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“Everything We Do Is an Attempt to Meet a Need.” Marshall Rosenberg I’m going to share a story.  Like the previous blog, this isn’t the...

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax - Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher This isn’t exactly the story that...

“The front porch is a place where time slows down, the breeze always seems cooler, and the stories never really end.”  —Rick Bragg,...

God grant me the serenity to accept the people I cannot change, courage to change the one I can, and wisdom to know that one is me . ...

And when you looked to this part of the world, grandmothers are considered to be the custodians of local culture and wisdom. And they are...

“Daddy," I whispered, feeling my own breath hitch in my throat. "I love you." Just when I was sure he was asleep, the one corner of his...

Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a...

Yes, I saw and read some of the political news yesterday. I am politically independent - still I have plenty of thoughts about what path...

What do most people say on their deathbed? They don't say, "I wish I'd made more money." What they say is, I wish I'd spent more time...

“Imbalanced systems, whether internal or external, will tend to polarize.” ― Richard C. Schwartz, Internal Family Systems Therapy “Parts...

“If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.” Meister Eckhart   Dr. Christopher Peterson tells...

Contempt is the sulfuric acid of love . Dr. John Gottman, relationship expert “How did this happen?  I just don’t understand.” That’s...

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...

"If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of...

Holding hands is a promise to one another that, for just a moment, the two of you don't have to face the world alone. (Quote shared on...

Relationships help us to define who we are and what we can become. Most of us can trace our successes to pivotal relationships. Dr....

And it is still true, no matter how old you are -- when you go out into the world, it is best to hold hands and stick together. Robert...

John and I were discussing the upcoming debates tonight.  John was saying how he was hoping to hear someone take the “high ground.”  I...

It is easier to produce ten volumes of philosophical writings than to put one principle into practice. Leo Tolstoy This past week I...

These are not new values or ideals. As long as there has been strife and hunger and exploitation and cruelty, there have been...