The Abstinence Clearinghouse Blog

Life rewards action!  But even greater rewards await those who orchestrate positive actions.  Life’s rewards — loving relationships, meaningful work, financial security, time to recreate, leaving a lasting legacy — come to those who act to bring them about.  Although life isn’t always easy and there are plenty of excuses not to be our best, [...]

Remember, your mind is your ultimate personal computer.  Sometimes you might forget to turn on your mental virus protection program, allowing negative thoughts to invade your mind — without you realizing it.  The computer adage “Garbage in, garbage out” as it applies to your mind should really be “Garbage in, garbage stays.”
Your mind never sleeps.  [...]

We must all remember the old saying “Choose your words carefully” as a warning of the impact of our words on others and ourselves.   Once we speak or hear certain words, they become programmed into our minds.  It’s not what we say, but what we repeatedly say.  The words we repeat are gradually convincing our [...]

“Everything can be taken from a person but one thing: the last of human freedoms–to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” Viktor E. Frankl, Psychologist and Holocaust Survivor
Some people measure their success by financial security, career growth, community involvement, quality of relationships, spiritual centeredness or the leagacy [...]

No matter what today’s “it’s not my fault” culture encourages, we are all ultimately responsible for our own choices.  In fact, I like to write the word responsibility as response - ability.  As humans, we have the unique ability to respond.  It is a choice we make, although many times and instantaneous or subconscious choice.
When [...]

A good leader will face the music, even though he may turn his back on the crowd.