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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 . ...

Prayer isn't just spiritual—it's essential . Dr. Andrew Huberman I was surprised recently to tune into a podcast where Dr. Andrew...

When Chekhov saw the long winter, he saw a winter bleak and dark and bereft of hope. Yet we know that winter is just another step in the...

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

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

You have heard that it was said, “An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.” Do not resist an evildoer.  But if anyone strikes on on the...

"I think there's a natural goodness built into human beings. You know when you've stepped across the line into evil, and it's your life's...

Between stimulus and response there's a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and...

"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...

We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection…when...

There is one spectacle grander than the sea, that is the sky; there is one spectacle grander than the sky, that is the interior of the...

The idea is that if you practice the Naikan part of Constructive Living, life becomes a series of small miracles, and you may start to...

I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book – J.K. Rowling This morning I was in an exercise class. ...

Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning. Benjamin Franklin Eleven...

"Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced." James Baldwin, black American writer Our...

"I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out" Rodney Dangerfield, comedian According to news and local sources...

“What is more valuable than Gold? Diamonds. Than Diamonds? Virtue.” - Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1751, Ben Franklin Ten years ago, I became...

“You will excel only by maximizing your strengths, never by fixing your weaknesses.” Marcus Buckingham, author, business consultant...

"It's sad that we never get trained to leave assumptions behind." Sebastian Thrun, CEO, entrepreneur, computer scientist Unchecked...