seniors beset by loss can find ways to make life more fulfilling
Nov 8, 2020 6:00 AM - Our Ken Potts talks about ways seniors can deal with thoughts like "I don't matter anymore," or "I'm a failure," or even "My life is falling apart."
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