improve your life by improving your choices!

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.

William James

Happy New Year!

It's time to put up a new wall calendar and it's the season when our thoughts turn to goals and resolutions that will improve our lives. Advertisers love to remind us: new year, new you.

I don't know if the following choices qualify as goals or resolutions, but as I pondered on what makes life better, here are five choices I want to make this year.

1. let go of a grudge.

Life is too short to live in strife. Even if you have been done wrong and own a legitimate grievance ...

how much do authors make?

With the number of author and reader friends I have, I thought a quick snapshot of how much money author's make would be fun and enlightening.

Dana Beth Weinberg is analyzing the responses of five thousand authors to the Digital Book World and Writer's Digest Author Survey. To read her comments click here.

do you know a wise dog?

I had a great time working with a couple of publishing legends - NY Times bestselling author H. Jackson Brown Jr. and award-winning outdoor action photographer Dale Spartas - on a book called WiseDogs.

It was a fun reminder that dogs are not only great friends, but they have some simple and profound life lessons to teach.

Enjoy a few sample pages that will put a smile on your face!

simple blessings of Christmas - on sale now

The past two years, The Simple Blessings of Christmas, a gift book with 30 seasonal meditations I wrote and packaged for Simple Truths, has sold out by the end of November.

So consider this my reminder that if you are interested in purchasing a copy (or copies) for you and for others, now is the time to order.

The publisher has added a free card to go along with the free DVD "movie." It will be available through the Simple Truths website and there is a promo code to purchase it at a discount.

Enjoy and be blessed!

a timeline of Christianity

Source: A Timeline of Christianity