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The Powerful Process of Reconnecting With Your Values, Putting Your Values into Action, and Reaping Rewarding Life

Values provide perspective in the best of times and the worst. Charles Garfield . Here’s one early takeaway from this article. A simple...

Aug 26 min

Thoughts on “Bad Things”: A Hodgepodge for our Pockets?

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

Apr 305 min

"Life's Too Good Not to Be Happy": Voices of Resilience (and Hope)

"You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice." Bob Marley, singer Last week we were visiting with some...

Mar 196 min

The Amen Effect And Beyond

There is definitely openness to others' suffering that is dealt not with distress but with compassion. Matthieu Ricard A couple of months...

Mar 57 min

On the Hero's Journey Everything Changes

“The fundamental human experience is that of compassion." ― Joseph Campbell, The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life & Work...

Jul 26, 20235 min

Which Path to Happiness? Barbie or Oppenheimer? Or Barbenheimer?

I don’t know if we can be trusted with such a weapon. But I know the Nazis can’t. We have no choice. – Oppenheimer, the movie Yay space!...

Nov 6, 20225 min

What Is The Modern World Problem That Significantly Blocks Meaning and Happiness?

"All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone," Blaise Pascal, French philosopher I was thinking...

Oct 4, 20224 min

Attached to the Community? It's On Us

“I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. ...

Jun 19, 20225 min

How To Get Really Rich And Super Slim

“All any of us wanted, really, was to know that we counted. That someone else's life would not have been as rich without us here.” ― Jodi...