The Choices we Make

The Choices we Make in life, determine our success in life, and reveal our character. Make intelligent choices!

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Author: PJDowling

The Choices we Make manifest in our Character. I am a father, husband, employee and blogger. We all make choices everyday, little do we understand the consequences of those choices. - its all about The Choices we Make.

Top Ten Traits of an Alcoholic

Writing of alcoholics, I wanted to provide what I believe to be their Top Ten Traits. I would love to hear back from you, about your ideas and any traits you think should also be on the list. Careless:        Like a child, act without thinking. I want it now despite the consequences. Self-pity:        Poor little ole me. Nobody understands me,…

Lead through Actions

In a Tweet I sent yesterday, I said “Leaders choices affect those who follow”. This was in response to an article from USA Today entitled “N.J. cop: Obama doesn’t follow Constitution”. In this article, a Special Police Officer (retired officer, working part time) asks a citizen to stop filming. The citizen says that he has a constitutional right to film,…

Tossin and Turnin

Tonight, the stress and anxiety has gotten to me and I can’t sleep. It is 4:16 AM as I write this post, and I have been “tossin and turnin” since 2:30 AM or so. What is a person to do? Bobby Lewis sang about this whole “Can’t sleep” syndrome back in 1961 with his hit “Tossin and Turnin”. In his…

Your Choices are Known Forever!

I hesitate to comment on the recent story of Ray Rice, because just commenting could put me into a no-win situation. Nevertheless, I feel this a good opportunity to highlight the impact of The Choices we Make: An opportunity to use Rice and this incident as a teaching moment. I think we could all use a remedial course, I know I…

An unforeseen consequence

While living the party life might sound good, there are some unforeseen consequences that most don’t really think about before beginning the party. If you haven’t already figured it out, alcoholism is one of those unforeseen consequences that we young people only pass off as being what happens to others. Alcoholism has many unforeseen consequences, including: losing your family, losing…

Who is an alcoholic?

Growing up in an Irish family, with relatives and friends who seemed to perpetually gather throughout the year, I was no stranger to, nor was I fearful of alcohol. Although I had seen my parents fight at times because my dad had 1 to many to drink, they fought for other reasons as well. My grandfather even had a shot…