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“Vocation does not come from willfulness. It comes from listening.”— Parker J. Palmer For many years, my father did not like Santa. Nor December. Not even the Christmas season. He was a bit of a Grinch. But not because his heart was two sizes too small. It was something different. He loved Jesus with a steady, serious devotion. He was a minister. He believed Christmas mattered. And because it mattered so much, he felt protective of it. Anything that felt like a distraction

"It’s not our abilities that limit us — it’s the ceilings we agree to ." Dr. Ellen Langer (born March, 1947, researcher, author, Harvard professor) "The idea that the brain is fixed in adulthood is not only wrong - it is dangerous." Dr. Norman Doidge, The Brain That Changes Itself "Your brain is changing every moment - and you are the architect." Richard Davidson (neuroscientist, University of Wisconsin - Madison) This blog is different from my usual. I'm going to go on a ra

Those communities which included the greatest number of the most sympathetic members, would flourish best . – Charles Darwin "Ol farmr"...

"Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions." – Dalai Lama Last night John and I were trying to figure out why...

The good life is found in the small practice of universal virtues that align the body, mind, and spirit. After talking to several people...

The various religions are like different roads converging on the same point. What difference does it make if we follow different routes...

And so when we're doing things that light us up, we're being purposeful...Dr. Jordan Grumet On Sundays, I take six or so kids, including...

Instead of asking "what's the matter with you?" ask patients "what matters to you?" Dr. Sam Everington, Founding Social Prescribing...

"Roxburgh's goal was to develop students with good character and moral courage, young men that would be 'acceptable at a dance and...

There is what I would call the hero journey, the night sea journey, the hero quest, where the individual is going to bring forth in his...

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious . It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion...

"Adversity, in whatever form, can teach us valuable lessons and make us stronger if we have the courage to face it." Elizabeth Smart,...

"You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the...

We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.  Anaïs Nin About forty years ago I had a quick conversation with a friend.  He...

When it comes to luck, make your own. – Bruce Springsteen I love the research on luck. It started for me when I first read The Luck...

Let us temper our criticism with kindness. None of us comes fully equipped. Carl Sagan Two of our granddaughters recently spent the...

“…I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.”...