Recovery from Domestic Abuse

Fun Break

In the spirit of the “good mood” I currently find myself in, I’d like to share a fun, informative site on which you can get a short and lovable handwriting analysis. And a pen recommendation. [Editor’s note: The link to tul.com no longer works. The site is not available.]
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My Problem

I’m an INFJ. I’m thinking that the reason I seem so confusing to myself is because I’m unlike so many other “categories” of the population that I’ve read about. Many of the books I’m reading right now read like the author can “peg” me under a lable that will magically clear my thinking and get
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Separate Selfishness and Self-Interest

I think I stumbled across the difference between true selfishness and protecting my self-interests. If I am acting selfishly, I will do what makes me happy and take no responsibility for the outcome of my choice. If I am acting out of self-interest, I am willing to take responsibility for my choice. Self-interest does not
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For Myself First

I was listening to Rush the other day, and he said that it is self-interest that makes our country so great. In other words, because we have the freedom to look out for ourselves, because our destiny is in our own hands, then each of us can rise to the occasion and provide for ourselves
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